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[QUOTE]Originally posted by jebradley: [QB] It's not too easy to answer, but briefly, passenger rail lines succumbed to the convenience/privacy of autos, speed of planes, cost of high tare weight and of the generous space-per-person typical of modern trains; also, all passenger traffic is seasonal - a June Sat. will teem with people compared to a January Tuesday! Railroads got disillusioned starting 1920s when people deserted locals; worse 1950s with superhighways and jet planes when they deserted crack streamliners; last straw was the Post Office's "sectional center" system, actually a throwback to the "sorting post offices" of early 19th century, with ZIP codes and machine sorting added. Railway Post Office (sorting) cars were dropped thru the 1960s. Only "niche' markets now, alas! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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