A map of abandoned and out-of-service railroad lines in the US

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Yeah doesn't the US have like half the amount of rail it originally had in the 1940s?
- Yep. My mind was blown when I read a book from the 1920s (I think it was a Jack London one), and rail took the main character from NYC to San Francisco in like 3 days. US coast-to-coast travel in < week was pretty standard 100 years ago.
https://www.openrailwaymap.org/
another day of thanking god i don't live in amerika 🙏😊
Nationalize the railways!
What a tragedy
I've always wanted to try building one of those track running cars, they look really cool!
@sexy_peach does that include tram (streetcar) tracks as well? 😂😂
- Would that be even visible on a map in this scale?
  
  @PolandIsAStateOfMind Hah! I know, just kidding. But probably on such a map you'd have various dots representing the cities that partially or totally ripped off their tracks (or rendered them abandoned)

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