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There are a lot of small towns, espcially in the Midwest and Western states, that were built around the railroad. The rails are the main mode of transportation used to haul grain and livestock from the elevators and breeders in the smaller towns to the processing plants in the big cities. Unfortunately, a lot of these rail lines have been abandoned as the companies get bigger and bigger. <br /> <br />In American passenger railroading, May 1, 1971, is the milepost. This was the day when the American Railroad Passenger Corporation, better known as Amtrak, took over most of the intercity passenger service in the US from the private companies. <br /> <br />Also, one little historical note: most railroads traditionally ran on the right-hand side of a double-track main. But one railroad, the Chicago & North Western, ran on the left. When Union Pacific bought the C&NW, they kept that tradition. But nowadays, with CTC, any train can run on any track anywhere.
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