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Rails With Trails, a Non-starter
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Before automobiles train tracks were the trails. Two generations walked the tracks by the millions and they were a thousand times less likely to be hit by a train or metal strapping hanging out a boxcar then they are likely to be hit by a car or truck crossing the street. You're also more in danger of being hit by a train standing on the platform at the station. You may fall onto the tracks. Which reminds me of an ironic factoid, Abe Lincoln's son Robert was standing on a station platform, slipped and began to fall into the path on an oncoming train. He was saved by Edwin Booth, the assassins brother.
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