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What was the singlemost damaging invention that hurt the railroads?
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I figure it was all Evolution- <br /> <br />Evolution brought new things to life, and left older ones to rot- <br /> <br />the RR is no exception- In this day and age there are so many alternatives to the RR, it has become it's own monster- <br /> <br />Remember at one point- The only method of transportation were Trains! <br /> <br />Count how many there are now! <br /> <br />Car- Bus- Plane- Moped- Aladdin and his Magic Carpet <br /> <br />Amtrak is jsut as bad too! if they show up 10 minutes late- boom- you've just lost about 10% of the passengers- they will never ride a train again- people these days have no patience, and when somehting is supposed to arrive at 07:43, it better be there at 07:43, none of this 07:48 Bull. <br /> <br />here's a prime example- I live in a small town, on top of a ridge, back when T-rex was around that ridge was an Island Blah, blah, blah- <br /> <br />So because of the elevation (not much-) road makers couldn't make a road down the side of a mountain until whenever- CP rail took advantage of this, and there RR had one station in hudson, and one just after the hill, where the beach was- a relaxing day out of town- <br /> <br />yeah, a 16 minute walk- or a 4 minute train ride. <br /> <br />But how could you get to the beach, if it wasn't for the CP rail train? You couldn't take the non existant road, You couldn't Jump off the hill- well you could, but it would hurt.. a lot. <br /> <br />you couldn't walk it, there wa no path, no road <br /> <br />That was the only way- <br /> <br />Now you've ot a road, and besides the beach is LONG gone- dissapeared back when Houdini played with a rattle. <br /> <br />Evolution- thats what it was, Not a friggin Tricycle!
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