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In the USA, each company bought the land and paid for the tracklaying. Usually there was only one line thru each town, a franchise if you will. Railroads used to have industrial development departments that would persuade companies to locate their plants along THIER railroad, thereby giving them the traffic. Where competing lines crossed would be a "junction", usually the second road to get to the junction would have to pay the costs of the crossing trackwork, and the personnel to keep the trains from crashing. Often there would be an "interchange" at the junction, where cars could continue their trip on a different road. That's how, say, beer got from the brewery in Milwaukee, to points all over the US. Hope this helps explain the differences from the American way to what you are used to.
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