Even for freight, it used to be better. My tiny rural town used to be serviced by a rail line hauling passengers, timber, and agriculture, but it was gone before I was even born. You can still see some of the old tracks if you know where to look.
and what remains is in such a hilariously horrendous state that the rest of the world struggles to comprehend it, lines with 20km/h speed limits and trains passing over the tracks literally visibly wobble from side to side
Even for freight, it used to be better. My tiny rural town used to be serviced by a rail line hauling passengers, timber, and agriculture, but it was gone before I was even born. You can still see some of the old tracks if you know where to look.
and what remains is in such a hilariously horrendous state that the rest of the world struggles to comprehend it, lines with 20km/h speed limits and trains passing over the tracks literally visibly wobble from side to side