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1. 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2020 13:44:46 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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   • yaakosine

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   The first National Railway int he US? The US government through an act of congress. It was calle dthe PAcific Railroad and was funded and coordinated through three acts of congress called the Pacific Railroad acts of the mid 1800s

   Prior to that attempts at private companies to create railways were disasterous and limited linking on short distances, had numerous safety issues, and due to lack of planning often convoluted and inefficient routes. Which ultimately led to why congress chose to fund the acts in the first place, as there was a strong need for a transcontinental railway and private interests were failing to produce one.

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   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2020 14:13:36 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     • yaakosine

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     I got it through years of study, and demonstration of expertise through my accomplishments.

     You seem to be lacking some reading comprehension skills. I never once suggested there was no need, in fact, I made it clear there was one. The reason we didnt have an transcontinental railroad until after congress created one was simple: The privatetized efforts were disorganized and uncoordinated. They attempted many efforts at long-distance railroads. But ultimately these efforts failed not due to lack of public demand but due to poorly implemented systems. Each local company optimized their network locally for their own gain without througt for how it might effect their neighboring system and thus interconnect with them efficiently.

     Simply put, the need was there, and attempts were made to satisfy that need, but since each interest was local there was a lack of good coordination between them, and thus it failed.

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   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2020 14:25:59 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     • yaakosine

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     Yup, sure do. When I have some time ill gather the links to some books for you that go into details on the history and the earlier failed attempts. Luckily there is a lot of literature on this stuff.

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   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2020 14:56:23 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     • yaakosine

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     There are always exceptions to every rule. In this case it happened to be John Hill a Billionaire with enough money at the time to provide the unifying national-level vision needed to connect a railway across large distances.

     As I said, generally where the railroads were coordinated by many smaller instances (the case with literally every other rail system in the USA) these ventures failed to produce viable transcontinental rails. The difference is that in the GNR there was a single owner, John Hill, thus being able to provide the coordination at a national level that you'd normally get from a government. Keep in mind we are talking about the great north, an area that generally has a much lower population so there was also no significant competing rail companies in the area to throw a wrench in things. Which is why this is a rather unique occurance and not at all the norm in the rest of the USA.

     You really should try reading up on the topic. These questions have already been answered by experts in countless books over the years.

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   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2020 15:06:01 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     • yaakosine

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     Here is a good introductory book to help introduce you to a lot of the basics. It addresses some of the questions you asked:

     https://www.amazon.co.uk/American-Railroads-Nationalization-Dick-Roberts/dp/0873486005

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   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2020 15:21:55 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     • yaakosine

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     See ya,

     Your child like behavior really doesnt lend me to seeing much of what you say as having any insight or value.

     I usually put my confidence in people more mature than your average toddler.

     @yaakosine @Liberty4Masses

   • 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2020 15:37:26 UTC 🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     • yaakosine

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     QED

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