
Episode 126: The 1946 Naperville Wreck
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The Future of Regional Airlines
The network of interconnected, local regional and long distance passenger trains eroded almost completely after World War II in a slow decline. Eventually passenger service fragmented so badly, there wasn't even a single daily train between most major American cities,. Let's go to the next slide. Predictably regional airlines flourished after this decision. So there's an alternative future that could have happened for some of these railroads if they decided to spend a goddamn dollar on what they were doing. And especially no problems with this twin-enchanted Conver we have on the screen none at all.
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