ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agoPassenger trains in the United States vs Europei.redd.itimagemessage-square134linkfedilinkarrow-up1706arrow-down110
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minus-squarerizzothesmall@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoUS was constituted in 1787. Trains were invented in 1804 and made commercial in 1829. You’ve had the same time as the rest of us.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoRailways were being built in the US as early as 1795, and their first purpose-built “main line”, the Baltimore & Ohio, opened in 1830, 5 years after its British counterpart the Stockton & Darlington.
US was constituted in 1787. Trains were invented in 1804 and made commercial in 1829. You’ve had the same time as the rest of us.
That’s the joke
Railways were being built in the US as early as 1795, and their first purpose-built “main line”, the Baltimore & Ohio, opened in 1830, 5 years after its British counterpart the Stockton & Darlington.