Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
"Doctor Drivel" wrote:

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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The point he made (drivel is kill filed)

Please keep me killfiled.

is that the whole railway/signalling/staffing/safety infrastructure
was very expensive, and surprisingly carbon emitting in terms of
upkeep.

The signalling is super expensive as a US corporation has the monopoly
- Westinghouse.

The TRAINS were good enough, but the track..that was another matter..

Straight tracks last and last.

a) The tracks are not straight. Good luck trying to straighten them

b) Straight or not, they require *maintenance*. You may have heard of it.

Drivel lives in a planet of idealised simplistic concepts drip fed on a
diet of chlorpromazine. Don't be hard on him.