On Sun, 23 Dec 2012 12:03:53 -0500, S Viemeister wrote:
You mean railways? Well, every other country seems to have them -
including the US.

Barely.

The Boston-Chicago-Washington DC triangle is fairly well served. But
there are vast areas with little or no service.

My local town has a freight service a couple of times a week. I think my
nearest passenger service is well over 100 miles away... :-)

cheers

Jules