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Thanks a lot. Interesting hearing about the American trolley's!

@Dr Moriarty A rail route map from a century ago for just about any state in the Union would reveal how possible it was for people and merchandise to readily travel from one place to another. Only in the case of a sparcely-populated Nevada would one see a minimum of rail lines. Additionally, states such as Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Iowa all had extensive interurban systems; places like New York less so but such service did exist. A number of operations were lost when General Motors (manufacturer of buses), Firestone (tires), and Standard Oil (gasoline) conspired to buy up electric railroads (interurban and trolley) and "busitute" service as quickly as possible. Politicians played their part, too. Southern California had arguably the greatest interurban system, Pacific Electric, ever built. Elected officials allowed every foot of track to be torn out, with highways (ones that today are clogged on a daily basis) laid along a number of PE routes. Densely populated Chicago-Milwaukee was served by the CNS&M: it all went to the scrapper after the road quit in 1961. Numerous other examples of transportation short-sightedness exist. Today, not at any level of government (federal/state/city), is there a dedicated plan to promote the most fuel-efficient means for transporting humans and goods: steel wheels turning on steel rails. And yet, "experts" say we must get off of fossil fuels, give up our cars, and...do what? Yes, progress indeed.

​@@michaela.chmieloski3196 Unfortunately it's less GM/Firestone/Standard Oil conspiracy and more just bad management by interurban companies in a market that is inherently unprofitable. A lot of interurban lines, especially in rural areas, would never have been able to break even, let alone return a profit for their shareholders, and most began to go into receivership by the early 1920s. The Great Depression killed off those that remained: even successful interurbans like Pacific Electric and the Insull Railways (North Shore Line, South Shore Line, and Chicago, Aurora & Elgin) went bankrupt in the early 1930s as revenue dropped. Pacific Electric was closing lines from the mid-1920s onward, and struggled to fund improvements that would've reduced congestion; originally the Los Angeles freeways were built with space in the medians for electric railways, but these were never utilised and have since been taken over by yet more lanes for cars. Americans have always been averse to paying the higher taxes that would be necessary to fund local infrastructure, and American governments (of both sides) have always been pro-business. Without extensive investment and public ownership, the interurbans never stood a chance. After WWII the focus shifted to the automobile, and at every level of government there was a push towards the suburbs, with the Interstate Highway System being developed as the biggest public works program in the nation's history. Meanwhile the railroads remained privately-owned, with regulations that limited how they could set rates, and taxation disincentives to upgrade their infrastructure (and it didn't help that the taxes paid by the railroads directly funded airports and highways).

@@lorirocks777 это на какую камеру снималось?

Michael A. Chmieloski .have you seen La Grange.that is street running at its best.seems to work ok,the odd mishap,but what do you expect with humans that just are not awake whenthey should be..🙄

In Indonesia 1047mm gauge

And really fast.

In Poland we have slower trains on more open routes. The main reason is (apparently) high chance of collision with road vehicles on level crossings so why is it working in Switzerland so flawlessly?

@@spiderous People drink less vodka while driving.

@@spiderous Just have to teach car & lorry drivers common sense. A lot of our 🇬🇧 level crossings are half barrier with up to 85mph/138kph line speed. It's very rare for an accident in the UK. In 31 years I never came close to hitting anybody. Now America, where many motorists are really stupid, they have accidents almost daily at a much lower speed.

Um can you tell me more about tram style signals and how they differ from interurban signals?

Glad you like them =) The other direction will also come eventually.

Indeed the railroad does run too close the roads. I just hate to think that an out of control car might swerve right in the path of an oncoming train. That's scary! 😨

You're never too old to rock 'n' roll, mate.

So true. I love that about Switzerland!

@Ralph Paul-Lambrich As happened here in the United States with so many of our trolley and interurban lines. Thank you, General Motors, Firestone Tires, and Standard Oil for your efforts in destroying America's rail-passenger network.

@@michaela.chmieloski3196 you missed out the federal government forcing energy companies to have 0 investments in railways (incl. tramways) and forcing them to sell of their existing investments in rail...

Thanks for sharing :-)

how is life in Brazil? I'm from Russia

@@sergeyy-ber Hello friend, it is a good country to live in, but still with many corrupt politicians, but it is improving. I live in the city of Blumenau, in southern Brazil, a city colonized by Germans and Italians. Greetings.

Ist leider tatsache

That's sad..

Thank you. Glad you like the videos. A blessed new year to you too

They do not get rid of this, they go to change the narrow gauge into normal gauge!

They're just going to re-gauge it to metre gauge. 750 mm is a really uncommon gauge and so all the rolling stock is bespoke, driving up the price. But if it was metre gauge you could just run e.g. regular Zurich tram equipment on it.

@@ericjamieson are they going for 1000 mm or 1067 mm?

@@UltimateAlgorithm 1000 mm is pretty common in Switzerland, both for alpine railways and also for trams. I don't think they would go for 1067 as that's not common at all there - I'm not aware of any Swiss railway that uses that gauge.

@@blackadder4590 1000mm is not normal gauge.

Вы правы, поражает опрятность населённых пунктов и чистота обочин. Но на воспитание населения пошли годы и годы, к счастью в Швейцарии не было революций и майданов. Наверное, поэтому эту страну так любил незабвенный В.И.Ленин

Gerne :)

Yes

haha.. thanks man. Did you see the Bernina pass video?

@@lorirocks777 not yet, I need to set aside some quality time to immerse myself in it!

Thanks =)

Xena

I'm guessing you're American? Although many European trains run fast, the speed limits on the roads are also a lot higher than you may be used to if you are from the USA.

Швейцария очень красивая страна, но очень дорогая, и там высокие налоги. Но очень поражает чистота населённых пунктов и опрятность обочин дорог. У нас в Украине вдоль всех трасс выкинутый из окон пассажирами мусор. Ещё тот пейзаж...