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most rails for freight into the suburban areas were "repurposed" for the benefit of the communities.
there was a freight train that went thru the san fernando valley when I was a kid, there were times that we would get stuck waiting for the train to cross. in the 80s the trains declined severely and finally never. in the 90's there was huge pressure to remove the crossings on the streets for the benefit of car drivers.
Well when they talked about putting a light rail system back in and they thought of using existing rails... they couldn't because they broke the infrastructure.
they did the same thing to the red car the story that Who Framed Roger Rabbit illustrates to some degree.
on the east coast there's better infrastructure because trains are heavily used, but other places, doubtful.
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