>>509441780
Nah America has pockets of high destiny where rail could totally work. For example along the east coast.

>>509007359
>population and distance does factor into rail planning?
It does. In the case on the USA they have 330 million people they could serve, Not 100k separated by 10000km as is the case in the Canadian arctic. Its a poor comparison. At minimum the USA could have rail in the east. Something like 80% of the country lives there.

>>149481006
Lived here my whole life and have no idea, do tell