A century ago, this photo was taken in Haubstadt, #Indiana. This town had both a #train station and #electric #interurban service, with a population of less than 700.
Now it has over 1,600 people, but has no service of any kind. The station and several of the buildings in this photo are now gone or empty.
Even major cities with populations in the hundreds of thousands sometimes lack basic #rail service. It's painful how much we've lost.
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#Transport picks of the day:
➡️ @notjustbikes - Makes videos on urban planning & transport
➡️ @reece (main) & @reece@video.canadiancivil.com (videos) & @reecemartintransit (blog) - Public transport enthusiast
➡️ @CathyTuttle - US urban planning expert
➡️ @ohtheurbanity - Videos on urban planning, transport, cycling
➡️ @jon - Railways, cycling, cross-border rail
➡️ @ptua - Org for better public transport in Victoria, Aus
➡️ @mattcaff (main) & @heartlandurbanist (videos) - US activist for better public transport
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Hi folks
Just joined today. I'm a retired Scottish gentleman interested in vintage buses and I hope to post some interesting facts as we go along.
I'm building a website using Hugo and I'm currently visiting transport museums and collecting photographs.
Reece Martin (also known as RM Transit) creates in-depth videos about public transport, trains, buses, urban planning and related topics. You can follow at:
➡️ @reece
There are already over 700 videos uploaded, if these haven't federated to your server yet you can browse them all at https://video.canadiancivil.com/a/reece/videos
You can also follow Martin's general non-video account at @reece@canadiancivil.com
#FeaturedPeerTube #Trains #PublicTransport #Transit #Transport #Urbanism #PeerTube #PeerTubers
'Big wheels keep on turnin'
Carry me home to see my kin'
