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Prrometheus on July 30, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May 200...

The Great Northern Railway, built by James J. Hill, a great visionary and businessman:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(U.S.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_J._Hill

anewaccountname on Aug 2, 2008 [–]

I don't know if a railroad funded by a railroad tycoon's other subsidized railroads counts as not being subsidized itself =P.

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