Rail transportation in Burgundie: Difference between revisions

It is impossible to downplay the {{wp|Societal impacts of cars|role of the automobile}} and the {{wp|Interstate Highway System}} in the second half of the 20th century and its negative impact on rail transportation sector. While key elements of society still used trains to travel for both goods and passengers, the 1950s-1980s were a period of stagnation for rail transportation in [[Burgundie]]. Almost no new rail was laid in the [[Burgoignesc Metropole]] in this period. Rail did see a small revival in the 1960s with the escalation of the [[Occidental Cold War]], with the creation of the [[Government_of_Burgundie#Strategic_Auxiliary_Fleet_of_the_Continuation|Strategic Auxiliary Fleet of the Continuation]], a reserve fleet of steam locomotives train engines, steam ships, and clipper ships owned by the [[Government of Burgundie#Emergency Management|Ministry of Emergency Management]]. This fleet is widely distributed across the [[Burgoignesc Metropole]] in the event of a nuclear strike. Due to the mechanical nature of these modes of transportation they would not be impacted by an electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) of a nuclear detonation and would be the primary mode of transportation for key royal and national government officials reconstituting or for troop movements.