Why laying rail is so expensive?

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All of us wondered, during gameplay, why linking town A with town B costs that amount of money...

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Actually it's probably less expensive to lay rail with that equipment when you consider salaries, benefits, and time.
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If it wasn't, they wouldn't :-D

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A great video - thank you for finding it!! Makes one wonder what this work has been like maybe 50... 100... 150 years ago! !!howdy!!
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Excellent video. I am impressed with thr ingenuity of the purpose-built equipment.
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I have seen similar equipment right here on the CSX W&A Sub in Georgia - USA.
'Course I believe it was German equipment, or from some country over in Europe.
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To me, it looks like French machinery. They probably work somewhere in Europe, but that's just a personal assumption.
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