They failed because nobody cared about the railroad. The railroad had to be a government project with leases to companies but the government was too much involved in the slavery issue that it didn't have time to deal with railroads. That's why railroads boomed after the civil war ended.
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It was president Bill Clinton
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THEY WERE LIKE DIE NERDS. I WANT YOUR LAND U ARE NOTHING
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