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Where are you referring to? In the US railroads were never nationalized (long-term) and private roads were never much of a thing, and the US has a pretty good (freight) railroad system [1].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_freight_transport#Statist...

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To expand on your point, the United States Railroad Association only lasted for a little over two years until the Esch-Cummins Act was passed in 1920. Later, Conrail was under federal control for about a decade before it was sold to private investors in 1987, but it had a more regional focus.

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