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Did it? I always assumed the US train boom aligned with shipping companies more than land at the destinations, which is why even today cargo gets priority over Amtrak.

Outside of the Eastern part of the US, the railroad land grant programs were a major part.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad_land_grants_in_the_Un...

This is a part of why there were so many tiny little towns out West which were essentially just a railroad stop and a few buildings.

the US train boom is much further away.

you can get to hong kong or jspan in hours to days. the train boom is about a century away

Sound Transit still uses this strategy in Seattle region.

They really don't. They don't build residential or commercial property.