Scenarios about 'rail transportation'

Rail transportation refers to systems using wheeled vehicles running on tracks or rails, including trains, trams, and metro systems, for moving people and freight. Since the early 19th century steam locomotives and later developments like diesel and electric trains have revolutionized travel, commerce, and industrial development by enabling faster, more efficient long-distance transportation. Rail networks continue to shape urban development, economic geography, and are significant in alternate history scenarios where different technological priorities or earlier innovations might have created dramatically different patterns of settlement and economic development.