Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
Well the railways began to lose profitability after people bought cheap trucks after WW1.
I think that statements such as this, but on a large co-ordinated scale, could well have been said when the railways began to take over the trade that the canal companies had established, which in turn was once the preserve of the turnpikes.
Where to finally draw the line of comparison is the moot point.