So what? Whether railroads are critical infrastructure is a totally different question from whether the average American cares about railroads.
Most of us (myself included!) didn't think of grocery store workers as critical, either. We learned that they are during Covid.
(New on my list: The person who refills the toilet paper in the restrooms at work. I saw this guy doing it one day, and it struck me how critical he was - what an absolute catastrophe would happen if nobody did that job. But if you ask the average person, that is a totally unimportant job.)
Most of us (myself included!) didn't think of grocery store workers as critical, either. We learned that they are during Covid.
(New on my list: The person who refills the toilet paper in the restrooms at work. I saw this guy doing it one day, and it struck me how critical he was - what an absolute catastrophe would happen if nobody did that job. But if you ask the average person, that is a totally unimportant job.)