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My understanding was that with the wartime control of the railroads for the war effort and the fact that social distancing was not a government order for war work that masks were the only suggested protection. In an old PBS video there are one or maybe two
images of passengers and conductors wearing masks.
In some localities mask wearing was enforced by the local police, however I doubt that the locals came on to railroad property other than platforms to enforce the rules. Many places did not pass emergency acts to enforce mask wearing.
Gunnison CO was the only railroad town that completely avoided the influenza pandemic by using an armed posse to block the road into town and threatening to shoot anyone who got off a train. Mail and food were delivered to carts and wagons which were then hauled
away after the train moved on. Extreme measures, but they avoided the illness.
Today it is the airlines that are the transporters of first resort if your are a virus.
However here in Normal IL we had someone who was on Amtrak and tested positive later that day in another city. So that was front page news.
Edward V. Carroll
Distinguished Professor of History
Heartland Community College
1500 West Raab Road
Normal IL 61761
309.268.8582
ed.carroll@heartland.edu
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