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There's an oft repeated trope amongst railfans that if the electric interurban passenger railroads in the United States had hung on for another 10-15 years or so, into the gas crises of the 1970s, some of them might still be around today (Only one interurban remains in OTL 2012, the South Shore Line between Chicago, IL and Gary, IN).
Is this wishful thinking, or was it at all possible? Had the infrastructure still been in place, could the oil scares convince people that the lines were worth keeping around, or were they doomed to the history books regardless?