Think about it - no steam engine, no coal power, no industrial revolution, no greenhouse effect. No railroads in the 19th century? No railroad tycoons. No railroads in Nazi Germany? Much less efficient Holocaust.
Locomotive travel and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
In all seriousness trains are less bad for the environment than cars because cars are more numerous
You know who else was more nomerous? Wait, never mind.
Is the October surprise going to be the hitler clone invasion?