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I've just binged "The Gilded Age".
The show starts in 1883 NYC. Follows high society. There is a lot of plot points about railways. I don't know how's far the show will go but it's kinda depressing to see — even in acting — what great plans there were for a marvellous railroad network. Had that spirit been kept up instead of being destroyed by industry pushing private cars..
Same assholes though, mostly. (JP Morgan features in the show, as do a bunch of other real life characters). Almost as if a society went after nothing more than money, it'd turn out kinda shit.
You may want to watch Gangs of New York for a look at what it was like for the non-high society folks back then. Very rough!
On the other hand, they got plenty of exercise and were in a splendid shape.