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		jessaustin on July 25, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Live tracking of Amtrak trains Rightly so. Rail freight is important in USA, while rail travel is not. We already have too many semi trucks on the roads; it would be foolish to force more freight onto the highways to pander to some dream about rail travel.

ghaff on July 25, 2018 [–]

I wouldn't worry too much about that. My understanding is that rail freight is about 10% the cost of trucking it.

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