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News Wire: Floodwaters hamper railroad clean-up from Hurricane Harvey in Houston

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 10:45 AM

HOUSTON — Hurricane Harvey's landfall brought an unprecedented 50 inches of rain to certain areas of the Gulf Coast in Texas in late August. Railroads serving the area have begun assessing the damage and carrying out repairs, but more than a we...

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Posted by CMStPnP on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 10:51 AM

No more held trains in the Dallas area that I can see.    If so then they are in the yards vs outlying sidings so it appears to me they cleared some of the backlog of trains trying to pass through or South of Houston.

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