From anothe thread.
The FRA Preliminary National Rail Plan:
http://www.fra.dot.gov/Downloads/RailPlanPrelim10-15.pdf
This report has a figure 1 Page 4 that lists freight corridor tons of water, rail, and road. I was floored when examining the map that the NY - I-76, I-81, I40 Memphis was the heaviest route in the US above the UP and BNSF routes to LAX. Memphis, I-40 Amarillo - Barstow and MEM - Dallas were heavier than any other routes even though the split of traffic at Memphis.
If the FRA is going to upgrade this corridor to carry a significant amount of this traffic there will many mega bucks and the connections west of Memphis are not the best.
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