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News Wire: AAR: Freight, intermodal gains lead to 12-percent increase in rail traffic

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Posted by LensCapOn on Saturday, April 1, 2017 1:19 PM

Oh look! Coal is UP 20% (ish).

 

It's almost as if someone was trying to surpress coal till 2 months age. (well huh!)

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Thursday, March 30, 2017 10:09 AM

WASHINGTON — An increase in grain, coal, and intermodal traffic means that railroads are handling more traffic this year than they did in the first three months of 2016, according to the latest report from the Association of American Railroads....

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/03/30-aar-freight-intermodal-gains-lead-to-12-percent-increase-in-rail-traffic

Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine

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