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[quote user="RudyRockvilleMD"] The author correctly points out the initial infrastructure cost is the most limiting factor for electrifying line-haul railroads especially since it would be most economically beneficial to electrify long segments. But this raises the question, who will pay for it?[/quote] The private citizens of the U.S. will pay for it through their taxes.  The author Scott Lothes, and the references he cites are all in agreement when it comes to paying for it.  They are advocating a nationalized project that will electrify most of the U.S. rail system, and take the majority of trucking and private automobile traffic off of the roads, thus creating a publicly owned, non-oil transportation system.  They advocate rail as playing a large role in this new system.  The private railroads cannot possibly pay for what is being proposed.
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