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Does any railroad still transport livestock?
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The "Meat Triangle" bounded by Ft. Morgan Colorado, Dumas TX and on past Liberal KS thru to Omaha in the United States processes beef for the east and west coasts. <br /> <br />Trucking can deliver the cattle for slaugter from the feedlots in less than a day, and the cattle processed into boxes and loaded and rolling by the third day. It should reach the west in 2 days or less and the east in 3. <br /> <br />IMHO Railroads cannot keep up with trucking regarding beef. Im sure historically solid trains used to run both livestock and beef products to and from the packing plant. But time is money in this industry.
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