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This Is What the Pandemic Did to the U.S. Rail System

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Is There a Market for Trucking?

Railroads have done a good job ina getting much more predictable in their deliveries decreasing the time it takes to make a delivery and really shrinking the distance where rail can be viable. We've got to adjust for that, you know, by making your impa structure more resilient. In low lying areas in the gulf, you're probably increasing the ah, the height of the rail, increasing the ballast, so that you can withstand a a decent amount of standing water. You know, out west, with the fires, there's a little bit of a trickere situation. But a lot of it is having alternative plans in place that allow you,. ifyour line is damaged,

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