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U.S. train service went off the rails, shippers say
- Richard Piersol
- Apr 6, 2014
- Apr 6, 2014 Updated May 30, 2026
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Train cars line up to be loaded with grain in at the Farmers Cooperative in Dorchester in 2012. Rail service has suffered for months because of a combination of factors, including weather and high demand for locomotives and crews.
- KRISTIN STREFF/Journal Star file photo
Oil tank cars for a BNSF Railway train await filling on a transloading track at Savage, N.D., in 2012.
- Billings Gazette file photo
Train cars line up to be loaded with grain in at the Farmers Cooperative in Dorchester in this file photo. Most freight railroad stations in Nebraska are served by only one railroad, and "captive" customers have organized a new alliance asking agricultural shippers to help lean on federal regulators on their behalf.
- Journal Star file photo
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The big railroads on this side of the continent are making more money than ever in what's been called a renaissance for them, shipping unprecedented volumes of oil, along with ethanol, coal and agricultural commodities.
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Train cars line up to be loaded with grain in at the Farmers Cooperative in Dorchester in 2012. Rail service has suffered for months because of a combination of factors, including weather and high demand for locomotives and crews.
- KRISTIN STREFF/Journal Star file photo
Oil tank cars for a BNSF Railway train await filling on a transloading track at Savage, N.D., in 2012.
- Billings Gazette file photo
Train cars line up to be loaded with grain in at the Farmers Cooperative in Dorchester in this file photo. Most freight railroad stations in Nebraska are served by only one railroad, and "captive" customers have organized a new alliance asking agricultural shippers to help lean on federal regulators on their behalf.
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