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102. Nah, rail accounts for about 50% of commerce.

Reply to NickB79 (Reply #87)

Thu May 1, 2014, 01:04 AM

May 2014

Granted a lot of that commerce is in coal, but still. We use rail.

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Then the tolls 2naSalit Apr 2014 #72

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The tolls 2naSalit Apr 2014 #75

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