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Title Rising Energy Costs May Usher in Freight Rail Revival
Date Posted 11/5/2012
URL http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=freight-rail-back-to-the-future
Description Rising energy costs are increasing freight rail's competitiveness with other modes of transportation. Moreover, increasing demand for greener fuels coupled with low supplies in Europe is further forming an opportunity for freight rail. This item highlights recent improvement in freight rail technologies and practices as well as studies the energy industry's growing involvement with freight rail.

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