The U.S. lags behind the rest of the world when it comes to passenger trains. But when it comes to the freight railroad, the U.S. is dominating. Watch the full video:
The United States lags behind the rest of the world when it comes to passenger trains, but when it comes to the freight railroad the U.S. dominates. The U.S. freight rail network operates over 140,000 miles of privately owned track in every state except Hawaii, according to the Association of American Railroads. It moves one-third of all U.S. exports and roughly 40% of long distance freight volume.
It competes directly with the trucking industry to move goods around the country, shipping everything from coal to cars to chemicals. With the rise of e-commerce companies like Amazon, trains are increasingly moving consumer goods as well.
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