(Source: Forbes, October 15, 2013)
NEW YORK — Shippers who are dependent upon a single railroad to move their freight are asking regulators and legislators for relief.
Producers of coal, steel, grain, energy and other commodities located in certain rural areas complain that a lack of transportation options places them at the mercy of just one railroad, which is free to charge whatever it wants — or even not to haul their goods at all.
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