(Source: Madison.com, February 23, 2015)
MADISON, Wisc. — As U.S. railroads scramble to haul growing volumes of freight and North Dakota crude oil, they are expanding workforces and sinking record amounts of money into their networks. That translates into major investments along the Upper Mississippi River corridor, where BNSF and Canadian Pacific, the region’s two major rail carriers, have together undertaken more than a dozen major upgrades in the region.
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