(Source: Omaha World-Herald, July 2, 2017)
OMAHA, Neb. — The train that moved through downtown Council Bluffs late last month on a bright Saturday morning didn’t seem extraordinary at first glance — just another Union Pacific freighter with different types of cargo and railcars slowly crossing the railroad tracks in a town crisscrossed with railroad tracks. But it was notable in one respect: It was 142 cars long. And for a manifest train — the industry term for trains with mixed cargoes and car types — it was 45 percent longer than the average Union Pacific manifest train in 2016.
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