(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 3, 2013)
Union Pacific Railroad ended 2012 by loading 856 coal trains in the Southern Power River Basin (SPRB) and 218 coal trains in the Colorado/Utah Region in December. By comparison, the Class I loaded 1,085 and 213 coal trains in the SPRB and two-state region, respectively, in December 2011.
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