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...Corn from Iowa to Mexico....
...Rana Foroohar’s column comparing internet companies to the old railroad monopoly (Opinion, June 17) evoked “riding the rails” as a child in the 1950s when interstate car travel was still in its infancy....
...However, Henry Posner, a rail entrepreneur who controls one of the biggest shortlines – the Iowa Interstate Railroad – insisted that shortlines’ safety regulation was as tight as for larger operations....
...Every few miles along the Iowa Interstate Railroad’s route from Council Bluffs, Iowa towards Chicago, two things mark the start of another town....
...formed in 1862 to build the eastern end of the historic Iowa to California trans-continental railroad....
...Mr Posner says the experience of the Iowa Interstate Railroad, owned by Railroad Development Corporation, bears out Mr Simonelli’s point....
...RDC hoped to involve local governments and businesses in schemes, as happened with its revival of the once-closed Iowa Interstate Railroad between Council Bluffs, Iowa and Chicago....
...Henry Posner, a US railway investor, says that, even with Evolution locomotives’ fuel-saving levels, the small Iowa Interstate Railroad which he controls was surprised to be able to justify buying new locomotives...
...For farmers within 75 miles or so of Eddyville, Iowa, Ray Jenkins is the face of Cargill....
...Railroad Development Corp, which has successfully revived the Iowa Interstate Railroad, wants to replicate in France the technique, known as shortlining, that has seen local traffic revived on many US rail...
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