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...Union Pacific and BNSF — a division of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway — were the two US railroads most directly affected by the closures, the association said....
...He defends CRRC even more forcefully over the spying claims: safety cameras are installed to ensure the rail cars run securely and any data goes to the relevant transit authorities....
...I pick up Amtrak again in Chicago, whose splendid Union Station was conceived by Daniel Burnham, architect of New York’s Flatiron building and Selfridges in London....
...The crash, which killed 25 people, occurred after a commuter train driver passed a red signal and ploughed into an oncoming Union Pacific freight train....
...Any further shift would provide a boost to big eastern railways – CSX and Norfolk Southern – and potentially take traffic from Union Pacific and BNSF, which operate in the US’s western two-thirds....
...Globalization brought fierce competition to the companies and cities that made anything that could be easily shipped across the Pacific....
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