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The improvement will allow shippers to move more freight per railcar and reduce transportation costs.
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
Illinois is the nation’s rail hub, ranking first among the states in rail tons and rail carloads moved; half of all container railcars in the nation flow through Chicago.
—Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
This project is focused on bumping the agency’s operations to include 30 ten-car trains per hour, or more than 300 additional railcars total, alongside other improvements such as a new control system, a new railcar storage yard in Hayward and adding more power substations to improve service.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
Six railcars carrying liquid propane went fully off the track, with four ending up in water, officials said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2026
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
Illinois is the nation’s rail hub, ranking first among the states in rail tons and rail carloads moved; half of all container railcars in the nation flow through Chicago.
—Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
This project is focused on bumping the agency’s operations to include 30 ten-car trains per hour, or more than 300 additional railcars total, alongside other improvements such as a new control system, a new railcar storage yard in Hayward and adding more power substations to improve service.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
Six railcars carrying liquid propane went fully off the track, with four ending up in water, officials said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Railcar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railcar. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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railcar
noun
rail·car
-ˌkär 
: a railroad car
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