Freight Train 2

America?s freight railroads, almost all of which are privately owned, serve nearly every industrial,wholesale, retail, and resource based sector of the economy. The railroads spend more than $20 billion each year maintaining, renewing and expanding their tracks and equipment. They move more than 40% of the nation?s freight, and contribute tens of billions of dollars each year to the economy through wages, benefits and taxes. They connect businesses with each other across the nation, and with markets overseas. Along with their Canadian and Mexican counterparts, they form the world?s most efficient and lowest cost freight rail network.