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Midwest rail overhaul debate spurs FarmRail idea
Kassel and Adams push three options to fix rail capacity and avoid antitrust issues. FarmRail would be a joint rail consortium among Rock Island Milwaukee Road Illinois Central and possibly Kansas City Southern to boost through services and share equipment while avoiding a public operating railroad. Shippers cheer broader rail survival but warn against duplicative tracks and urge careful branch line support.
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Adams
Midwest
Rock Island
FarmRail
John Ingram
Conrail
Ingram
Milwaukee
Iowa
South Dakota
Illinois Central
Kansas City Southern
North Western
McDonald
Brock Adams
ICC
Interstate Commerce Commission
Milwaukee Road
FRA
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Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Crandie
Quaker Oats
Penick and Ford
National Oats
Cargill
Petska
Iowa Dot
IDOT
Les Holland
Holland