1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgEric de Placehttps://www.sightline.org/profile/eric-de-place/Why Railroads Care About Coal Exports - Sightline Instituterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="AdXeRzyZjG"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2012/01/11/why-railroads-care-about-coal-exports/">Why Railroads Care About Coal Exports</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2012/01/11/why-railroads-care-about-coal-exports/embed/#?secret=AdXeRzyZjG" width="600" height="338" title="“Why Railroads Care About Coal Exports” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="AdXeRzyZjG" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ScreenHunter_04-Jan.-05-15.43.gif835666Here are three pictures that help explain why American railways seem to be supporting coal export proposals in Northwest. It's because railways are very closely connected to the coal industry. Coal so dwarfs every other rail-hauled commodity that it is almost as important as all the other commodities combined. (N/B, this picture excludes "intermodal" freight.)