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> Today's railroads have to adjust to even greater paradigm 
> shifts. The US has very firmly become an "information 
> society" now, no longer an "industrial society." And that 
> shift can clearly be seen in today's railroads: The vast 
> majority of today's trains are made up of covered hoppers and 
> tank cars - which carry the materials to create a high-tech 
> society (plastics, chemicals used in production of circuit 
> boards, etc.)

I forgot to mention that those giant "construction debris" cars are an
indirect result of the high-tech society (high-tech industries =
wealthier management = bigger houses in 'desirable areas' = demolition
of old houses)

:)

	- Paul

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