Freight rail in the United States is unmatched. Cheapest ton/$ and on-time. Coal power plants are comfortable scheduling supply intake on a daily granularity a

Freight rail in the United States is unmatched. Cheapest ton/$ and on-time. Coal power plants are comfortable scheduling supply intake on a daily granularity as it’s very rare for it to arrive late. It’s also a reason passenger rail is more dismal in the states; the rails are operated by the freight companies and passenger trains have the lowest priority so they pull over to let a 2 mile train of coal pass by at 15 mph. It’s also difficult to expand this capacity as the complexity of handling so many trains isn’t linear. Rail yards are both tough to revamp because they’re near 100% in-use and even just tough to physically expand: http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/files/2016/07/rail-yards.jpg http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/files/201...