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Shippers told autonomous technology could lure freight from trucks to rail

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – If there’s a white whale that railroads have long hunted, it’s the goal of converting truck traffic to rail. It’s a centerpiece of

The project using Intramotev’s TugVolt self-powered railcars in six-car trains to move limestone from mine to port at a Carmeuse mine in Cedarville, on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, was announced in 2024. And while it has immediate benefits for Carmeus… [4586 chars]

Source: FreightWaves | Published: 2026-01-20T14:20:00Z

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