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Carbon Footprint: Trains Win and We Can Prove It

Comparing the fuel / energy economy of various modes of transportation.

Hannah Ritchie, on the Web site “Our World in Data”, has presented a clear and readable endorsement of one of the big reasons we believe in modern passenger Rail.

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