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Freight Trains Face Speed Bump in Chicago

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    FBN’s Jeff Flock on the track issues slowing freight train traffic through Chicago.

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How did the nation's freight handler become the nation's speed bump for business what does that even mean what Jeff Flock is in Chicago.

With the story and the answers Jeff perfect timing the trains -- Behind you.

I don't I could -- What are the what do you think the zero line and I'm not -- it's almost gone Bastille falls well enough that we get on the that's the whole point is dead and then we're moving through Chicago has because we think going increasing.

Well it's because of -- situations like this week.

What they're afraid that's the Norfolk Southern right now this is my computer tracking and -- computer.

This heavy straitjacket Anderson.

Locations.

Increasing.

And frank has been slowed and consumers -- -- costs have -- Intermodal travel what you see right here.

Intermodal outlines.

I'm back.

These units -- -- o'clock -- -- bring -- and half of our plan would create an overpass.

But what why but the numbers don't see how many trains go through this intersection a problem is there -- three Chicago.

-- holding this up because Americans.

Minority.

Business.

Recently construction this sort of thing so at all held off its.

Trains you know -- well here at her Chicago what you Ford now.

Chicago's got the nation's freight handler in the words of Carl Sandberg.

Now it's more like America's great speed.

They don't call kind of sport nine from Denver.

Nor affect my goodness very.

-- has little -- -- attached to a stand.

Jeff Flock with the story on why our gigantic free movers like that are getting affected with their businesses -- to their locations closing.