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Freight railroads work to resolve service problems, delays

FILE- A BNSF rail terminal worker monitors the departure of a freight train on June 15, 2021, in Galesburg, Ill. The major freight railroads are hiring aggressively and asking customers to cut the number of carloads they are shipping to reduce congestion along the rail network in response to concerns from agricultural and ethanol groups that prompted regulators to schedule a hearing on the problems. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar, File) FILE - A BNSF railroad train hauling carloads of coal from the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming is seen east of Hardin, Mont., on July 15, 2020. The major freight railroads are hiring aggressively and asking customers to cut the number of carloads they are shipping to reduce congestion along the rail network in response to concerns from agricultural and ethanol groups that prompted regulators to schedule a hearing on the problems. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)