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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (32919)3/4/2004 10:18:32 AM
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Interesting historical note, one of the strategic reasons behind JJ Hill's building the Great Northern RR ( ancestor of BNSF ) a hundred years ago, was his view that trade with China would be gigantic. Looks like his vision has finally been fulfilled.

If you noticed in the story, one part of the RR's new business is taking Asian cargo off ships, training it across the country, and putting it back on ships bound for Europe. N America as a land bridge - kinda boggles my mind.

ED. guess the land bridge concept wasn't in that story, I learned about it from another source.
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