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Aug 2024
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All Aboard! More Travelers Choose Trains...

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As the nation’s airports and highways become more congested, more Americans are choosing to travel by rail. Wall Street Journal reporter Jacob Passy joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss the pros and cons—as well as the cost—of train travel


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