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Re:The world’s longest train journey now begins in China by smeyer on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @06:56PM (#8726681)
But is there actually enough demand to justify the middle ground?
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Re:The world’s longest train journey now begins in China by jrockway on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @07:04PM (#8726714)
Seems like the US imports quite a bit of stuff from Asia.
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Re:The world’s longest train journey now begins in China by smeyer on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @09:50PM (#8727425)
Right, but it also seems massively expensive build rail from Russia to Alaska and from Alaska to the rest of North America. I'm not convinced there's enough demand for imports on the particular schedule of rail to justify that massive expense.
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