"In one form or another, the failure to provide safe passage for the freight trains is affecting nearly every American.
According to (TV interviewer), “These are big passings. Union Pacific alone moves $200 million a day in freight through these lines, or 45% of their cross-border business. ”
“Combined overall,” Evans said, “El Paso and Eagle Pass are nearly $34 billion, or 36% of all cross-border rail traffic in the past year, according to government statistics.”
