Farmers
should get $72M break on freight costs
The change reflects the fact that
railways' maintenance costs for hopper cars have
decreased, the transportation agency said.
The president of the Farmer Rail Car Coalition, Sinclair Harrison, said years of lobbying by his group has finally paid off.
"We felt that farmers were paying an excess of $3,000 per car too much," he said. "This announcement by the CTA backs up everything we said for 12 years."
The railways have said they will appeal the ruling.