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System caused by political fighting. bnsf has boosted its rail transport business by 600% the last decade all of that due to the northern boxen shale in north dakota. and now with the keystone pipeline getting shot down, canadian rail companies are ramping up as well. rail costs the producers more, but it s worth it because the pipeline shortage is forcing them to give refiners deep discounts because of delay. you re taking advantage of existing rail mainline infrastructure that s already there, and you have flexibility to get the different markets wherever there is a receiving terminal. reporter: now, rail cannot replace the capacity of the keystone pipeline, but environmentalists are still angry. a state department report done during the keystone debate showed rail to be even more potentially hazardous for the environment than transport by pipeline. putting a really dirty ....

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