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We're not just talking about the in-products of farms.

We're talking about before as well, because rail, of course, moves coal and fertilizer,

and the parts that we were talking about before.

So it's not just that they'll be unable to move the in-product,

but also those products may not be able to be created.

So you're definitely looking at them at a much larger problem.

And again, the Association of American Railroads in responding to this possible railroad strike,

estimated that the US economy would lose over $2 billion per day in the event of a nationwide shutdown.

I'm Benjamin Wittis, and this is the LawFair podcast, October 27, 2022.

You probably know Claudius Wayne as the social media voice of LawFair,

where she has worked for a couple years as our social media manager.

But Claudia, before she came to LawFair, worked at the Federal Railroad Administration,

deep in the bureaucracy.

She knows a lot about trains, and she recently wrote an article for LawFair called

the Emerging Cyber Threat to the American Rail Industry.

It's a bit of a chilling read.

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