Reindustrialization and the Critical Need for Modern Rail Infrastructure

How America’s Aging Rail Network Threatens Supply Chains—And What’s Being Done to Fix It

The US supply chain is under pressure, not due to a lack of ambition, but because much of its infrastructure remains outdated. The proposed Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger has brought reindustrialization back into the spotlight, but railroads need to do more than consolidate—they must modernize on a large scale.

Freight rail remains one of the most…