Max Armstrong reports that the railroad industry is working on the challenge that the grain industry faces in getting cars into facilities, then back out to meet market demands. Max shares insights from CSX who says the industry has "not presented its best self." A Norfolk Southern executive shares that service has also not been meeting customer needs. The challenge is the shortage of conductors for these trains. And Max shares where the Union Pacific is turning for employees.

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