Nearly 190 million tons of freight per year travels by train across Georgia.
State officials compile statistics like these and look to the future in a document known as the State Rail Plan.
The last time the plan was published was 2015. At the time, it predicted a 0.5 percent growth per year in rail freight. But it also cautioned of slower growth with the continued decline of coal, which accounts for more than a quarter of the cargo aboard trains in Georgia.
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