If the *wild earth guardians * lawyers win in Craig, there will soon be even fewer union jobs driving trains, etc.
You may get your wish. Coal traffic is down 25% across the board for all railroads, and dropping. At that rate, rhe railroads may just drop all coal traffic, and focus on intermodal from the west coast ports.
What that means to you: the coal fired power plants will be screwed, and 40% of the US power generation goes offline. In the mean time, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you vanquished those evil unions, while you freeze in the dark in Denver.
But fear not! Rumors abound that the class one railroads are looking to sell out to the canadian and mexican railroads. That should make you feel better, assuming that you don’t live near any main line tracks.