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Aftab Pureval: “We sold the railroad because we were facing a $400m deferred capital maintenance bill, and were very concerned that we…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2026
We sold the railroad because we were facing a $400m deferred capital maintenance bill, and were very concerned that we didn’t have the money to maintain the infrastructure that we had, much less build new infrastructure.

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