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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government is handing out $2.4 billion in railroad grants to help pay for 122 projects nationwide with more than half of the money going to smaller railroads.

(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) FILE - The Union Pacific Railroad logo appears on a locomotive in the Jackson, Miss., terminal rail yard, April 20, 2022. Union Pacific reports earnings on July 25 ...