A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad locomotive sits idle on the track as workers stand nearby in Seattle, on Tuesday. Warren Buffett has made bets on railroads before, but now he’s all in. The billionaire investor’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Tuesday agreed to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., making a $34 billion bet on the future of the U.S. economy.
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