railroad industry - 2025 ACF Fall

Tossup

Companies in this industry like Ferromex run operations (10[1])that, (10[1])due to (10[1])their (10[1])danger (10[1])to non-customer (10[1])users, are called La Bestia. (10[1])This (10[1])industry may (10[1])use “precision (10[1])scheduled” (10[1])logistics (10[2])developed (10[3])by (10[1])Hunter Harrison (10[1]-5[1])that have led (10[1])to widespread worker complaints. (10[2])The Canadian ALTO (-5[1])is a company in (10[1])this industry created (10[1])as a (10[1])more frequent alternative to VIA. (10[8])The (10[2])NTSB (10[7]-5[1])disputed (10[2])a controlled release of vinyl (10[2])chloride (10[3])after a (10[1])February 2023 (10[3])incident (10[2])in this (10[1])industry (10[3])in East (10[1])Palestine, (10[4]-5[1])Ohio. (10[10]-5[1])A proposed (10[3]-5[1])July (10[1])2025 (10[2])merger (10[1])in this industry (-5[1])seeks (10[1])to combine Norfolk Southern and Union (10[1])Pacific. (10[3])For 10 points, in what (10[1])industry is freight cargo (10[1])supposed (10[1])to have lower priority than Amtrak? ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: railroad industry [or railroading industry or railway industry or train industry; accept Union Pacific Railroad; accept Norfolk Southern Railway; accept VIA Rail; prompt on surface transportation; prompt on freight transportation]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Position	Value
Sri Lnu	Clemson B	Sewanne	7	10
Alex Forman	Cornell D	RIT A	8	10
Alex Emmert	Maryland B	Vassar B	10	10
Annika Larson	Claremont A	UCLA A	11	10
Josue Lopez	WVU A	Louisville A	12	10
George Matsumura	Washington Chum	Arizona State A	14	10
David Black	Illinois Champaign	Rose-Hulman A	19	10
Thomas Zhao	Michigan C	Michigan State C	20	10
Galen Mueller	McGill B	Ottawa C	22	10
Seth Allen	McMaster A	Toronto C	24	10
Daniel Kim	Maryland A	Rutgers C	25	10
Kyle Chua	CWRU B	Pittsburgh	26	10
Sebastian Llaca	Wisconsin A	Wisconsin B	26	10
Max Kurzman	UNC D	Virginia A	27	10
Aidan Drain	NYU C	Rutgers B	27	10
Ben Stras	Wisconsin C	St. Thomas	27	10
Alex Dzurick	William Woods University A	Purdue B	28	10
Nicholas Decker	George Mason A	Lehigh A	30	-5
Adam Chilbert	Macalester	Michigan Tech	30	10
Joe O'Connor	George Mason B	Stony Brook	33	10
Tanmay Mirashi	Maryland C	Johns Hopkins	37	10
Jiping Fang	Illinois Blue	WashU Grolars	37	10
Yuxuan Lu	Vanderbilt A	Tennessee A	40	-5
James Xiao	Toronto A	Guelph A	44	10
Abhay Ariyapappillil	Ottawa B	Carleton A	47	10
James Fan	Toronto E	Waterloo C	49	10
Aedan Cooper	Ottawa A	Ottawa D	54	10
Stephen Ottewell	Toronto B	Queen's A	54	10
Ellie Wang	Brock A	Toronto F	54	10
Zack Wiffen	Waterloo B	McMaster C	54	10
Matthew Andersen	Florida B	Florida Tech A	54	10
David Thomas	Purdue C	Chicago B	54	10
Ryan Zhang	British Columbia C	Washington Pink	54	10
Ben Lanahan	Clemson A	Georgia Tech A	54	10
Michael Xu	McMaster B	Waterloo A	55	10
Kieran Fake	CWRU D	CWRU A	55	10
Will Marcotte	Toronto D	Toronto H	56	10
Allison Cox	William & Mary A	Liberty A	56	-5
Vihaan Jim	Princeton	NYU B	56	10
Francis Dinh	Illinois Canada	Purdue D	56	10
Anila Moparthi	Illinois Orange	Iowa A	56	10
James Horsley	Iowa State	Minnesota	56	10
Ryan Zhang	Washington State	Boise State	56	10
Wesley Yu	British Columbia A	Alberta A	56	10
Jas Wang	UCLA F	UCSD B	57	10
Shaya Farahmand	Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech E	57	10
Neela Perceval-Maxwell	McGill E	Carleton B	62	10
Jacob Schildkraut	William & Mary C	Duke A	62	10
Hansen Jin	Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	63	10
Benny Shtutman	South Carolina A	Alabama A	63	10
Moses Dong	Georgia Tech F	Mississippi State A	63	10
Bailey Lacefield	Toronto G	Toronto I	65	10
Jonathan Koehler	UCLA C	UCLA B	67	10
Jack Rabaut	Michigan D	Ohio State A	67	10
Trenton Burgess	Indiana A	Iowa B	67	10
Danny Han	Stanford B	Berkeley Little Prince	68	10
Nicholas Ryan	Lehigh B	Rutgers A	68	10
Nishad Joshi	Kentucky	Ohio State C	70	10
Antonio LaNave	Virginia Tech C	NCSU A	71	10
Alan Fan	Washington Steelhead	British Columbia B	71	10
Emerson Patmore	Georgia Tech C	Emory A	71	10
Eric Parrilla	Chicago A	Illinois Urbana	73	10
Winston Zuo	UC Santa Barbara	Claremont B	74	10
Brady Hagan	Ohio State B	Louisville C	74	10
Gabriel Dodds	Liberty C	Liberty B	74	10
Kevin Nolan	NCSU B	UNC A	74	10
Fern Fang	VCU A	Tusculum A	74	-5
Karthik Subramanian	Berkeley Boss Bandit	Berkeley Mighty Miner	75	10
Kara Braun	Michigan State B	Louisville B	75	10
Maggie Dunn	Michigan B	Michigan State D	75	10
Anton Akroush	Michigan State A	Louisville D	75	10
Ishan Chahande	Ohio State D	WVU B	75	-5
Vivian Adolph	UNC B	Virginia Tech A	75	10
Matthew Westley	Purdue A	Indiana B	75	10
Jaime Wang	Washington Atlantic	Arizona State B	75	10
Simarya Ahuja	Washington Sockeye	Alberta B	75	10
Wynn Alsko	Auburn C	Vanderbilt C	75	10
Martin Brandenburg	Georgia A	Tennessee B	75	10
Brenna Scott	UCLA D	USC B	77	-5
Jacob Ergueta	Florida A	Florida Tech B	77	10
Andrew Wilson	Montevallo	Vanderbilt B	77	10
John Maupin	Chipola College	Tennessee Tech	77	10
Alex Grigoriades	Lehigh A	George Mason A	78	10
Diego Monge	Claremont C	USC A	79	10
Nathan Redford	Liberty A	William & Mary A	79	10
Kevin Liu	Texas	Washington Chinook	80	10
Cliodora Selyuzhitsky	UCSD A	UCLA E	83	-5
Juan Landaeta	Florida State A	ERAU Daytona A	84	10
Sam Millenbach	Rowan	Rutgers D	90	10
Surya Donath	Stanford A	Berkeley Archer Queen	91	10
Peyton Legg	UCF A	South Florida A	91	10
Carly Hemani	JMU A	Virginia Tech B	91	10
Anthony Chen	USC B	UCLA D	96	10
Alina Moore	Tennessee A	Vanderbilt A	100	10
Aman Sreshta	Clemson C	Georgia Tech D	101	10
Joseph Wang	UCLA E	UCSD A	108	10
Pratham Bhanushali	WVU B	Ohio State D	108	10
Caleigh Greene	Tusculum A	VCU A	108	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	TUH	Conv. %	Neg %	Average Buzz
Northern California	US	4	100%	0%	74.25
Southern California	US	7	100%	29%	70.29
Eastern Canada (1)	US	4	100%	0%	46.25
Eastern Canada (2)	US	9	100%	0%	50.56
Florida	US	4	100%	0%	76.50
Great Lakes	US	11	100%	9%	59.73
Lower Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	22%	73.44
Upper Mid-Atlantic	US	9	100%	11%	47.11
Midwest	US	9	100%	0%	51.67
North	US	4	100%	0%	34.75
Pacific	US	8	100%	0%	60.13
Southeast	US	12	100%	8%	68.33
Upstate NY	US	1	100%	0%	8.00