Siemens AG (ADR) (SI), Union Pacific Corporation (UNP): How to Invest in the Rail Boom

There are other, more indirect methods of tapping into the humongous international growth. Siemens AG (ADR) (NYSE:SI), for example, was recently awarded part of a 22 billion euro contract from Saudi Arabia as part of a new six-line metro system buildout. Back in the U.K., a nation where many, many cars, tracks, and locomotives are set to be replaced, Siemens was awarded a contract for more than 1,100 new cars, to be delivered to London starting in 2016. The deal is worth 1.8 billion euros — or nearly $2.4 billion.

There are plenty of other ways to tap into the rail boom, some more risky than others. But these two plays, one American and one European, offer safer bets that will no doubt benefit from the re-emergence of rail as a transportation linchpin.

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