Text 3In recent years,railroads have been combining witheach other,merging into supersystems,causing height-ened concerns about monopoly.As recently as 1995,thetop four railroads accounted for under 70 percent of thetotal ton-miles moved by rails.Next year,after a series ofmergers is completed,just four railroads will control wellover 90 percent of all the freight moved by major railcarriers.Supporters of the new supersystems argue that thesemergers will allow for substantial cost reductions andbetter coordinated service.Any threat of monopoly,they