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Land-use study to help guide CSX growth
(The following appeared on the Winter Haven News Chief website on December 8.) BARTOW, Fla. — The Polk County Long Range Planning Division is partnering with the city of Winter Haven to conduct a future land-use study for the State Road 60 area. The purpose of the...
CSX joining the green movement in Maryland
(The following story by Tess Hill appeared on the Cumberland Times-News website on December 6.) CUMBERLAND, Md. — Keeping employees at a comfortable temperature in a cement building with nine different doors opening multiple times a day to bring in metal popsicles is...
Opinion: Railroad bucks means jobs
(The following editorial appeared on the Star-Tribune website on December 7.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — As any Keetac employee would attest, the U.S. needs jobs, and there's good news in a plan being developed to create them via highway and other transportation...
Traveling the tracks: Popularity of passenger rail increases
(The following story by Caroline Dohack appeared on the Columbia Tribune website on December 7.) COLUMBIA, Mo. — Rail travel isn’t a primary means of transportation for many, but it is an increasingly popular option. Amtrak has seen increasing ridership over the past...
Passenger rail continues to pick up speed
(The following story by Rachana Dixit appeared on the Lynchburg News Advance website on December 8.) LYNCHBURG, Va. — Local rail supporters are thrilled that despite the economic odds, a state-proposed $17 million three-year pilot program includes long-awaited U.S. 29...
BNSF sludge spill damages city treatment plant
(The following story by Abby Sewell appeared on the Desert Dispatch website on December 8.) BARSTOW, Calif. — A malfunction in the BNSF Railway wastewater treatment system led to an unknown quantity of partially treated oil sludge being released into the city sewer...
FRA issues proposed rule to improve federal track safety standards
(The Federal Railroad Administration issued the following on December 5.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a proposed rule to improve federal track safety standards regarding continuous welded rail (CWR) which consists of long...
Vermont considers Amtrak routes cut
(The Associated Press circulated the following on December 6.) MONTPELIER, Vt. — The economic crisis is forcing the state of Vermont to consider cutting back or eliminating the state's two Amtrak passenger train routes. The state pays almost $5 million a year to...
Pa. Governor Rendell backs rail upgrades
(The following story by Don Aines appeared on the Herald-Mail website on December 6.) CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — The CSX Intermodal Facility south of Chambersburg, which opened in the fall of 2007, will become part of the National Gateway, a proposal for a public-private...
Terror threats prompt Pa. rail security focus
(The BLET’s Pennsylvania State Legislative Board issued the following on December 5.) HARRISBURG, Pa. — "It's time for Pennsylvania to make sure our rail infrastructure, passenger and freight operations are secure against invasive threats to the system, "Ken Kertesz,...
