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Nimble, Necessary, Noted for Customized Service

ASLRRA PERSPECTIVE, RAILWAY AGE AUGUST 2024 ISSUE: The Surface Transportation Board (STB) will hold a public hearing in September to gather information about recent trends and strategies for growth in the freight

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Congressman Nehls’ Masquerade Ball

WATCHING WASHINGTON, RAILWAY AGE AUGUST 2024 ISSUE: A heap of chutzpah was served up last month by House Railroad Subcommittee Chairperson Troy Nehls (R-Tex.) at a hearing more masquerade ball than inquiry

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Norfolk Southern Proving Critics Wrong

After Norfolk Southern prevailed in its hard-fought proxy fight victory earlier this year, we wrote that “as Norfolk Southern finally pulls out of the station, leaving its activist detractors shouting on the

A southbound train at the Alliance Intermodal Facility, circa 2005. (Caption and Photograph Courtesy of BNSF)
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Alliance Intermodal Facility: Celebrating 30 Years of Growth

1994 was a pivotal year for the global supply chain as NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, took effect. It was also when Amazon was founded and the World Wide Web became easily accessible to the average person.

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Ahead of Major Repair Projects, PATH Reimagines Customer Communications

Rebecca Riehl easily blended into the crowd of people on PATH’s Journal Square platform on a recent weekday. It’s not hard for her, as a daily rider herself. But she wasn’t just waiting for the train. She chatted with customers, examined new station signs, and checked in with PATH’s customer service staff.

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Justice Department Banging on NS with Crescent Wrench (Updated)

Please, say it ain’t so, Norfolk Southern. Tell the Justice Department they are looney tunes—that you don’t belong on the FBI’s Most Wanted List for allegedly intentionally and habitually delaying Amtrak’s Crescent

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Book Review: A War Against Rail Bicycle Manifesto

From Rails to Trails by Peter Harnik (University of Nebraska Press, 2021). There is an ongoing war between “rails-to-trails” proponents who covet every rail line and wish it could be paved into

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Is Amtrak Tarnishing the Silver Star?

The Silver Star was once part of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad’s fleet of crack streamlined trains between New York and the South that ran with stainless steel equipment, starting in 1947.

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Sixth of a Series: Higher Fares, Service Cuts at WMATA

Our most recent feature article on transit in the Nation’s Capital appeared in the August 2023 issue of Railway Age. Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono described the politics surrounding the agency as a

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Fifth of a Series: SEPTA Hopes for Good News

I noted in my previous report that New Jersey Transit (NJT) will get a reprieve, on account of a new tax on the largest businesses in the State. That tax will not

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