National Gateway Creates Long-Term Environmental Benefits

National Gateway Creates Long-Term Environmental Benefits:

"The National Gateway, a multi-state public-private partnership seeking to create a state-of-the-art freight rail route between Mid-Atlantic ports and Midwestern markets, is poised to create significant environmental benefits including lower emissions and reduced fuel consumption.

"By clearing existing rail routes for double-stack freight trains, the National Gateway will convert over 14 billion highway miles to rail and enable shippers to better utilize the environmental advantages of rail transportation, reducing CO2 emissions by almost 20 million tons and fuel consumption by nearly 2 billion gallons."

National Gateway Honored as 'Competitiveness Project of the Year'

National Gateway Honored as 'Competitiveness Project of the Year':

"WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Gateway coalition today announced that it has been honored as 'Competitiveness Project of the Year' by the North American Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum, a leading infrastructure identification and development group.

The award recognizes the National Gateway as the 'project which contributes most to the [North American] region's capacity for global competitiveness.'

The National Gateway is an $842 million, multi-state public-private infrastructure initiative which will create a more efficient freight rail route between Mid-Atlantic ports and Midwestern markets. This is achieved by raising bridges, increasing tunnel clearances and building terminals along an existing rail corridor to support the movement of double-stacked containers on rail cars."

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PIERS and Railinc to Track Movement of Containerized Cargoes within U.S.

PIERS and Railinc to Track Movement of Containerized Cargoes within U.S.:

"NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- PIERS(R) Global Intelligence Solutions, a UBM Global Trade company, and the leading source for data on U.S. waterborne imports and exports, announced a strategic alliance with Railinc, providers of IT solutions and information systems to the nation's rail network.

Under the alliance, PIERS is providing Railinc with information on containerized cargoes shipped through U.S. ports. Railinc is matching the PIERS data with its records of intermodal freight and returning to PIERS the details of where and when the containers began and ended their inland rail journeys."

RailwayAge Magazine - Caltrans touts EMD “green” machines

RailwayAge Magazine - Caltrans touts EMD “green” machines

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"The locomotive is an F59PHI originally built by Electro-Motive Diesel in October 2001. EMD has installed its 710ECO™ Repower upgrade package with the latest microprocessor-controlled locomotive engine technology for lower emissions, increased fuel economy, greater reliability, and predictable maintenance costs. The upgraded locomotive will now achieve EPA Tier 2 emissions performance, two levels cleaner than required for this model, Caltrans said."

Crescent Corridor Rolls On

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Norfolk Southern Selects Fayette County Site for New Memphis Regional Intermodal Terminal, Supporting Crescent Corridor Initiative

"NORFOLK, Va., July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Norfolk Southern announced today that it will construct a new intermodal terminal in Rossville, Tenn., in Fayette County, to serve the Memphis region, as part of the railroad's Crescent Corridor initiative to establish a high-speed intermodal rail route between the Mid-South and Gulf Coast and the Northeast. The $129 million facility, in which freight is transferred between truck and rail, will occupy a 570-acre site and is expected to open in January 2012.

"Norfolk Southern's Crescent Corridor initiative is a multistate network of infrastructure improvements and other facilities intended to enhance Norfolk Southern's 2,500-mile rail network that supports the supply chain from the Gulf Coast, Birmingham and Memphis to Philadelphia and the New York metropolitan area and enable it to handle more freight traffic faster and more reliably. The railroad is in the process of implementing Corridor projects, including straightening curves, adding passing tracks, improving signal systems, and building new terminals."

New Intermodal Service from UP and NS

Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific Offer Refrigerated Trailer Shippers the Rail Industry's Fastest Intermodal Delivery From Los Angeles to Atlanta With New Expedited Service:

"NORFOLK, Va. and OMAHA, Neb., July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Norfolk Southern Railway and Union Pacific Railroad today announced they have launched a new expedited intermodal service specifically designed for refrigerated trailer shippers between Los Angeles and Atlanta. This new service gives customers the option to have their refrigeration units serviced during the stop in El Paso, Texas, significantly reducing the risk of protective service failure during transit. New rail customers will find this premier service a seamless shift from over-the-road transportation by providing truck-like speed (more than 500 miles per day) and reliability."

Sound Transit Set to Open Seattle's First Light-Rail Line (via FriendFeed)

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Sound Transit Set to Open Seattle's First Light-Rail Line 8 minutes ago - Comment - Like "Relying on lessons learned and a restructured management plan, Sound Transit is set to open Seattle's first light-rail line — and launch the next round of regional transit projects" - Ron Bailey

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  "The $75 million facility, which will take three years to complete, will connect an existing marine terminal with up to five Class Is. The ICTF is the second phase of ASPA's Choctaw Point project, which also includes a marine container terminal that was completed in October 2008 and a logistics park."