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- BNSF, Rail Logistics see uptick in demand for Cold Train service
The launch of BNSF and Rail Logistics' Cold Train service in 2010 is proving successful as more shippers at the Port of Quincy, Wash., use it to transport farm products. The service benefits the region's agricultural business and helps keep full-time jobs, even in other states, said Pat Boss, a public affairs consultant to the port and Cold Train. "Had we not been able to do some of these things, there would have been some permanent job losses in Michigan," Boss said. The Produce News
(11/26)     
- Boardman: Amtrak is "making strides"
At a meeting of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Amtrak CEO and President Joseph Boardman said the strategic plan and organizational overhaul of the railroad is paying off. The agency recorded record ridership and revenue levels this year. "When we’re done, Amtrak will look more like a business and less like a government agency," Boardman said. "And customers will find that our system is easier to use, more convenient, timelier and more comfortable." Roll Call (free content)
(11/28), Pittsburgh Tribune-Review/Gannett News Service
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- NS helps S.C. short line preserve service via lease deal
Norfolk Southern is helping Aiken Rail Company maintain rail service in South Carolina through a rail lease agreement. "The basis for us founding our company was to preserve rail service in areas where it was facing reduction or elimination," said Steven Hawkins, president of Western Carolina Railway Service, which owns ARC. "This was clearly a candidate that met that criteria and it's in my home state of South Carolina, so I'd rather see the service preserved than eliminated." Aiken Standard (S.C.)
(11/25)
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- Rail gets more popular as interest fades in new pipelines
An insufficient level of interest for a planned 1,300-mile pipeline from the Bakken shale formation to Cushing, Okla., led Oneok Partners to abandon the idea. The decision follows Enbridge's statement that crude-by-rail could be the "the fastest way" to transport Bakken oil. Petroleum-by-rail shipments rose 54.2% last week year-on-year, according to the Association of American Railroads. United Press International
(11/28)
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