12/30/2011
THE TRACK RECORD: Rail News & Notes from the ORDC
 
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RAIL NEWS & NOTES FROM THE ORDC
  
Greenfield (OH) Gets Funding for City-Owned Rail Line
 
Controlling Board OK’s Construction Extension for V&M Star Rail Yard Project
 
Manufacturing/Housing Drive Rail Traffic Growth
 
GE Investing $35-Million In New Diesel Re-Build Facility
 
Shipping & Logistics:
AAR Reports Weekly Gains In Rail Traffic
 
Ohio “Fracking” Sand Like Gold
 
AAR: Freight Transportation A “Derived Demand” Industry
 
Legislation & Policy:
Rail Association Says Congress Could Increase Truck Weights
 
Short Line Tax Credit Not Expected to Be In Place By Year’s End
 
AASHTO Lists “Top Ten” 2012 Transportation Issues
  
Rail & Labor:
TCU / UTU Members Ratify Railroad Contracts
 
Rail Employment Rises in 2011
 
Rail History & Preservation:
Ohio Troops Traveled by Train to Civil War Battlefields
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