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Article: Norfolk Southern promotes freight-transfer proposal in Pennsylvania.
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- June 24, 2004
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By Dan Miller, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jun. 24--CARLISLE, Pa. -- Norfolk Southern Corp. wants a new facility in south-central Pennsylvania where it can transfer freight from trucks to rail cars as part of proposed improvements to its system throughout the Interstate 81 corridor.
Railroad officials have briefed state Transportation Secretary Allen Biehler on the plan, which proposes a mix of public and private money to finance improvements affecting 13 states throughout the I-81 corridor from Texas and Louisiana north to Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
The improvements would position Norfolk ...