Article: Statement By Edward R. Hamberger, President And CEO Association Of American Railroads On Passenger Rail Group Study

Article: Chicago: passenger rail hub: Chicago is the ...
Railway Age;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... s pre-eminent position in North American freight railroading is a given, but Chicagoland's long-standing role in passenger rail operations gets less attention from the rail industry, and the media, and sometimes even Chicago residents themselves ...

Article: Small steps, great gains: NCDOT and its freight ...
Railway Age;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... way at the North Carolina Department of Transportation's Rail Division. More than a decade ago, NCDOT set out to make passenger rail service a more competitive transportation alternative. Meeting this goal required increasing train speeds, reducing travel ...

Article: High-speed rail, electrified Caltrain may prove disastrous for ...
Oakland Tribune;  August 14, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... the advantages of freight rail -- economics, the ... which has been shipping freight rail along the Peninsula ... collar workers. "If passenger rail is expanded along the ... Peninsula at the expense of freight rail, it will be taking ...

Article: Statement by Edward R. Hamberger, President and CEO Association ...
U.S. Newswire;  December 7, 2007 ;     535 words ... ... rests the future of passenger rail on the freight rail system. Piggy ... a third-rate passenger rail system, one that ... world-class freight rail system. There ... with Congress and passenger rail advocates to make ...

Transcript: ROLE OF FREIGHT AND PASSENGER RAIL:LANCE R. ...
Congressional Testimony;  January 28, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... develop freight and passenger rail policies and programs ... focus on: -- Role of freight rail in the economy ... economic crisis on freight rail; and -- Freight and passenger rail needs. Role of Freight Rail in the Economy Freight ...

Article: High-speed rail: an idea whose time has come? Passenger ...
The Public Manager;  June 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... some advancing) nations in passenger rail and can learn from the positive ... and Asia. * Investment in passenger rail can also benefit freight rail service, which has become ... supposed positive benefits of passenger rail: * It is safer than highway ...

Article: Georgia DOT Chooses Consultant for Passenger Rail ...
PR Newswire;  August 19, 1999 ;     641 words ... ... study the implementation of passenger rail service in Georgia. Georgia ... of commuter and intercity passenger rail service from Atlanta to Macon ... also study the impact of a passenger rail system on the freight rail movements in the metro Atlanta ...