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CSX expects service gains will bolster railroad during economic downturn

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Despite macroeconomic headwinds serving as a backdrop for 2023, Eastern U.S. railroad CSX sees its...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/csx-expects-service-gains-will-bolster-railroad-during-economic-downturn

FreightWaves Classics/ Infrastructure: I-195 opened in Virginia in 1975

Cars and trucks near downtown Richmond, with cars taking the I-195 exit. (Photo: VDOT/ggwash.org)

On July 15, 1975, the first segment of Interstate 195 (I-195) in Virginia’s state capital of Richmond was opened. The new interstate spur also became known as the Beltline Expressway. 

The 3.5-mile highway is a spur route of Interstate 95. Within the Interstate Highway System (IHS), “a spur route is a short highway serving as a branch of a major highway in a large metropolitan area.” Generally, spur routes are designated by three-digit numbers; the last two of those digits consist of the number...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicsinfrastructure-i-195-opened-in-virginia-in-1975

Regional Rail inks deal to operate Port Manatee Railroad until 2036

Port Manatee in Florida has reached an agreement with Regional Rail LLC for the operation of Manatee port-owned short-line railroad through at least 2036, with options through 2051.

Under the agreement, which will take effect on 1 December, Port Manatee Railroad LLC will be operated as a subsidiary of Pennsylvania-based company, Regional Rail, which already operates seven other short-line railroads in the United States, including three in Florida with more than 885 km of track in total.

Port...

https://container-news.com/regional-rail-inks-deal-to-operate-port-manatee-railroad-until-2036/

FreightWaves Classics: Fallen Flags – Chessie System had a brief but meaningful lifespan

There are many people interested in former transportation companies, whether they were trucking companies, railroads, airlines or ocean lines. They are called “fallen flags,” and the term describes those companies whose corporate names have been dissolved through merger, bankruptcy or liquidation.

Chessie System/Baltimore & Ohio awaits departure from the terminal at Lima, Ohio with a southbound general merchandise train on August 13, 1978. The facility has long since been abandoned but the main line remains in service. (Photo: Arnold Morscher/American-Rails.com)Chessie System/Baltimore & Ohio awaits departure from the terminal at Lima, Ohio with a southbound general merchandise train on August 13, 1978. The facility has long since been abandoned but the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classics-fallen-flags-chessie-system-had-a-brief-but-meaningful-lifespan

CSX boosts Ohio intermodal terminal

When CSX Transportation opened its huge intermodal terminal in North Baltimore, Ohio nearly eight years ago, it promoted a vision of unloading containers from inbound trains from various cities and sorting them onto new trains for outbound destinations.

The idea was to build volume for origins and destinations that didn’t generate enough traffic to warrant dedicated trains in specific service lanes.

Transfers between trains and trucks were provided for, but at least at the beginning were expected...

http://container-news.com/csx-boosts-ohio-intermodal-terminal/

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