GoRail's team visits communities across the country to talk about how freight rail is catalyzing economic development and creating jobs. Keep up with our work and learn about the latest freight rail news in your community through our blog.
Mobile, AL — Construction continues on the $60 million development of the Port of Mobile’s rail-served roll-on/roll-off vehicle processing facility. The project, announced in the…
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Washington, D.C. — Some Earth Day trivia: What weighs 4,000 tons, carries the load of several hundred trucks, and is still the greenest way to…
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Oneonta, NY — New York Assemblyman Clifford Crouch recently highlighted freight rail's spending and infrastructure in an op-ed for the Oneonta Daily Star, contrasting rail…
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Birmingham, AL — Policymakers should look to freight rail's "user-pays" example when considering highway infrastructure policy, argues Alabama State Director Christy Sammon in a recent op-ed…
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Jacksonville, FL — “You're kind of at the heart of the intermodal network,” said Kevin Thorpe, chief economist for global commercial real estate company Cushman…
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Washington, DC — March came in like a lion and went out like one, too, for the GoRail team. Our busy staff conducted over 225…
Read MoreWashington, DC. — The Association of American Railroad’s (AAR) three female senior vice presidents, Adrian Arnakis, Kathy Kirmayer and Kristin Smith — half of the…
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Alexandria, VA — Norfolk Southern’s annual Hazmat Safety Train made its 2019 debut on a bright, crisp morning in Alexandria, Va., on Tuesday — and…
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Memphis, TN — Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland highlights the nation's infrastructure imperative in a new op-ed for the Daily Memphian, arguing that "infrastructure is an area ripe for…
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Jefferson County, CO — Jefferson County Commissioner Libby Szabo cautions policymakers in a recent op-ed against tariff escalation, noting the positive impact of international trade on…
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