| Number | 20004 |
| Subject | Railroads |
| Source | Wall Street Journal (New York) |
| State | NY |
| Year | 1997 |
| Publication Date | May 9 |
| Summary | The Journal reports that "after a decade of sweeping mergers and hostile takeovers, the railroad industry is on the verge of its largest remapping in history -- a 25,000-mile rejiggering of tracks that will straighten out routes, speed up shipments and make railroads a better competitor against trucks. But the plans also put the industry on a collision course with residential America. Many of these new routes would cut through the heart of hundreds of cities and towns, subjecting them to long, lumbering freight trains." |
| Category | General |
| Pages | 2 |
| Keywords | business;corporate interests;transportation;Union Pacific;noise pollution;litigation;Burlington Northern Santa Fe |
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