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Premtec Expanding In North Carolina

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Premtec, a manufacturer of brake hoses for the railroad industry, will expand its operations in Rowan County, NC. The company, a division of New York Airbrake, will invest over $1 million dollars in new equipment and improvements to its Salisbury facility and create 28 new full-time jobs.

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Seismic Side Effects

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Late last month, a group of area residents said they’d had enough: 100 of them turned up at a meeting of the Texas Railroad Commission in Austin to protest the situation (the TRC regulates mineral energy production in Texas). trillion cubic meters of gas, which is 440 times the amount consumed annually by the state of New York).

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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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1,677 miles of Class 1 railroads. Louis and Chicago to the north and New Orleans to the south, while Interstate 30 connects Arkansas with markets to the southwest, including Texas and Mexico. Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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In addition, Brunswick County is one of the localities that receive economic development support from the Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission. Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads. gateway where all six major Class-One North American railroads can interchange traffic.

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Battle of Bayonne

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At 1,675 feet, the arch was more than twice as long as the previous record-holder, the Hell Gate Railroad Bridge in New York City. Four months later, a delegation from New York and New Jersey participated in the ribbon cutting for the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Christie, Sen.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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states with service to all six Class I railroads, and offers more than 7,300 miles of oil pipeline and 11,200 miles of gas pipeline. A 2009 study commissioned by the State of Utah has identified 2,166 MW of geothermal potential existing with the state. Glauco Pensini, CEO of SIEL’s new U.S. times that of the Nos.

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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Serving over two thirds of the eastern seaboard, it is second only to New York in gross tonnage. The Port currently has service by two Class I railroads, Norfolk Southern and CSX—both offer double-stack service to critical manufacturing and population centers. The Port of Baltimore is one of the largest ports in the U.S.