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1/4 Million May Go Without Heat While Utility and Railroad Argue

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After the freight train derailed in Plainfield, Illinois on June 30, spilling more than 30,000 gallons of crude oil, the CN Rail Road said utility company, Nicor Gas , was to blame for the accident because soil beneath the tracks gave way while a gas pipeline was being rebuilt nearby.

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Business Report: Illinois Leaders Form Non-Profit to Spur Job Creation

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Bruce Rauner recently announced that leaders at the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity and business stakeholders will collaborate in organizing a newly formed private, non-profit organization focusing exclusively on increasing Illinois’ competitiveness for job creation and investment.

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

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THE DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS ADVANTAGE. Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads. DuPage County is accessible to the 52 railroads in Illinois, which makes the area the nation’s largest rail gateway, providing access to every state in the continental U.S. Shorr Packaging Corp.

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Auto Truck Group Expanding Indiana Operations

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The Illinois-based company will invest more than $6 million in the 72,865-square-foot facility, enabling Auto Truck Group to continue growing and to create up to 50 new jobs by the end of 2022. The company plans to relocate from its current facility at 13710 Lower Huntington Road once the new facility is complete.

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How to plan your warehouse layout

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What nearby road, rail or other transit networks will the facility connect to? The 92,000-square-foot expansion to Spartan Light Metal Products in Sparta, Illinois. It starts on the outside, where owners are more constrained by existing roads, utilities and even topography. How frequent will turnover of goods be?

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LOCATION FOCUS: Indiana — More And More Roads Are Leading To “The Crossroads Of America”

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Incorporated in 1949, Hoosier Energy is a generation and transmission cooperative (G&T) providing wholesale electric power and services to 18 member distribution cooperatives in central and southern Indiana and southeastern Illinois to meet the collective electricity needs of more than 750,000 residents, businesses, industries and farms.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Two Train Cars Forward, Three Cargo Ships Back

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The Railroad sector was the big winner with a 15.3 million miles of public roads and two million miles of oil and natural gas pipelines. There are networks with 120,000 miles of major railroads, more than 25,000 miles of commercially navigable waterways and more than 5,000 public-use airports. fuel consumption dropped.