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Posted 25 April 2017 - 03:36 PM

Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA 4/25:
 

Norfolk Southern to develop second Pittsburgh route for double-stack freight cars

 

 

Last June, a landslide from the Mount Washington hillside pretty much closed the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks near Station Square for 11 days, crippling the company’s ability to move double-stack freight cars through the region.

 

The railroad expects to address that situation with the help of a $20 million state grant to help upgrade another route through Pittsburgh that can accommodate double-stack cars. That grant was among $22.7 million in funds approved Monday by the State Transportation Commission for railroad projects in Allegheny County.

 

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