CSX Needs to go Green

Click title for full story Railroad laments stalled San Pedro port yard By Art Marroquin, Staff Writer 02/25/2008 11:39:02 PM PST A $300 million "green" railroad line serving the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach might finally be considered by summer, about three years after the massive project was first suggested, officials said Monday. The Southern California International Gateway rail yard designed by Burlington Northern Santa Fe boasts elements to reduce air, lighting and noise pollution by using cleaner-burning cranes, locomotives and trucks, while also removing about 1million trucks annually from the Long Beach (710) Freeway.