Rendell Promotes National Rail System

It seems more states are buying in to what CSX is selling. Click title for story link. Gov. Ed Rendell Friday visited the CSX Chambersburg Intermodal Facility to promote the CSX's National Gateway project to build a rail corridor from North Carolina to Ohio, crossing through southwest Pennsylvania. At a cost of $724 million, CSX, the federal government and six states propose to fund the effort which supporters say will generate around 2,500 jobs in the region and provide a more environmentally friendly method for freight transport. Mr. Rendell has long championed expansion of rails for both passenger travel and shipping and has tripled funding for rail freight since taking office in 2003.