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Rail adviser outlines Amtrak expansion opportunities, warns regulatory mergers could shift freight landscape
Summary
A rail adviser briefed commissioners on national railroad merger activity, the county’s two Class I connections, and potential expansion of Amtrak service between Raleigh and Selma. He urged the county to pursue station planning while state DOT funding and federal grant studies progress.
Scott Sailor, an adviser on rail issues, briefed the Johnston County Board of Commissioners Aug. 4 on recent railroad-network developments and local opportunities to expand passenger service.
Sailor described two pending corporate merger proposals that could reshape freight rail networks and the economics of service in the eastern U.S.; he noted those proposals are subject to approval by the federal Surface Transportation Board and are not…
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