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Rail advocates urge McDowell County to show 'skin in the game' for passenger-rail funding
Summary
Kathy Moore, a rail-committee representative, told the county board that restoration work by RJ Corman and Norfolk Southern has reopened tracks and urged McDowell and neighboring towns to together demonstrate local funding commitment to unlock state and federal passenger-rail dollars.
Kathy Moore, a rail-committee representative, told the McDowell County Board of Commissioners on April 13 that rail companies have committed to restore heavily damaged tracks between Old Fort and Ridgecrest and invited commissioners to a May 18 ‘‘welcome-back’’ event for Norfolk Southern.
Moore said RJ Corman completed large reconstruction work and described a local group called ‘‘Waiting…
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