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Letter: Rails Ready To Improve Safety

In a letter to the editor of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, AAR President and CEO Ed Hamberger wrote that the industry is taking steps to implement new technologies to make trains even safer.

LA Times Letter On California Rail Safety

AAR's Ed Hamberger's Letter to the Editor in the LA Times outlines some of the many complexities involved in keeping Calfornia's rails - and the nation's - as safe as possible.

Letter: Rail Offers Cost-Effective Transportation Solution

In a letter to the editor in the Southeast Missourian, AAR President and CEO Ed Hamberger wrote how freight rail offers a cost-effective solution to moving goods across America.

OP/ED: Greenpeace Calls For Safer Chemicals

In an OP/ED in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Greenpeace Legislative Director Rick Hind calls on Congress to enact legislation that would mandate getting rid of volitale chemicals such as sulfer dioxide and chloring using safer ones.

Letter to the Editor: U.S. Needs More Trains

AAR President and CEO Ed Hamberger wrote in a letter to the Washington Examiner that today's trains offer cost-effective, highly environmentally friendly solutions to problems like highway congestion and growing concerns over pollution.

"If we are to keep today's transportation problems from becoming tomorrow's transportation crisis," Mr. Hamberger wrote, "Rail must be part of the solution."

Letter: Expanding Freight Rail

The AAR's Ed Hamberger writes to the New York Times saying that while the U.S. needs to invest in passenger rail service, expanding freight rail will also provide enormous public benefits. One freight train can also take up to 300 trucks off the road, while reducing pollution by two-thirds.

The REAL Truth About Railroads, Reregulation and Antitrust

When it comes to the truth, there’s what some people want you to believe, then there’s the REAL truth. Find out the REAL truth about railroads, reregulation and antitrust. Find out what they don’t want you to know.

Congress Passes Rail Safety Legislation

The railroad industry would like to commend the leadership of the Senate Commerce Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for the work they did in crafting a comprehensive and far-reaching rail safety bill.

PTC - Get All The Facts

Find out how the industry is working toward developing and implementing some of the world's most sophisticated technology to make trains safer than ever.

Freight Rail Works! New Ads!

Two new ads have launched for the Freight Rail Works campaign. Featuring an environmentalist and a retired sheriff, these testimonial ads feature real people talking about how freight rail really works. The ads will run "Inside the Beltway," in the Washington, D.C. market — You can see them by visiting www.freightrailworks.org and clicking on the ad links.

Analysis of Class I Railroads Available

The thirtieth annual edition of the Analysis of Class I Railroads is now available from the AAR and presents comprehensive 2007 data for each of the seven Class I railroads that operated in the United States last year in an easy-to-use format.

Study Shows Shifting Freight To Rail Could Save Commuters Time, Money

The Seventh Annual Congestion Relief Index shows how shifting just 25 percent of highway-bound freight to rail could cut commute times, save money and reduce air pollution.

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Click and Watch: 7th Annual Congestion Relief Index News (2:26 video)

Railroad Fuel Efficiency Sets New Record

Fuel Graphic: Trains 3x better than trucks

What's more fuel efficient than the newest hybrid car? A freight train. In 2007, major freight railroads in the United States moved a ton of freight an average of 436 miles on each gallon of fuel. This represents a 3.1 percent improvement over 2006 and an astonishing 85.5 percent improvement since 1980.

Free In-Class Materials Available for Teachers

The Association of American Railroads has fun and interesting learning materials for teachers and students. The materials are geared toward elementary school aged audiences and are available for all teachers - public school, private school, home school or any learning institution that wants to teach kids about the history of the railroads, railroad safety or many other fascinating facts on railroads.

Click here to visit www.freightrailworks.org and click on the icon for free teaching materials.

Or e-mail Janet Williams (jwilliams@aar.org) for more information or to order your supplies.

NBC NEWS: Study Shows Trains Could Save Drivers' Time, Money

From Baltimore, Md., to Salinas, Calif., NBC News affiliates around the country aired the AAR message that freight rail works to relieve congestion.

“One intermodal train can take the equivalent of up to 300 trucks off the road. When 300 trucks are off the road, there's less congestion, there's shorter commutes, there's people saving gasoline," said the AAR’s Patricia Reilly, who was interviewed for the broadcast.

Good Morning America Touts Train Safety

Good Morning America Touts Train Safety

Leading in the morning news show's 50-state train tour, ABC’s Good Morning America featured an in-depth story on train safety that focused on the public’s role in staying safe around trains and grade crossings. See the news clip: Visit http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5778662

NS Delivers Fuel Efficiency Message To GMA

As Good Morning America rolls through its 50-state train tour, Norfolk Southern's Tom Bartley told weatherman Sam Champion how America's freight rail industry can haul a ton of goods 436 miles on a single gallon of fuel.

Click here to watch the segment from ABC morning show.

What's Old Is What's New: CNN Looks At Freight Rail

CNN's Don Lemon explores the nation's freight rail system noting that high fuel efficiency is just one advantage the freight rail industry delivers to America's economy.

Railway Age's William C. Vantouno told Lemon that a tax credit to help with a $148 billion investment in the network's capacity needed by 2035 is, "Something that's absolutely needed."

Click here to see the story "Return of the Iron Horse" on CNN's Web site.

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