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NY Gov. Cuomo backs Bronx-Manhattan rail project

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The Pennsylvania Access Project involves the construction of four new Metro-North Railroad stations and modification of existing infrastructure.

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Amtrak Train Strikes Backhoe Outside Philly, Kills 2 Workers

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Sunday morning, two workers will killed when Amtrak Train number 89, bound for Savannah, Georgia, struck their backhoe in Chester, Pennsylvania. During the crash, the lead engine partially derailed, scattering debris throughout the tracks and under a steel railroad bridge near Sixth and Broom streets in Chester.

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Bootstraps for Building

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Allentown, located in the heart of the Lehigh Valley and the third most-populous city in Pennsylvania, has a glorious history. When the industrial revolution unfolded in the 1830s, Allentown became the center of Pennsylvania’s iron industry and a railroad hub. 119,000, is one of the fastest-growing cities in Pennsylvania.

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NOLA Tops Logistics List, San Jose Leading IT Hub In BF’s 2013 Metro Rankings Report

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via a 14,500-mile inland waterway system, six Class One railroads and a nexus of interstate highways, New Orleans is the port of choice for the movement of everything from steel, rubber and manufactured goods to commodities like coffee,” said Editor in Chief Jack Rogers. “With its proximity to the center of the U.S.

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ASTM vs ASME Standards: Whats the Difference?

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This committee started in Pennsylvania, which is where the headquarters are located. What was initiated by railroad engineers as a committee to ensure better rail products, is now an international organization known for the development and publication of voluntary standards for products, materials, services, and systems.

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How to plan your warehouse layout

The Korte Company

A 306,000-square-foot addition to a Walgreens distribution center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The 124,000-square-foot office and warehouse expansion for The Dial Corporation in St. Louis, Missouri. Infrastructure needs inform warehouse layout. The systems supporting a warehouse or distribution center impact how its layout is developed.

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Seismic Side Effects

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Late last month, a group of area residents said they’d had enough: 100 of them turned up at a meeting of the Texas Railroad Commission in Austin to protest the situation (the TRC regulates mineral energy production in Texas). 2010 to pump wastewater from fracking projects in Pennsylvania into a deep storage facility in Ohio.