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...overlooked America's forgotten railways as an alternative to crowded highways. Tens of thousands of miles of underutilized railroads could be transformed into medium- to high-speed transportation networks, particularly in the Northeast, Midwest and Sunbelt. Similarly, the great railway capillary systems of cities like Houston, Los Angeles and Detroit, which were once used extensively for freight delivery, could be developed into useful commuter routes...
Although the Federal Government has smiled on most recent merger activity, every now and then a corporate union gets flagged down. Last week the Interstate Commerce Commission affirmed its year-old rejection of the proposed merger between the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railways, citing "serious anticompetitive effects" as its reason. The combined railway would control more than 90% of rail traffic on the West Coast...
...intervention that the Constitution seemed to contemplate when, for example, it authorized federal regulation of commerce "with foreign nations, and among the several States . . ." At the time, the Constitution's framers championed a free-market system with little Government interference. Says W. John Swartz, president of the Santa Fe Railway: "The Founding Fathers would be astonished at the amount of rules we operate under today. Regulators have gone much...
...eventually gives in to Pakistani entreaties and supplies technicians, they will be at risk both in the air and on the ground in Pakistan, where agents of KHAD, Afghanistan's secret service, frequently stage terror bombings. Last week three time bombs ripped through a Peshawar railway station. In addition, the deal has run into opposition from Senator John Glenn of Ohio, a Democrat who is an outspoken critic of Pakistan's nuclear program. Later this month Glenn plans to propose an end to all U.S. military aid until Islamabad demonstrates that it has ceased production of weapons-grade uranium...
...American Railway Engineering Association...