Railroad industry news about: Gov. Tom Wolf, rail infrastructure funding, State Transportation Commission, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, PennDOT, Rail Transportation Assistance Program, Rail Freight Assistance Program. From the editors of Progressive Railroading Magazine
• Boyd Station, $2.6 million, for construction of four new tracks and installation of unloading equipment.
• Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, $700,000, for replacement of some 44,000 feet of rail and 2,500 ties, and the line surfacing.
• Corsa Coal Corp., $246,434, for rehabilitation of about 10 miles of track from its Coleman Junction to the Cambria Plant.
• CSX, $8.4 million, for a tunnel replacement project that will permit routing of double-stack container and multi-level auto rack traffic to/from the Port of Philadelphia.
• Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad, $1.3 million, for the construction of a 3,900-foot siding and replacement of approximately 7,440 feet of rail and 1,550 ties.
• Dyer Quarry, $192,150, for a locomotive storage expansion project, including track re-alignment.
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John Cotton Dana, 1856 - 1929, founded the Newark Library (pictured) in 1902. NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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Historically speaking, did you know that:
Curtis-Wright Corporation: Based in Lyndhurst, the Curtis -Wright Corporation was founded by the merger of the nations foremost aeronautical companies.
Czechs: The first Czechs settled in New Jersey in 1805 but it wasn’t until the late 19th century that they began to emigrate to the state in larger numbers.
Dams: New Jersey counts 1,600 dams under the direction of the State Environmental Protection Department.
John Cotton Dana: After graduating from Dartmouth College, John Cotton Dana, 1856 - 1929, went west and founded the Denver Public Library in 1889. In 1902, he founded the Newark Library and also founded the Newark Museum in 1909.