Progress Railroading: What'll it Take for Rail to Gain 'Stimulus' Traction on Captal Hill — Now and

From Progress Railroading:

The word “infrastructure” has wended its way into the Washington vernacular tosuch an extent that it just might blend in with the policy-wonk woodwork.Consultants study the ins and outs of North America’s congested highways and(someday) crowded freight-rail mainlines, issuing reports and predictions withincreasing frequency and noting, dutifully, that rail is three times more fuelefficient than truck transport. In Congress, lawmakers now line up to serve oncommittees that feature the “I” word as an adjective.  “They’re talkingabout infrastructure in a much broader scope, and with a much greater sense ofurgency, than I’ve seen or heard — perhaps ever,” says National IndustrialTransportation League (NITL) President Bruce Carlton, who has three dozen yearsof experience working on domestic and international freight transportationissues. “Transportation infrastructure seems to be on everybody’s ‘to-do’list.”