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<DIV>From the Hagerstown, MD Herald-Mail newspaper</DIV>
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<H1>Pennsylvania</H1>
<H1 class=displaystory-headline>Rendell, Norfolk Southern announce intermodal
rail facility</H1>
<DIV class=displaystory-metadata>By KATE S. ALEXANDER<BR><SPAN
class=displaystory-storydate>August 12, 2009</SPAN><BR><SPAN
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href="mailto:kate.alexander@herald-mail.com">kate.alexander@herald-mail.com</A></SPAN>
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<P><A
href="http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=228586&format=html"
target=new>Rendell: Budget woes hurt libraries</A> </P>
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<P><A
href="http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=228574&format=html"
target=new>Rendell defends position in budget crisis</A> </P>
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<P>GREENCASTLE, Pa. — Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell showed his support for
Norfolk Southern’s Crescent Corridor initiative Wednesday, promising that his
$45 million contribution will pass in the capital budget. </P>
<P>“Whatever happens in the budget fight, this money will be in there and will
be over the next three years,” Rendell said. </P>
<P>Together with the governor, Norfolk Southern announced Wednesday its plans to
build a $95 million intermodal rail facility in Franklin County, Pa. </P>
<P>Spread over three years, the $45 million will help jump-start a
public-private partnership between the Commonwealth, the federal government and
Norfolk Southern, CEO Wick Moorman said. </P>
<P>The Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility joins four others in the
state. Each is designed to allow transfer of freight between trains and trucks.
</P>
<P>Because of its strategic proximity to key markets, the Franklin County
terminal is vital to the success of the high-speed freight route from Louisiana
to New Jersey, Moorman said. </P>
<P>More than 2,300 miles of Norfolk Southern track run through Pennsylvania,
including those that border the 200-acre site the company purchased in Antrim
Township. </P>
<P>The site is now a corn field, said Jane Pittman, who, with her husband,
George, owns 69 of the 200 acres being sold to Norfolk Southern. </P>
<P>Even though she is losing her home of 40 years, Pittman said she understands
the role she will play in Franklin County’s economic future. </P>
<P>“This is the anchor we have been waiting for,” said Gary Gembe, president of
the Greencastle-Antrim Area Development Corp. “This will have a domino effect on
development at Exit 3.” </P>
<P>Nearly 1,000 acres surrounding Exit 3 are zoned for commercial and industrial
development. </P>
<P>Norfolk Southern was drawn to the site’s proximity to the future Antrim
Commons Business Park, owned by Baltimore-based Atapco, Moorman said. </P>
<P>Yet, it was the support of neighbors and the community that sealed the deal,
he said. </P>
<P>“(It was) that intangible factor, the business environment and community
environment and the people who said ‘we want this here’ that we saw here in the
county,” he said. </P>
<P>Investing in Crescent Corridor is sound economic policy for the Commonwealth,
Rendell said. He estimated that by 2015, the facility in Antrim Township will
employ 600 Pennsylvanians. </P>
<P>Neighbors of the intermodal facility are invited to an informational meeting
Aug. 27 at 4 p.m. PennDOT will host the meeting at Green Grove Gardens on Pa.
16.</P></DIV>
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alt="George and Jane Pittman, at right, look at the location of their 69-acre farm with Russ Powell of Atapco prior to a press conference held by Norfolk Southern at the Mason Dixon Auto Auction near Exit 3 on I-81. The couple are selling their farm to Norfolk Southern."
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<DIV class=displaystory-storymedia-metadata><SPAN
class=displaystory-storymedia-credit>Kelly Hahn Johnson | Staff
Photographer</SPAN><BR>
<P class=displaystory-storymedia-caption>George and Jane Pittman, at right, look
at the location of their 69-acre farm with Russ Powell of Atapco prior to a
press conference held by Norfolk Southern at the Mason Dixon Auto Auction near
Exit 3 on I-81. The couple are selling their farm to Norfolk Southern.</P><A
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alt="Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell talks about plans for the Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility during a press conference Wednesday at the Mason-Dixon Auto Auction."
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<P class=displaystory-storymedia-caption>Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell talks
about plans for the Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility during a press
conference Wednesday at the Mason-Dixon Auto Auction.</P><A
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<DIV class=displaystory-storymedia-metadata><SPAN
class=displaystory-storymedia-credit>Kelly Hahn Johnson | Staff
Photographer</SPAN><BR>
<P class=displaystory-storymedia-caption>Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell shakes
hands with Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman following his remarks detailing
plans for the Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility during a press
conference Wednesday at the Mason-Dixon Auto Auction.</P><A
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alt="What are now farms and fields at the Milnor Road crossing, near exit 3 on Interstate 81 in Franklin County, Pa., will become Norfolk Southern's Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility. The rail facility will be a major access point in the Crescent Corridor, according to Norfolk Southern."
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<DIV class=displaystory-storymedia-metadata><SPAN
class=displaystory-storymedia-credit>Kelly Hahn Johnson | Staff
Photographer</SPAN><BR>
<P class=displaystory-storymedia-caption>What are now farms and fields at the
Milnor Road crossing, near exit 3 on Interstate 81 in Franklin County, Pa., will
become Norfolk Southern's Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility. The rail
facility will be a major access point in the Crescent Corridor, according to
Norfolk Southern.</P><A class=displaystory-storymedia-buy
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<DIV class=displaystory-storymedia-metadata><SPAN
class=displaystory-storymedia-credit>Jennifer Fitch | Staff Writer</SPAN><BR>
<P class=displaystory-storymedia-caption>State Sen. Richard Alloway,
R-Franklin/Adams/York, and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell addressed a crowd of 100
celebrating Norfolk Southern development coming to Antrim Township. Some footage
is provided by Norfolk Southern. Filmed 4-12-09.</P><A
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