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More than 2,000 truck stop operators and suppliers are set to convene in Phoenix this week to discuss the changing face of their industry.

Amtrak announced four new business ventures that will take it deeper into the freight transportation business.

Executives of Norfolk Southern Corp. and National Railroad Passenger Corp., which operates Amtrak, say talks are under way to allow Norfolk Southern’s RoadRailer intermodal trains to use Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., and northern New Jersey.

Overnite Transportation Co. said its revenue was above $1 billion in 1998 and its profits were the highest since 1994.

Enterprise Transportation Co. expanded its petrochemical hauling business by acquiring the trucking assets of Howell Transportation Services in Houston.

This is a test. What has 86% of the nation’s freight business, annual revenue of about $350 billion, employs almost 9 million people and can’t get the mother of all bureaucracies to give it its own office?

Despite rumors to the contrary, journalists are people just like truckers, so don’t be afraid of them, a panel of journalists told attendees at the California Trucking Association’s annual conference.

The captains of America’s Road Team for 1999 are a diverse group of professional truck drivers from around the nation, but what they all share is a near-perfect safety record and a common desire to promote the industry.

With dual goals of growing and simplifying its internal structure, the National Private Truck Council will add membership categories and drastically cut the size of its board of directors.