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State Sues Fleet for Highway Damage

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is suing a trucking company to recover the $2.7 million damage caused to a section of Interstate 95 by a gasoline tanker crash.

October 20, 1998

Oklahoma State Program Buys Tracks to Keep Trains Running

When Burlington Northern Santa Fe Co. decided to abandon two lines through rural Oklahoma, the state stepped in and paid $6.55 million to save the tracks from the scrap yard.

October 20, 1998
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Current Market, Stock Buybacks Go Together

Publicly owned transportation and logistics companies are taking advantage of the current stock market downturn to repurchase their stock at bargain prices.

October 20, 1998

Fleet Purchases and Expansions

M.S. Carriers, Memphis, Tenn., agreed to purchase assets of Interstate Trucking Corp. of America, a dry van truckload carrier based in Merrill, Wis.

October 20, 1998
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Britain to Experiment With Truck-Only Lanes

The British Highways Agency has completed a feasibility study on dedicated, truck-only lanes on the island nation’s congested motorway system, and is now testing the idea.

October 20, 1998
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Creativity: Turn People Loose With High-Tech Tools

Everyone who’s anyone in America’s vast distribution network has computer-based information and communication systems. These days you can’t do business without them. But in the words of one major player, “It’s not what you use but how you use it.â€

October 20, 1998
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Murder Suspect Sought by Police

The Alabama Bureau of Investigation says a man wanted for murder may be hiding out at truck stops near the Alabama-Mississippi border and may try to solicit rides from truck drivers.

October 20, 1998

Greyhound Lines Being Purchased by Canadian Company

Greyhound Lines, the nation's only long-haul bus company, is being purchased by North America's largest provider of city transit fleets, school buses and ambulances.

October 20, 1998
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Mack to Use Cummins Engine Line

There’s a new partnership in truck manufacturing: Mack Trucks and Cummins Engine Co.

October 20, 1998
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Experts Present Options for Hours of Service

A new report on hours-of-service regulations outlines five options with wide variations in the way they combine shift length, driving time, nondriving work time, sleep time and personal time.

October 20, 1998