{"id":37492,"date":"2014-11-25T10:16:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T15:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/rails-sound-alarm-ahead-of-chicago-gridlock-replay\/"},"modified":"2014-11-25T10:16:19","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T15:16:19","slug":"rails-sound-alarm-ahead-of-chicago-gridlock-replay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/rails-sound-alarm-ahead-of-chicago-gridlock-replay\/","title":{"rendered":"Rails sound alarm ahead of Chicago gridlock replay","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1397\" style=\"margin-top: 4px;margin-bottom: 4px;margin-left: 12px;margin-right: 12px;border-width: 1px;border-color: black;border-style: solid\" alt=\"railyard, train yard; trains\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/railyard2.jpg\" width=\"130\" height=\"103\" \/>With last week\u2019s 7 feet of snow in upstate New York heralding an early winter, railroads crisscrossing Chicago are rushing to open 24-hour command centers, install heaters to keep switches from freezing, and plotting ways to reroute traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The aim is to avoid the gridlock that started with storms last winter in Chicago, the biggest Midwest city and the epicenter of a rail system where the six largest U.S. and Canadian lines intersect. Even after adding engines, crews and capacity carriers from Warren Buffett\u2019s BNSF Railway Co. to Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC:US) are still recovering from last winter\u2019s delays as this one roars in.<\/p>\n<p>Read the complete story at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2014-11-25\/railroads-sound-alarm-ahead-of-chicago-gridlock-redux-freight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg Businessweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With last week\u2019s 7 feet of snow in upstate New York heralding an early winter, railroads crisscrossing Chicago are rushing to open 24-hour command centers, install heaters to keep switches from freezing, and plotting ways to reroute traffic. 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