Railroads suddenly on growth track

Globalization, truck fuel costs revive once-dying industry

By BY FRANK AHRENS THE WASHINGTON POST

Photo by Associated Press

Union Pacific locomotives undergo repairs at the company's rail yard in North Platte, Neb., in this file photo.

ADVERSTISMENT

RADFORD, Va. - When Bob Billingsley hired on with Norfolk Southern railway 31 years ago, he was a rookie on work crews that were closing unused lines as the nation's economy turned its back on the railroads.

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