PRINTER'S NO. 2747
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
649
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY PYLE, TAYLOR, W. KELLER, MATZIE, DRISCOLL,
QUIGLEY, PICKETT, JAMES, IRVIN, KOTIK, PASHINSKI, DAVIS,
ELLIS, WHEELAND, McNEILL, OBERLANDER, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
D. COSTA, MARSHALL, LONGIETTI, READSHAW, WATSON AND JOZWIAK,
JANUARY 22, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 22, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Memorializing the United States Surface Transportation Board,
the United States Department of Justice, the United States
Department of Transportation and the Congress of the United
States to examine plans submitted to the Surface
Transportation Board by Canadian Pacific Railway to acquire
Norfolk Southern Corporation and to further consider any
potential negative impact of the proposal with respect to
building a more efficient freight network in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Norfolk Southern Corporation employs more than 5,200
Pennsylvania residents, operates over 2,300 route miles of track
and 22 rail yards and intermodal terminals throughout the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, has operating division
headquarters in Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, maintains its primary
locomotive repair shop in Altoona and connects with 48 Class 2
and Class 3 railroads throughout this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, In 2014 Norfolk Southern Corporation invested $151
million in its tracks and facilities in Pennsylvania, purchased
more than $1 billion in goods and services from Pennsylvania
vendors, was responsible for $34.4 million in State and local
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