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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.

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.

Over the past few years, truckers have embraced in-cab communication advancements, disproving the perception that they are out of touch with technology. More importantly, these innovations have changed how the industry does business.

The debate over whether the federal government should adopt a special radio frequency for intelligent transportation systems may seem pretty ho-hum, but the issue has far-reaching financial and technological implications. The ripple will sweep across trucking as well as equipment manufacturers.

A federal judge’s ruling has boosted efforts by an insurance company and two state automobile assigned risk plans to recover millions of dollars in lost premiums from an allegedly fraudulent truck insurance scheme.