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Choke Point: Analysis: Freight rail improvements in Chicago get the green signal

THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER :: July 15th, 2009
Choke Point: Analysis: Freight rail improvements in Chicago get the green signal

Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr updates a NewsHour report on freight rail congestion in the Midwest as a third of a billion dollars in federal subsidies is on its way to the backlogged region.

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Choke Point: Video: Choke Point [part two]

THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER :: June 11th, 2009
Choke Point: Video: Choke Point [part two]

Blueprint America -- with The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer -- in a report from the Midwest on the direction and congestion of America's freight rail network.

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Choke Point: Analysis: Getting to the Other Side of the Tracks

THE NEWSHOUR with JIM LEHRER :: June 11th, 2009
Choke Point: Analysis: Getting to the Other Side of the Tracks

Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr on the impact of freight moving through communities.

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Choke Point: Web Video: Edward Hamberger

THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER :: June 11th, 2009
Choke Point: Web Video: Edward Hamberger

Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr interviews Edward Hamberger, President and CEO of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), about the state of freight rail in America today, as well as its future. The AAR represents the interests of the major freight railroads in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and Amtrak.

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Choke Point: Analysis: Gone Electric: The Rise and Fall of America’s First Electric Freight Line

THE NEWSHOUR with JIM LEHRER :: May 7th, 2009
Choke Point: Analysis: Gone Electric: The Rise and Fall of America’s First Electric Freight Line

Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr on the viability of electric rail in America.

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Choke Point: Video: Choke Point [part one]

THE NEWSHOUR with JIM LEHRER :: April 22nd, 2009
Choke Point: Video: Choke Point [part one]

Blueprint America -- with The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer -- in a report from Chicago on the state of America's freight rail network.

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Choke Point: The Takeaway: Interview with Rick Karr on the national freight system

THE NEWSHOUR with JIM LEHRER :: April 21st, 2009
Choke Point: The Takeaway: Interview with Rick Karr on the national freight system

The Takeaway, on Public Radio, talks with Rick Karr, correspondent for Blueprint America, about his report on the nation’s ailing freight-rail system airing on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

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Choke Point: Analysis: ‘It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry’

THE NEWSHOUR with JIM LEHRER :: April 21st, 2009
Choke Point: Analysis: ‘It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry’

Blueprint America correspondent Rick Karr on America's rail infrastructure.

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