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- March 16
– John Shedd Reed, president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway from 1967 to 1986, dies. He was honored by Modern Railways magazine as the Man of the Year for 1970; he was one of the Santa Fe executives in 1976 that told Amtrak it couldn't use the Chief or Super Chief names for its passenger trains saying it "wasn't super any more." Reed was the grandson of John G. Shedd, second president of Marshall Field and founder of Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. Reed served as president of the aquarium from 1984 to 1994. (AP) (Chicago Tribune)[1][2] - January 2
– Genesee & Wyoming announces that it has completed the acquisition of an 87.4% stake in Maryland Midland Railway. The transaction is reported to be valued at $29.1 million; Lehigh Cement, the largest customer on Maryland Midland's line, holds the remaining 12.6% stake. (TradingMarkets.com)[3] (GWR)[4] - December 24 – George Warrington, president of Amtrak 1998-2002, dies of pancreatic cancer. Before being promoted to president, he served as president of Amtrak's Norteast Corridor business unit from 1992 to 1998, Deputy Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation from 1990 to 1992, and started his railroad career with New Jersey Transit in 1979.
- December 4 – The United States Supreme Court issues a unanimous decision in a suit brought by CSX Transportation against the state of Georgia. CSX alleged that the method that Georgia used to assess the railroad's property value within the state was improper. Lower courts agreed with the state, citing the 1976 Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act but the Supreme Court disagreed saying the act "prohibits States from discriminating against railroads by taxing railroad property more heavily than other commercial property in the State." (Jurist)[5] (AP)[6]
References
- ↑ Associated Press. "John Shedd Reed, rail executive", San Jose Mercury News, 2008-03-17. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- ↑ Shah, Tina. "John Shedd Reed, 1917 - 2008", Chicago Tribune, 2008-03-17. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
- ↑ "GWR: Completes Acquisition of 87.4% of Maryland Midland Railway", TradingMarkets.com, 2008-01-02. Retrieved on 2008-01-02.
- ↑ Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (2008-01-02). Genesee & Wyoming Completes Acquisition of Maryland Midland Railway. Press release. Retrieved on 2008-01-02.
- ↑ Shawl, Jeannie. "Supreme Court rules in sentencing, railroad property valuation cases", Jurist Legal News and Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 2007-12-04.
- ↑ Associated Press. "Court Rules for Railroads in GA Case", 2007-12-04. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
