Since 1980, employment has been cut by half among the major freight railroads.
Concerned that their liability protection was being chipped away, the freight railroads turned to Congress for help.
In 1996 and 1997 alone, records show, the freight railroads spent $35 million lobbying Congress on different issues, including indemnity.
In 1960, Xenia had three freight railroads that ran through town.
The expansion plans require agreements with the freight railroads but do not need approval by Congress.
These two freight railroads continued to own the Terminal and kept offices in the tower.
Most of the country's freight railroads shut down in response to a strike against just one of them.
American freight railroads have been so successful that their biggest problem is congestion on the tracks.
In 1977, the freight railroad attempted to sell the station and surrounding land for $85,000.
But both Amtrak and the freight railroads would need outside capital.
