DOT secretary promotes economic benefits of freight transport
U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta toured a grain elevator cooperative in Iowa last week to highlight how freight rail service can benefit farmers and other shippers.
The grain elevator is served by the Iowa Northern Railway, a short-line rail company.
The visit was the second this month by Mineta to a closely contested battleground state in the presidential election to promote the Bush administration’s economic polices. Earlier he traveled to Erie, Pa., to see the General Electric Transportation rail complex, which manufacturers freight locomotives.
DOT secretary promotes economic benefits of freight transport
