CP RAILWAY, NORFOLK SOUTHERN LOOK TO STREAMLINE NORTHEAST OPERATIONS

CP RAILWAY, NORFOLK SOUTHERN LOOK TO STREAMLINE NORTHEAST OPERATIONS    Canadian Pacific Railway has granted Norfolk Southern Railway Co. trackage rights between Sunbury, Pa., and Mechanicville, N.Y.
   The move is part of a joint effort by both companies to improve freight service to upstate New York, northern Pennsylvania and New England.
   'The agreement is in line with CPR's strategy to maximize the value of its network in the Northeastern U.S. by creating additional traffic density on our Delaware & Hudson lines,' said Fred Green, CP Railway's senior vice president of marketing and sales.
   A new passing siding will be built on CPR's D&H line at Clarks Summit, Pa., to accommodate the anticipated increase in traffic. CPR, NS and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will jointly fund the $2-million project.
   The agreement expands a partnership between NS and CPR in the Northeast. In 198, NS and CPR completed a $12-million upgrade of the Sunbury Line between Sunbury and Scranton. In 2002, the two railroads introduced a new intermodal service between the ports of New York-New Jersey, Montreal and Toronto.