It'll take awhile for individuals and industries (railroaders and rail included) to find their footing in the new economic order, and freight rail and transit execs shared some of their preliminary thoughts on that score in our annual 'Outlook' coverage (see page 28). How post-election Washington responds-to the economic crisis, particularly as it deepens, and rail's potential restorative role in helping to solve it- in the weeks and months ahead could prompt rail execs to tweak (if not rethink) their '09 game plans. As of late last month, rail leaders were encouraged by the signals, flares and other communiques they'd received from the powers that will be via meetings with members of President-Elect Barack Obama's transportation transition team. Mort Downey, a former deputy secretary of transportation under President Bill Clinton, serves as transition chief.
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