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From the Associated Press.

Bernie Wagenblast
Transportation Communications Newsletter
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/transport-communications/

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JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) - City officials plan to buy an old train terminal for 
$5,000 and turn it into green space.

The Johnstown Redevelopment Authority will buy the Baumer Street station and 
tear down the former freight terminal in about a month, said authority 
Director Ron Repak.

The terminal, which is now owned by the CSX Corp., dates back to the 1900s 
and was part of the former B&O Railroad. It has been vacant for about a 
decade and many see it as an eyesore in the city.

CSX had asked for as much as $80,000 dollars for the terminal, but the price 
was gradually lowered until the city agreed to buy it.

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