{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.casey.senate.gov/newsroom/releases/following-casey-effort-tax-extenders-bill-that-is-set-to-become-law-renews-tax-incentive-that-boosts-pa-short-line-railroads", "Following Casey Effort, Tax Extenders Bill that Is Set to Become Law Renews Tax Incentive that Boosts PA Short Line Railroads", "2014-12-16", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Bob Casey", "C001070", "www.casey.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington DC- Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced that following his efforts, Congress\u2019 tax extenders bill that is set to become law following Senate passage contains a tax incentive that will boost Pennsylvania\u2019s short line railroads. The bipartisan bill would impact Short Line railroads in places like Luzerne, Lycoming, Philadelphia and Allegheny Counties among others. It would allow these Short Line railroads to deduct up to 50% of investments made in track repair.\r\n\u201cShort Line railroads help businesses across Pennsylvania move their goods,\u201d Senator Casey said. \u201cRenewing this tax credit will allow railroad companies to upgrade their infrastructure so that rail continues to have a role in boosting the Commonwealth\u2019s economy.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\r\nShort line railroads are branches of lines of larger railroads that were spun off to be the on and off ramps to the railroad network. A tax credit will be given for every 50 cents of every dollar that a customer or supplier spends on rail improvements, allowing small railroad companies to deduct up to 50% of investments made in track repair and other qualifying investments. There are 10 Short Line Railroad carriers operating in Pennsylvania that save the government millions of dollars in highway costs. The tax credit act originated with the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, expired in January 2008, but was retroactively applied to extend through January 2012.\u00a0\r\nThis bill will retroactively extend the Section 45G Short Line Railroad tax credit that is expired in December 31, 2013.\r\nPennsylvania Short Line Railroads\r\nAllegheny Valley Railroad\r\n \r\nBrandywine Valley Railroad\r\nChestnut Ridge Railway Company\r\nConemaugh & Black Lick Railroad\r\nEast Erie Commercial RailroadKnox & Kane Railroad\r\nLuzerne & Susquehanna Railroad\r\nLycoming Valley Railroad\r\n \r\nMiddletown & Hummelstown Railroad\r\n \r\nNew Castle Industrial Railroad\r\n \r\n\u00a0\r\nNew Hope & Ivyland Railroad\r\n\u00a0\r\nOil Creek & Titusville Lines\r\n\u00a0\r\nNorth Shore Railroad System\r\n \r\nPhiladelphia, Bethlehem & New England Railroad\r\nPittsburgh, Allegheny & McKees Rocks Railroad\r\n \r\n\u00a0\r\nReading & Northern Railroad\r\n\u00a0\r\nSouthwestern Pennsylvania Railroad\r\n \r\nSteelton & Highspire Railroad\r\nTurtle Creek Industrial Railroad\r\nTyburn Railroad\r\n \r\n\u00a0\r\nUnion Railroad\r\n \r\nUpper Merion & Plymouth Railroad \r\n \r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.casey.senate.gov/newsroom/releases/following-casey-effort-tax-extenders-bill-that-is-set-to-become-law-renews-tax-incentive-that-boosts-pa-short-line-railroads"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.460833940654993, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}