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Watco forms compliance services division
ASLRRA: Tax credit extension measure won't be in place by year's end
Watco assigns Rhodes, Cathey to short-line GM posts
BNSF, Watco make upper management changes
Short-line tax credit extension bill racks up majority of House supporters
Watco to acquire controlling interest in Wisconsin & Southern, operate new Wyoming short line
Modesto & Empire Traction turns 100; Arkansas & Missouri turns 25
STB issues final environmental report for R.J. Corman's proposed Pennsylvania project
Iowa Transportation Commission provides loans, grants for nine rail projects
Genesee & Wyoming sets income, revenue and operating ratio records
EPA grant to help Alabama port authority repower short line's switcher
Short-line tax credit extension bills continue to garner congressional support, ASLRRA says
RailAmerica ramps up revenue, income
Patriot Rail, CF Rail Services forge rolling stock services pact
Watco: Cox to head engineering, Williams to help manage short line
September carloads up for Genesee & Wyoming, down for RailAmerica
Pacific Harbor Line to add low-emission engines to 16 locomotives
Patriot Rail boots up revamped website
Patriot Rail develops transload facility for Louisiana short line
Big Sky Rail becomes Saskatchewan's newest short line
Iowa Pacific Holdings to upgrade Texas-New Mexico's track, motive power
U.S., Canadian politicians praise benefits of government-funded rail projects
Northern Lines Railway, Watco make management changes
Volume up for Genesee & Wyoming, down for RailAmerica in August
New England Central closer to restoring hurricane-damaged network
Cimarron Valley Railroad to replace six wildfire-damaged bridges
Pennsylvania authority receives remainder of TIGER II grant for rail upgrades
Genesee & Wyoming completes Arizona Eastern acquisition
Indiana Rail Road begins to build locomotive shop
Small railroads boosted carloads in year's 33rd week, RMI index shows
RailAmerica entices shippers to build, expand plants along its lines
ARG Trans inks interim operator contract, assigns GM for Oregon line
Iowa small roads to receive federal grants for flood-damage repairs
Genesee & Wyoming's carloads climbed, RailAmerica's fell in July
Watco makes management changes
OmniTRAX acquires Stockton Terminal & Eastern; Regional Rail launches operations on leased NS line
Wisconsin & Southern transloads large electrical equipment
RailAmerica rings up more revenue, income
Twin Cities & Western reaches 20th anniversary
Wednesday webcast: Indiana Rail Road's record MOW program
OmniTRAX owner seeks to acquire Stockton Terminal & Eastern Railroad
Iowa Interstate begins to build locomotive shop, yard
Two North Shore roads win NS short-line awards
Genesee & Wyoming's traffic climbed, RailAmerica's fell in June
'Day on Capitol Hill' drew attention to rail industry's legislative pursuits
Arizona airport authority seeks rail operator for industrial park
Regional Rail to lease NS line in Pennsylvania for East Penn subsidiary
KWG Resources advances plan to form short line in Ontario
In memoriam: Short-line entrepreneur Jack Haley
Watco installs Inselbuch as CFO, Baden as COO
Seven Canadian towns seek feds' help to acquire CP line
California Northern Railroad wins 'clean air champion' award
Jackson to succeed Mackil as CEO of Beard Land, Modesto & Empire Traction
CN's Mongeau: Four short lines, infrastructure investments are paying off in carloads
BNSF, Yellowstone Valley modify lease agreement for Montana line
Mississippi rail authority to study new short line; Mississippi Export selects Savage to operate transload terminal
Anacostia & Pacific relocates Chicago HQ; Watco assigns Baton Rouge Southern GM
New Orleans commission recommends governance changes for Public Belt
Morristown & Erie to operate newly rehabbed New Jersey line
Hensley becomes GM of Adrian & Blissfield
RailAmerica's April carloads lagged last year's pace
KCS seeks to solidify short-line partnerships
Genesee & Wyoming logged more carloads in April
Rio Grande Pacific installs Bach as president
ASLRRA hands out annual safety awards at San Antonio conference
Tacoma Rail to repower three locomotives, serve new Sound Refining spur
Genesee & Wyoming and RailAmerica notch higher revenue, note higher expenses
ARG Trans, Genesee & Wyoming land new business
North Carolina transportation board issues grants to nine short lines
Ten short lines land grants from Saskatchewan government
Genesee & Wyoming, RailAmerica registered carload gains in March
Watco inaugurates short line in Alabama
RailAmerica to acquire Gulf and Ohio's three Alabama short lines
Watco assigns Cox, Davis to management positions
Short-line tax credit extension measure enters Senate
UTU members ratify York Railway agreements
Finger Lakes, Providence & Worcester and R.J. Corman/Central Kentucky Lines win ASLRRA's 2011 marketing awards
In memoriam: Consummate L.B. Foster salesman, short-line industry leader D. Dale Leake
Watco appoints short line GMs, regional transload director
Wisconsin DOT provides $25.5 million worth of freight-rail grants, loans
Genesee & Wyoming tally, RMI index show year-to-date carload climbs
Watco seeks STB approval to lease NS lines in Alabama
Watco, Kinder Morgan to build transload centers for crude oil
House bill would extend short-line tax credit another six years
RailAmerica registers revenue, income gains
R.J. Corman launches Appalachian Regional Short Line Project
AAR weekly report: U.S. carloadings snowed under by winter storms
ASLRRA seeks nominees for first 'Safety Professional of the Year' award
Genesee & Wyoming drove up income, drove down operating ratio
Sommers to manage U.S. Steel's short lines
Iowa Interstate promotes Lipka to EVP, CFO
Cleveland port, short line forge business-building agreement
RailAmerica, Genesee & Wyoming registered traffic gains in December
Patriot Rail assigns six execs to key posts
Patriot Rail takes ownership of Weyerhaeuser's six short lines
In memoriam: Former Red River Valley & Western President Tom Kotnour
Texas short line to acquire Oklahoma DOT line
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Rail industry data and trends from
Progressive Railroading
December 2011
Gas exploration and drilling in the Marcellus Shale means more traffic for Class Is, short lines
Rail Outlook 2012: Freight rail
Rail industry data and trends from
Progressive Railroading
November 2011
Profile: Dan Sabin, Iowa Northern Railway
RailTrends 2011: The Growth Story Retold
Rail industry data and trends from
Progressive Railroading
October 2011
Rail industry data and trends from
Progressive Railroading
September 2011
Rail industry data and trends from
Progressive Railroading
July 2011
Railroad Day on Capitol Hill: Delivering the rail message amid the debt din
Railroad Day on Capitol Hill (preview)
Rail industry data and trends from Progressive Railroading June 2011
Short-line profile: Rick Webb, Watco
Rail industry data and trends from
Progressive Railroading
April 2011
Rail industry data and trends from
Progressive Railroading
March 2011
Short lines: NASA Railroad's future in question
Rail industry data and trends from
Progressive Railroading
January 2011
Railroads and the tax code: Short lines, transit agencies welcome tax benefit extensions
Short-line profile: Andrew Fox of the Chicago South Shore & South Bend, and the Pacific Harbor Line