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short line - Coverage from 2012 on Progressive Railroading
Freight News
- Indiana Rail Road, Watco make upper management changes
- STB blesses Genesee & Wyoming's RailAmerica acquisition
- Wisconsin DOT allocates funds for freight-rail restoration project
- Carload Express, Hannibal Real Estate revive rail line in Ohio
- Idle reduction initiative pays dividends for Alaska Railroad
- FRA provides grant for trackwork in Alabama
- Western Carolina Railway Service to launch Aiken Railway in South Carolina
- Black, Despos join Watco's management ranks
- Cleveland short line adds CEMEX to customer list
- Patriot Rail, Twin Cities & Western install new VPs
- Carloads rose for RailAmerica, fell for Genesee & Wyoming in October
- Nebraska Central opens new six-span bridge
- West Texas and Lubbock to develop a second transload facility, Iowa Pacific says
- Progressive Rail to commemorate new passing tracks in Wisconsin; Farmrail to serve more oilfield customers in Oklahoma
- Revenue, operating ratio rose for Genesee & Wyoming in 3Q
- RailAmerica reports higher revenue, higher expenses in 3Q
- BNSF: Columbus & Greenville is short line of the year, Burlington Junction and Riverport Railroad earn achievement awards
- Railroad Research Foundation obtains two FRA grants for R&D projects
- Indiana Rail Road starts work on new locomotive shop, acquires land for transload facility
- Iowa Pacific Holdings acquires Cape Rail
- EDA to award disaster funding for New York and Susquehanna track repairs, Schumer says
- Progressive Rail acquires Iowa Traction Railroad
- Indiana Rail Road to boost train speed through Bloomington
- Long Creek Railroad becomes Saskatchewan's 13th short line
- Genesee & Wyoming completes RailAmerica acquisition, places control of holding company in voting trust
- Ironhorse Resources to establish transload facility in New Mexico
- New Jersey DOT provides $6.6 million for eight freight-rail projects
- Traffic tumbled for Genesee & Wyoming in August
- New Jersey provides grant for Salem County rail rehab; Grafton and Upton starts second part of track upgrade
- Sen. Collins, Rep. Tipton tour rail facilities
- Farmrail to begin rehabbing track in Oklahoma
- Columbia Terminal Railroad to celebrate silver anniversary
- Pennsylvania & Southern eyes growth from leased CSX line; Alabama & Gulf Coast serves new crude oil terminal
- Riverport Railroad, Watco make top management changes
- Riverport Railroad, Rescar launch construction on rail-car cleaning facility
- Shaffer to join Reading and Northern as business development VP
- Regional Rail acquires majority stake in Diamondback Signal
- Watco to begin operating Texas short line next month
- Senate bill would extend short-line tax credit by two years, ASLRRA says
- Genesee & Wyoming reports strong 2Q financial results, announces pact with Canadian iron-ore miner
- Genesee & Wyoming: RailAmerica acquisition would mean more growth, diversification in addition to more railroads
- Majority of Congress backs short-line tax credit extension legislation, ASLRRA says
- Genesee & Wyoming lands agreement to acquire RailAmerica
- Red River Valley & Western to mark 25th anniversary
- Genesee & Wyoming's traffic slipped in June, second quarter
- Watco promotes Vaughn to senior regulatory oversight post
- Reading and Northern to become Pennsylvania industrial park's service provider
- Farmrail System obtains temporary FRA waiver for Oklahoma line
- Patriot Rail installs Schultz as EVP, chief administrative officer
- Rep. Huizenga tours Marquette Rail yard, demonstrates support for short-line tax credit
- Pennsylvania rail authority approves North Shore Railroad sale to management team
- Genesee & Wyoming reports May traffic decline; Nebraska Central logs new locomotives
- RailAmerica registered more carloads in May
- Rep. Reed tours Western New York & Pennsylvania, hears call for short-line tax credit extension
- RailAmerica's board ponders potential sale
- STB authorizes R.J. Corman to build Pennsylvania line
- Central Manitoba Railway wins Canadian rail association's marketing award
- OneRail Coalition to brief congressional staffers on rail industry's infrastructure investment
- Chicago South Shore & South Bend appoints CMO, superintendent
- USDOT signs off on Oklahoma DOT's TIGER III grant for track upgrades
- Patriot Rail subsidiary to serve Arizona industrial park
- GWI reports Q1 results, announces NS line lease in Alabama
- ASLRRA hands out annual safety awards, first-ever Schlosser memorial award
- Saskatchewan government doles out grants to 11 short lines
- RailAmerica's traffic tumbled in March
- ASLRRA names three 2012 Marketing Award winners
- Jakubowski joins Anacostia Rail Holdings as CCO
- Short-line tax credit extension not part of Senate's transportation bill, ASLRRA says
- Genesee & Wyoming racks up fewer carloads in February
- RailAmerica's carloads climbed in February
- Watco changes intermodal division's name, installs short line GMs
- RailAmerica's carloads rose, Genesee & Wyoming's fell in January
- Indiana Rail Road realigns marketing, sales department
- RailAmerica ramped up revenue, registered higher costs
- Ohio rail commission provides grant for Ashland Railway track upgrades
- Watco launches 26th short line
- RailAmerica's carloads declined in December, fourth quarter
- Patriot Rail restructures operational management team
- Broe Group acquires more land for Colorado short line-served industrial park
Transit News
Articles
- Americans want more transportation options; plus, freight rail traffic data
- To what extent is rail transportation investment at risk?
- Election 2012: Rail experts sound off on funding, retirement, rules, policies and taxes
- Railway association: Canada's RAC needs to be more of a promoter and educator, CEO Bourque says
- Gas prices, job market help drive transit ridership increase; plus, freight rail traffic data
- Marcellus shale-related activity has been a growth driver for North Shore Railroad Co., but it hasn't been the only one
- Climbing the Hill at Railroad Day (Part 3)
- Climbing the Hill at Railroad Day (Part 2)
- Climbing the Hill at Railroad Day (Part 1)