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Torch River Rail becomes Canada’s newest short line
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 31.) Last week, a new short line launched operations in Saskatchewan, Canada. Torch River Rail Inc. began to move trains between Nipawin and Choiceland. The Nipawin Region Economic Development...
Opinion: Third track would give New York-Long Island traffic relief
(The following column by Jeffrey M. Zupan appeared on the Newsday website on August 1. Mr. Zupan is a senior fellow for transportation with the Regional Plan Association.) NEW YORK — The recent announcement by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that it is...
Pa. township wants to save railroad span
(The following story by John Walk appeared on the Intelligencer Journal website on August 1.) LANCASTER, Pa. — Now that Providence Township owns the segment of the Enola Low-Grade Line within its borders, officials want to save one of the abandoned railroad's vintage...
NS train speeds to increase in Knox County, Tenn.
(The following story appeared on the Knoxville News Sentinel website on July 31.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — To expedite the movement of freight trains through Knox County, Norfolk Southern Corp. said Thursday it will raise track speed at four highway-rail grade crossings...
UP, county haggle over right of way
(The following story by Larry Meyer appeared on the Argus Observer website on July 31.) NYSSA, Ore. — A contractor last week removed rails, spikes and ties on the old Union Pacific branch line from Nyssa to Adrian. The line, which formerly cut through Homedale and...
Opinion: A new challenge, but the same old mistakes
(The following editorial by Neil Reynolds appeared on the Globe and Mail website on August 1.) OTTAWA — U.S. railway magnate Thomas Clark Durant used to take congressmen and high-level bureaucrats to lunch. When building the Union Pacific railway in the 1860s, for...
BNSF supports improving levees
(The following story by Christina Crippes appeared on The Hawk Eye website on August 1.) BURLINGTON, Iowa — Add the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway to the list of supporters of a comprehensive plan for the levees along the upper Mississippi. With five different...
Iowa loans railroads $4 million to repair flood damage
(The following story by Dave DeWitte appeared on The Gazette website on August 1.) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Seven Iowa railroads that sustained damage from June flooding have been awarded no-interest state loans averaging $571,000. More than 400 miles of rail were damaged...
Editorial: Rail investment will pay off
(The following editorial appeared on the State Journal-Register website on August 1.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — It’s hard to believe that it was just three years ago that President Bush tried to kill all federal funding for Amtrak, the nation’s passenger rail service. In...
BNSF traffic resumes after gas leak
(The following appeared on the Suburban Chicago News website on July 31.) CHICAGO — Train traffic through Lisle was temporarily halted on Thursday after a construction crew struck a gas line. According to a press release from the Lisle Police Department, a...
