November 15, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line, UP
(The following report appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on November 12.) NORFOLK — Nebraska Central Railroad has asked the City of Norfolk and the Madison County Railroad Transportation Safety District to help pay for $1.8 million in improvements on a...
November 12, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 11.) BOCA RATON, Fla. — RailAmerica Inc. reported Thursday that October North American same-railroad traffic, or operations the company has owned for a year, declined 0.1 percent to 102,855...
November 9, 2004 | BNSF, Headlines, Short Line
(Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado RailNet issued the following news release on November 8.) FORT WORTH, Texas — Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado RailNet (NKCR) will acquire two rail lines consisting of nearly 89 miles of track from The Burlington Northern and...
November 8, 2004 | CSX, Headlines, Short Line
(The following article by Chip Jones was posted on the Richmond Times-Dispatch website on November 6.) RICHMOND, Va. — A Dillwyn-based railroad’s plan to lease nearly 200 miles of CSX Corp. track across Virginia got the green light yesterday from a federal...
November 8, 2004 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(The following article was posted on the Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise website on November 7.) SHIRLEY, Mass. — A few wheels of a Guilford freight train derailed from railroad tracks in Shirley late Saturday afternoon. The derailment was caused by a...
November 3, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(Florida East Coast Industries issued the following news release on November 3.) ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Florida East Coast Industries, Inc. (NYSE: FLA) (FECI) announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2004. Robert W. Anestis, Chairman, President...
November 2, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(Genesee & Wyoming issued the following news release on November 2.) GREENWICH, Conn. — Genesee & Wyoming Inc. reported today that net income in the third quarter of 2004 increased 33.2% to $10.1 million, compared to net income of $7.6 million in the...
October 26, 2004 | DOT, Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 26.) DODGE CENTER, Minn. — One more transportation official is on board with the proposed expansion of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad. Emil Frankel, assistant secretary for...
October 19, 2004 | CSX, Headlines, Short Line
(RailAmerica issued the following news release on October 18.) BOCA RATON, Fla. — RailAmerica, Inc. (NYSE:RRA) today announced that its subsidiary, Indiana & Ohio Central Railroad, Inc. (IOCR), completed its $8.6 million purchase of 107 miles of railroad...
October 18, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on October 18.) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — An ongoing labor dispute between the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad and its union could be inching closer toward a strike. In a prepared statement released this...
