October 15, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(RailAmerica issued the following news release on October 14.) BOCA RATON, Fla. & CARY, N.C. — RailAmerica, Inc. and Railinc today announced that the North Carolina & Virginia Railroad (NCVA) , owned by RailAmerica, has implemented RailSync Command....
October 8, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following news release appeared on the Association of American Railroads’ website on October 7.) WASHINGTON — In order to better serve their mutual customers, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and the American Short Line and Regional Railroad...
October 1, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(RailAmerica issued the following news release on September 30.) BOCA RATON, Fla. — RailAmerica, Inc. (NYSE:RRA) announced today that Harold R. Curtis was elected to the Company’s Board of Directors effective October 1, 2004. Mr. Curtis will serve as an...
October 1, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(Reuters circulated the following article on September 30.) SAN FRANCISCO — Short-line railroad operator RailAmerica Inc. on Thursday said it is exploring alternatives to dispose of its E&N Railway in British Columbia, Canada, and has arranged an amended...
September 27, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following article by Karen Ogden was posted on the Great Falls Tribune website on September 26.) GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Branch railroad lines — the tracks that once connected Montana’s farm towns to the world’s major grain markets —...
September 22, 2004 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(The following article by Art Aisner was posted on the Ann Arbor News website on September 21.) SALINE, Mich. — A railroad employee was killed in Saline on Monday when he was pinned between an engine and a rail car near the Visteon plant. Charles Hatch Jr., 46,...
September 8, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Jan H. Kennedy appeared on the Canton Repository website on September 6.) BREWSTER, Ohio — With the tenacity of the “little engine that could,” Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway has chugged its way up and over a mountain of...
August 30, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Chuck Lentz appeared on the Grand Island Independent website on August 30.) GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Leaving the highway between Grand Island and Fremont would in many places take a traveler to the tracks of the Nebraska Central Railroad, a...
August 17, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on August 16.) MOUNT HOPE, W.Va. — For years, a stretch of rail track between Mount Hope and Thurmond was silent, serving only as a shortcut to local fishing holes or as bleachers for parents watching their...
August 17, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Columbus Business Journal posted the following article on its website on August 16.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — RailAmerica Inc. of Boca Raton, Fla., has agreed to buy a portion of track between Columbus and Cincinnati from CSX Corp. The two rail freight companies...
