August 17, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(RailAmerica issued the following news release on August 13.) BOCA RATON, Fla. — RailAmerica, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Indiana & Ohio Central Railroad (IOCR), notified the Surface Transportation Board (STB) of its intent to purchase 107 miles of...
August 3, 2004 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(The following report appeared on the Albany Democrat-Herald website on August 2.) ALBANY, Ore. — Nine cars of a Portland & Western freight train went off the tracks in Albany Sunday, disrupting traffic on the Union Pacific’s main line. The accident...
July 30, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following article by Brian Charlton was posted on the Akron Beacon Journal website on July 30.) AKRON, Ohio — Using a crane to carefully lift an unburied section of railroad track near Common Street, about a dozen workers in orange construction hats help...
July 29, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(RailAmerica issued the following news release on July 29.) BOCA RATON, Fla. — RailAmerica, Inc. today reported earnings from continuing operations for the second quarter of 2004 of $406,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, compared to earnings from continuing...
July 14, 2004 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 13.) NEWARK, Ark. — Train tracks in Newark are now clear after a derailment that left three locomotives and five railroad cars off the tracks. The Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad train had a...
July 13, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Chip Jones appeared on the Times-Dispatch website on July 13.) RICHMOND, Va. — MeadWestvaco Corp. broke ground last week on a $7 million wood-processing plant in Buckingham County, a project that’s considered a major step forward...
June 11, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Gillian Wee appeared on the Miami Herald website on June 11.) MIAMI — Two months after its longtime chief executive resigned, RailAmerica named a former federal transportation official as his successor. Charles Swinburn, who has been a...
June 10, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by David Hunter appeared on the Penn News website on June 9.) INDIANA, Pa. — Though work on the track continues, coal trains won’t start rolling over the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad’s Indiana branch until fall according to...
June 3, 2004 | CSX, Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Jonathan D. Jones appeared on the News Leader website on June 2.) STAUNTON, Va. — Two freight trains will be based here under a tentative agreement reached between CSX Corp. and Buckingham Branch Railroad. The two companies filed a...
May 27, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following report by Shane Samuels appeared on the Chetek Alert website on May 27.) CHETEK, Wisc. — A Minnesota rail company is taking over service on the rail lines in the area with the hopes of creating new industry and expanding existing industry....
