May 26, 2004 | CSX, Headlines, Short Line
(RailAmerica issued the following news release on May 25.) BOCA RATON, Fla. — RailAmerica, Inc. today announced that its subsidiary, Central Railroad of Indianapolis, notified the Surface Transportation Board (STB) that it intends to lease 276 miles of railroad...
May 20, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Stan Maddux appeared on the Post-Tribune website on May 20.) LaPORTE, Ind. — With riverboat gambling funds in hand, LaPorte County is rallying around an effort by farmers to acquire a 56-mile stretch of rail used to transport crops. The...
May 6, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 5.) VOLGA, S.D. — Kevin Schieffer walks along a stretch of the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern railroad and spots a worn joint separating two sections of track. “That’s where you always have...
May 4, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(Genesee & Wyoming issued the following news release on May 3.) GREENWICH, Conn. — Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) reported today that net income in the first quarter of 2004 increased 71.1% to $9.5 million, compared to net income of $5.5 million in the...
May 3, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 3.) MERIDIAN, Miss. — Meridian Southern Railway LLC will spend $250,000 to refurbish a 55-mile stretch of railroad it owns in Clarke and Wayne counties. East Mississippi economic development officials...
April 23, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(Penn State Live posted the following article on its website on April 22.) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Thirty years after its last train pulled away from here, the Bellefonte Central Railroad has made a return, of sorts, to the University Park campus. Instead of...
April 15, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Joe Kafka on April 15.) PIERRE, S.D. — Some state provisions regulating railroads that resort to forcible acquisition of private land in South Dakota discriminate against interstate commerce and violate...
April 13, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following article by Byron Rohrig was posted on the Courier and Press website on April 13.) EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Outside Alan Barnett’s office sits a 40-foot boxcar of the Louisville, New Albany & Corydon Railroad, a survivor from a fleet the...
March 22, 2004 | CN, Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Pat Faherty appeared on the Budgeteer News website on March 19.) DULUTH, Minn. — The Canadian National Railway Company hopes to complete purchase of the DM&IR next month. Best known by its symbol “CN” and its red locomotives, the...
March 19, 2004 | Headlines, Short Line
(Pioneer Railcorp issued the following news release on March 18.) PEORIA, Ill. — At the Board of Directors meeting on March 15, 2004, Mr. J. Michael Carr was nominated to assume the position of President of Pioneer Railcorp by Mr. Guy Brenkman. The Board...