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RailAmerica subsidiary to lease line from CSX

(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...

56-mile rail purchase proposed

(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...

Company replacing sections of DM&E railroad

(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...

Railway to upgrade 55-mile stretch of track

(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...

Court rules in DM&E case

(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...

Shortlines face long odds

(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...

CN hopes DM&IR buy will be complete next month

(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...

Pioneer Railcorp announces new president

(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...