December 20, 2002 | Headlines, Short Line
KALONA, Iowa — The I & M Link railroad of Milwaukee wants the lawsuit with the county to go to federal court and the Washington County attorney called the move a “plus” for the county, the Kalona News reported. The suit, initiated by Washington...
December 18, 2002 | Headlines, Short Line
ERIE, Pa. — The Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad is scheduled to run a train between the New York communities of Wellsville and Hornell today, according to the Erie Times-News. Though the event is occurring more than 100 miles away, it signals the...
December 18, 2002 | Canada, Headlines, Short Line
OTTAWA — A Nova Scotia rail car maker has been fined after an employee was crushed in a workplace accident earlier this year, the Canadian Press reported. Trentonworks of Trenton, N.S., was ordered to pay $27,500 after pleading guilty to one count under the...
December 17, 2002 | Headlines, Short Line
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio — Business is increasing so quickly for the railroad owned by the county Port Authority that an additional $200,000 is being loaned to keep up with repairs, the Morning Journal News reported. The port authority on Friday agreed to loan...
December 16, 2002 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
CONNERSVILLE, Ind. — A railroad that ferries thousands of tourists from Connersville to Metamora each year — and that had a derailment a week ago in which 12 were injured — has been cited for 31 federal safety violations since 1995, The Indianapolis...
December 10, 2002 | Headlines, Short Line
MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge has thrown out parts of a South Dakota law that could have blocked the $2 billion coal-train construction plan of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad (DM&E), reports the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. The railroad, with...
December 4, 2002 | Headlines, Short Line
HURON — Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad president and CEO Kevin Schieffer says “we’re getting closer to construction of the railroad expansion project that will have a major impact on the Huron community,” the Huron Plainsman reported....
December 4, 2002 | Headlines, Short Line
BOCA RATON — RailAmerica will cut 145 of its 2,800 employees as it struggles from the fallout of a severe drought in Australia and a soft economy in the United States, the Palm Beach Post reported. The layoffs include six employees at the company’s Boca...
November 22, 2002 | Headlines, Short Line
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The rail line that runs between Pajaro and Davenport has a shadowy economic presence, noticeable only when something goes wrong, as it did in Monday’s derailment in the Seascliff area, the Santa Cruz Sentinel reported. But the line once was...
November 20, 2002 | Headlines, Short Line
PIERRE, S.D. — The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad is looking at upgrading tracks to transport coal from Wyoming coal fields, the Pierre Capital Journal reported. Should the upgrade occur, the cities of Pierre and Fort Pierre will be faced with issues...
