December 11, 2018 | BNSF, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 10, 2018) Progressive Rail Inc. has filed a notice of exemption with the Surface Transportation Board to assume operations of about 83 miles of track owned by BNSF Railway Co. in Washington. Full story: Progressive...
November 21, 2018 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Transport Topics, November 20, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — R.J. Corman Railroad Co. has acquired six rail companies, according to a Nov. 5 press release. Nicholasville, Ky.-based R.J. Corman is expected to take over operations in January of Nashville &...
November 15, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Pensacola News Journal, November 15, 2018) PENSACOLA, Fla. — Railroad giant CSX plans to sell 373 miles of track between Pensacola and Jacksonville to Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad, a subsidiary of Boca Raton-based Rail USA. Full story: Pensacola News...
October 31, 2018 | Headlines, Quarterly Income, Short Line
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 30, 2018) Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) today reported third-quarter net income of $69.6 million, or $1.16 per diluted common share, compared with net income of $50.2 million, or 80 cents per share, in the same...
October 30, 2018 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Mass Live, October 29, 2018) SPRINGFIELD — Pan Am Railways and Boston & Maine Corp. have been fined $90,000 for failing to remove stacks of rail ties in Greenfield, Hatfield and Buckland, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection said...
September 11, 2018 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Sidney Herald, September 10, 2018) SIDNEY, Mont. — On Monday, the Missoula-based Montana Rail Link (MRL) announced that president Tom Walsh will retire at the end of the year. He’ll be replaced by Stacy Posey, who joined MRL in 2016 as vice president of...
September 6, 2018 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: WAFB, September 5, 2018) BALDWIN, La. — The body of a missing railroad worker who reportedly fell into a canal Tuesday night has been found, authorities report. The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office says the body of Joshua Crocram, 26, of Zachary, was...
August 29, 2018 | FRA, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 29, 2018) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a final rule to allow eligible smaller railroads and their contractors to use automated systems instead of paper records to comply with federal employee...
August 23, 2018 | Headlines, Oil Train, Short Line
(Source: Miami New Times, August 22, 2018) MIAMI, Fla. — Most of Florida East Coast Railway’s train tracks in Miami-Dade County pass through highly populated urban areas. If a gigantic tanker of liquid natural gas were to spill, ignite, or explode, it’s...
August 22, 2018 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Dallas Morning News, August 16, 2018) DALLAS — A railroad employee died after being pinned under a rail car’s wheel early Monday in South Dallas, officials said. A spokesman for Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad Inc. said in a written...
