January 25, 2017 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Missoulian, January 23, 2017) MISSOULA, Mont. — It’s more a sheen than a full-fledged plume these days. Cleanup measures over the decades have sopped up much of the diesel fuel from spills and leaks that ended up deep beneath the surface in the Missoula...
January 17, 2017 | Canada, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Northern Ontario Business, January 16, 2017) SUDBURY, Ontario — The former operator of the Algoma Central passenger train has surfaced on the U.S. Pacific coast with the acquisition of a closed short-line railroad. Full story: Northern Ontario...
January 4, 2017 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Newark Advocate, January 2, 2017. BLET Editor’s Note: Austin Miller is a member of BLET Division 282 in Cincinnati, Ohio.) NEWARK, Ohio — Austin Miller is riding the rails, and that’s exactly the way he likes it. He’s a railroad conductor, living his...
December 20, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, December 19, 2016) The U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) late last week approved Genesee & Wyoming Inc.’s (G&W) petition to acquire the Providence & Worcester Railroad Co. (P&W). Full story: Progressive...
December 19, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line, STB
(Source: Associated Press, December 16, 2016) LAPORTE, Ind. — A federal agency overseeing an environmental review for a proposed rail line from Indiana to Wisconsin aimed at relieving Chicago-area freight congestion has agreed to temporarily suspend its work. Full...
December 16, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Missoulian, December 16, 2016) MISSOULA, Mont. — Specialists in environmental remediation remained on scene Thursday to clean up the rest of some 7,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled three days earlier from a pipeline in Montana Rail Link’s Missoula rail...
November 15, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: www.nwitimes.com, November 15, 2016) MUNSTER, Ind. — A Great Lakes Basin Railroad forecast shows as many as 60 trains riding its rails daily through southern Lake and Porter counties by its third year of operations, with that number declining to the low 50s...
November 4, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: New York & Atlantic Railway press release, November 4, 2016) GLENDALE, N.Y. — James P. Bonner, currently vice president of New York & Atlantic Railway Company has been named president, effective November 4, 2016. At the same time, Marlon B. Taylor...
October 31, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Television station WCBI, October 30, 2016) ARTESIA, Miss. — Christopher Ross Hobbard of Cottondale, Ala., was struck by a train while he was apparently guiding it into reverse. A conductor with the Alabama Southern Railroad, he was 36 years old. Full story:...
October 28, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 27, 2016) Providence and Worcester Railroad Co. (PWRR) shareholders yesterday approved the railroad’s acquisition by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W). Full story: Progressive Railroading
