October 28, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, October 26, 2016) NEW YORK — Federal, state and local officials gathered on Oct. 25 for a groundbreaking of a New England Central Railroad’s (NECR) that will upgrade infrastructure to accommodate freight carloads of up...
October 25, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Darien News Times, October 20, 2016) DARIEN, Conn. — Darien-based Genesee & Wyoming is acquiring Glencore Rail in Australia for $866 million, while selling a 49 percent equity stake in G&W’s Australia operations to a Macquarie Group affiliate. Full...
September 23, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Post-Tribune, September 22, 2016) CHICAGO — Officials with Great Lakes Basin Transportation filed an alternate route plan this week that shaves more than 21 miles off the route of the proposed freight line and takes it further away from Lowell Middle School...
September 16, 2016 | Headlines, National Mediation Board, Short Line
(Source: National Mediation Board press release, September 16, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Mediation Board (NMB) is pleased to announce that Indiana Railroad and members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED) have reached a...
September 7, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 6, 2016) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) has granted Great Lakes Basin Transportation’s (GLBT) request for a deadline extension to file an alternative route for its proposed freight line around Chicago. Full...
August 16, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Hartford Courant, August 15, 2016) HARTFORD, Conn. — Darien-based Genesee & Wyoming Inc. plans to spend $126 million to acquire Providence & Worcester, a midsized freight railroad with extensive routes in Connecticut Full story: Hartford...
August 15, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 12, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken and Reps. Betty McCollum and Keith Ellison announced the grant Friday. The money will put in place and test a positive train control system, a technology that...
August 15, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Providence & Worcester press release, August 15, 2016) WORCESTER, Mass. — Providence and Worcester Railroad Company (the “Company”) announced today that on Friday, August 12, 2016, upon completion of a process to assess strategic alternatives, its Board...
August 5, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line, Whistleblower
(Source: Associated Press, August 4, 2016) FARGO, N.D. — Two men who worked for a North Dakota railroad say they were wrongly fired after they testified for a fellow employee who was injured on the job. They have filed federal whistleblower lawsuits against...
August 4, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 3, 2016) The Central Texas & Colorado River Railway LLC began operating yesterday under the ownership of OmniTRAX Inc. Full story: Progressive Railroading
