August 2, 2016 | Headlines, Quarterly Income, Short Line
(Source: Genesee & Wyoming press release, August 1, 2016) DARIEN, Conn. — Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) reported second quarter 2016 financial results on August 1, 2016. Second Quarter Consolidated Highlights • Operating revenues decreased 7.5% to $501.4...
August 2, 2016 | Headlines, NS, Short Line
(Source: Columbus Dispatch, August 2, 2016) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Five months after Norfolk Southern idled service on a portion of its tracks from Columbus to West Virginia, the railroad is back up and running. Full story: Columbus Dispatch
August 2, 2016 | Headlines, Oil Train, Short Line
(Source: Genesee & Wyoming press release, July 20, 2016) MALVERN, Ark. — Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) today announced that beginning this fall, its Arkansas Midland Railroad Company, Inc. (AKMD) subsidiary will offer the first ethanol unit train...
August 1, 2016 | Headlines, NS, Short Line
(Source: Washington Times, July 31, 2016) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Trains will resume chugging along Norfolk Southern railroad tracks in West Virginia’s Kanawha Valley after being mostly silent for months. A new short line railroad will operate a route from outside of...
July 8, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Public Radio station KLCC, July 7, 2016) PORTLAND, Ore. — The Coos Bay Rail Line will receive $11 million in federal funds. The Department of Transportation is awarding a grant to fix tunnels along the tracks linking Eugene and Coquille. KLCC spoke with...
May 13, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line, UP
(Source: Greeley Tribune, May 12, 2016) GREELEY, Colo. — Nearly two and a half months after its opening, OmniTRAX and Union Pacific celebrated the formal ribbon cutting of the GWR-UP Interchange morning in north Greeley. Full story: Greeley...
May 12, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Railway Age, May 11, 2016) NEW YORK — A managed affiliate of OmniTRAX, Inc. is purchasing the Heart of Texas Railroad (HTR) from private local investors. The transaction is subject to Surface Transportation Board approval. Terms were not disclosed. Full...
May 11, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: www.nwitimes.com, May 11, 2016) HAMMOND, Ind. — Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Co. recently paid $72,500 in damages for wildfires sparked by its trains in March 2012 at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The federal government alleged in a civil lawsuit filed in...
May 6, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Chicago Tribune, May 5, 2016) CHICAGO — State Rep. Michael Aylesworth told opponents of a proposed freight rail line Wednesday night he will work with his fellow legislators on changing eminent domain laws to prevent Great Lakes Basin Transportation from...
May 5, 2016 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Northern Public Radio, May 3, 2016) GRUNDY COUNTY, Illinois — The man behind an $8-billion plan to route train traffic around Chicago met with the public in a forum in Grundy County Monday night. Great Lakes Basin Railroad co-founder Frank Patton was in the...
