November 24, 2015 | Headlines, NS, Short Line
(Source: Barron’s, November 14, 2015) NEW YORK — If giants module article chiclet Canadian Pacific Railway and module article chiclet Norfolk Southern Railway merge their tens of thousands of miles of North American track, one beneficiary could be a company that not...
October 27, 2015 | Headlines, NS, Short Line
(Source: Times Leader, October 26, 2015) WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — As of Oct. 22 the last spike was driven into the proverbial coffin of the venerable Delaware and Hudson Railway in Luzerne County. The deeds for 40 tracts of land taking the rail from Avoca to Nescopeck were...
August 28, 2015 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Jefferson Public Radio, August 26, 2015) ASHLAND, Ore. — It’s no secret that Oregon’s rural areas have lagged behind the state’s urban core in recovering from the recession of 2008. As politicians and business leaders scramble to find ways to resuscitate the...
August 11, 2015 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Valley News, August 9, 2015) WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. — The Claremont Concord Railroad, one of the smallest railroad lines in the country, is getting hitched to one of the world’s biggest rail carriers. Full story: Valley News
August 11, 2015 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: The Oregonian, August 11, 2015) PORTLAND, Ore. — Acrid smoke shrouded Sherwood on Monday evening as an infrequently used train trestle quickly burned along with the wetlands underneath, a Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue spokeswoman said. The trestle, near...
August 6, 2015 | Headlines, Short Line, STB
(Source: Television station KTVQ, August 6, 2015) BILLINGS, Mont. — The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) has again extended the public comment period on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed construction...
August 4, 2015 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Washington State University press release, July 30, 2015) OLYMPIA, Wash. — More than half of Washington’s short-line rail miles aren’t up to modern standards, a recent study found. The evaluation was done by the Washington State Department of Transportation...
July 27, 2015 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Las Cruces Sun-News, July 27, 2015) LAS CRUCES, N.M. — They have been sitting in the southern New Mexico desert for some time, spread out across some 70 acres like gleaming white pieces spilled out of a giant’s Erector Set. Now the gargantuan turbine...
July 21, 2015 | FRA, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, July 21, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today launched a comprehensive, focused safety review of the New York & Atlantic...
July 9, 2015 | Headlines, NS, Short Line
(Source: Canton Repository, July 9, 2015) CANTON, Ohio — Railroad fans know the term “wandle” as a reference for the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co. based in Brewster. The railroad can trace its history to the mid 19th century as the Carroll County Railroad, but...
