August 3, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad issued the following on August 2, 2010.) CHICAGO The Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad said today that Henry Lampe, president and CEO, will retire at the end of October 2010. Succeeding him will be...
August 3, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(Dow Jones Newswires circulated the following on August 3, 2010.) GREENWICH, Conn. — Genesee & Wyoming Inc.’s (GWR) second-quarter profit more than doubled following prior-year charges, as higher shipments gave revenue a lift. Results beat Wall...
July 27, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following appeared on the Globe Gazette website on July 26, 2010.) AMES, Iowa — Flood waters continue to affect city streets, county and state roadways, and railroads in eastern Iowa, according to Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) officials. Current state...
July 21, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line, Technology
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 20, 2010.) Tomorrow, the Iowa Northern Railway Co. and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan to demonstrate a newly converted railroad slug in Waterloo, Iowa. A slug is a locomotive...
July 21, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Kathie Dickerson appeared on the Zanesville Times Recorder website on July 20, 2010.) COSHOCTON, Ohio — Rail traffic is up from 2009, and as a result, Ohio Central Railroad is looking to hire an undisclosed number of employees. Positions that...
July 14, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following appeared at DailyMarkets.com on July 13, 2010.) GREENWICH, Conn. — Railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWR) Wednesday said that traffic for June rose 15.4% from the same month last year, and traffic for the second quarter grew 16.8%. The...
July 14, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 13, 2010.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Short line freight railroad RailAmerica Inc. said Tuesday that shipments last month rose 11.8 percent over June 2009. The company said shipments increased in nine out of 12...
July 13, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Rick Stouffer appeared on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website on July 13, 2010.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A pair of locomotives that date to the mid-20th century soon will be switching rail cars inside AK Steel’s Butler Works — while...
July 13, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 12, 2010.) Legislation aimed at extending the short-line tax credit recently stalled in Congress because of one expected and one unexpected event. Long-time U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) passed...
July 9, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 8, 2010.) On July 1, the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. (WSOR) marked its 30th anniversary. The regional initially began operations on 147 miles of former Milwaukee Road track between...
