May 18, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on May 17, 2010.) North Carolina and local officials recently selected Patriot Rail Corp. from among five proposals to restore and operate a former Piedmont and Northern Railway line in Gaston County....
May 17, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Whit Richardson appeared at Mainebiz.com on May 17, 2010.) BANGOR, Maine — If Bob Grindrod, president and CEO of Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway, was a more superstitious man, he would say the railroad he took over in January 2003 was...
May 13, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(Reuters circulated the following on May 13, 2010.) NEW YORK — Short-line railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc (GWR.N) said carloads for April jumped 16 percent, its highest rise in more than a year. Genesee’s traffic in April was 72,023 carloads, an...
May 7, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Jeff Stagl appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on May 6, 2010.) Congress might finally renew the Short Line Rehabilitation Tax Credit for 2010 by Memorial Day. If not, an extension might not be passed until November. That’s the...
May 5, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on May 4, 2010.) Yesterday, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) presented its President’s Awards, Jake Awards with Distinction and Jake Awards — which honor small...
May 3, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The New York & Atlantic issued the following on April 30, 2010.) GLENDALE, N.Y. — The New York & Atlantic Railway said today that a federal grant for new equipment will help the Long Island freight carrier lower its locomotive emissions by more than one...
May 3, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line, Teamsters
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on April 29, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A majority of the 277 maintenance of way workers employed by the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DM&E) voted this week to become members of the...
April 29, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(Genesee & Wyoming issued the following on April 29, 2010.) GREENWICH, Conn. — Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) reported net income in the first quarter of 2010 of $16.0 million, compared with net income of $13.9 million in the first quarter of 2009. GWI’s...
April 21, 2010 | Canada, Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Dave Dale appeared on The Nugget website on April 21, 2010.) NORTH BAY — Unionized workers at Rail-America’s Ottawa Valley Railway don’t want to be forgotten as Canadian Pacific seeks a new operator for the lines connecting Sudbury,...
April 20, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on April 19, 2010.) The Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) recently gave the Ohio Central Railroad an official notice to proceed with tunnel and bridge repairs along the state-owned Panhandle Line....
