March 29, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 28, 2010.) WORCESTER, Mass. — Providence and Worcester Railroad Co. said on Friday that it lost $957,000 for 2009, after earning $166,000 in 2008. The loss worked out to 20 cents per share, compared with a profit...
March 26, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Leann Eckroth appeared on the Bismarck Tribune website on March 26, 2010.) WASHBURN, N.D. — One man was killed and another injured in a train derailment along an embankment south of Washburn on Thursday. The train derailed about 11:46 a.m., and...
March 22, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Andrew Maykuth appeare don the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 22, 2010.) WELLSBORO, Pa. — Nobody knew there was gold in the sand. When A.T. “Tom” Myles approached officials in this town three years ago about taking over the...
March 15, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line, STB
(The surface Transportation Board issued the following on March 12, 2010.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal Surface Transportation Board today announced it will hold a public hearing this spring in Maine on the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway’s application...
March 15, 2010 | Headlines, NS, Short Line
(The following story by Paula J. Owen appeared on the Worcester Telegram website on March 13, 2010.) FITCHBURG, Mass. — Improvements by Pan Am Southern to the rail route from Mechanicville, N.Y., to Ayer in the last year have increased capacity and speeds on the line...
March 12, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 12, 2010.) WINDHAM, Conn. — Connecticut environmental officials have returned to the site of a freight train derailment in Windham to oversee the removal of four cars carrying ethanol that went off the tracks....
March 10, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 10, 2010.) NEW YORK — Short line and regional railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc. said Wednesday its traffic fell 9 percent last month from February 2009, mostly due to lower shipments of coal, coke and...
March 2, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by John Sowell appeared on The News-Review website on March 2, 2010.) DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad officials say they’re eager to resume work on the partially completed Winchester switching yard just west of...
February 25, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(RailAmerica issued the following press release on February 24, 2010.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — RailAmerica, Inc. (NYSE: RA) today reported financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. Reported results reflect the Ottawa Valley Railway (OVR) as a...
February 23, 2010 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Clarke Canfield on February 22, 2010.) PORTLAND, Maine – The collapse of the housing market is largely to blame for a railroad company’s plans to abandon miles of track in the far-flung northern third of...
