August 17, 2009 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on August 14, 2009.) The Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd. (MMA) recently filed documents with the Surface Transportation Board seeking approval to sell or abandon about half its trackage in the...
August 14, 2009 | CSX, Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Mary E. Arata appeared on the Nashoba Publishing website on August 13, 2009.) AYER, Mass. — Despite the attempts of Niki Tsongas’ Ayer town meeting on July 29, there are no plans for a sit-down between members Pan Am and CSX railways to...
August 13, 2009 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Keith Whitcomb Jr. appeared on the Bennington Banner website on August 13, 2009.) POWNAL, Vt. — Work being done on the railroad tracks along Route 346 is part of a larger effort by Pan Am Railways to create the “Patriot Corridor”...
August 13, 2009 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on August 12, 2009.) Last week, the Watco Cos. Inc. launched its 21st short line. Subsidiary Watco Transportation Services Inc. started up the Alabama Warrior Railway (ABWR), which operates 15 miles of...
August 6, 2009 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Pacific Harbor Line issued the following on August 5, 2009.) LONG BEACH, LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Pacific Harbor Line is one of eight local maritime firms recognized at the second annual San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan Air Quality Awards. Other...
August 5, 2009 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Ed Kemmick appeared on The Billings Gazette website on August 4, 2009.) BILLINGS, Mont. — About 90 Montana Rail Link employees in the Laurel-Billings area are on emergency furlough because of the slowdown in train traffic caused by a tunnel...
August 4, 2009 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Kim Briggeman appeared on the Billings Gazette website on August 3, 2009.) BILLINGS, Mont. — Things were pretty quiet around the Missoula train yard on Monday. A Montana Rail Link switch engine shuffled short strings of boxcars from one track...
August 3, 2009 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 31, 2009.) Yesterday, Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) reported second-quarter net income of $7.4 million, down more than 50 percent compared with second-quarter 2008 net income. Diluted earnings...
July 30, 2009 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on July 28, 2009.) Last week, four members of the House Subcommittee on Railroads testified on behalf of the short-line tax credit extension bill during a House Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures...
July 29, 2009 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Eve Byron appeared on the Independent Record website on July 27, 2009.) MISSOULA, Mont. — The removal of debris from a rockslide inside the Mullan Tunnel is progressing more slowly than anticipated, meaning that train traffic won’t resume...
