July 20, 2009 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Steven Martens appeared on the Quad City Times website on July 16, 2009.) SAVANNA, Ill. —Although Savanna’s years as a bustling rail hub are over and there are more railroad retirees in town than active workers on trains, the...
July 15, 2009 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(The following appeared on the Quad City Times website on July 14, 2009.) DAVENPORT, Iowa — Two men were killed Tuesday when a Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad freight train ran into a group of stationary cars, railroad and federal officials said Tuesday....
July 1, 2009 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Ronald D. White appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on July 1, 2009.) LONG BEACH, Calif. — The heavy-metal clash as rail cars slam together is like a symphony to Andrew Fox, and he can hear just how well each note is played as trains...
June 26, 2009 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 25, 2009.) Yesterday, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) announced it reached a milestone in securing congressional support to extend the short line tax credits. The...
June 24, 2009 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 23, 2009.) RailAmerica Inc. recently sold $740 million worth of eight-year senior secured notes in the private-placement market. The short-line holding company will use proceeds to refinance debt...
June 24, 2009 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by G. Wayne Miller appeared on the Providence Journal website on June 24, 2009.) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — For trainmaster Steve Buckless and his two-man crew, the day begins at 7 a.m. at the Providence & Worcester Railroad’s Mill Street,...
June 19, 2009 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 18, 2009.) Last week, 11 short-line railroaders lobbied in Washington, D.C., to help secure more co-sponsors for the Short Line Rehabilitation Tax Credit bill (H.R. 1132/S. 461), according to the...
June 19, 2009 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 18, 2009.) WORTHINGTON, Ind. — A thunderstorm moving across southern Indiana blew 12 empty railroad cars off the tracks. The cars were knocked over Thursday morning from the Indiana Southern Rail Road Co. line...
June 18, 2009 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Leo King appeared on The Examiner website on June 18, 2009.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville-based RailAmerica, Inc.’s (RA) CEO, John Giles, said recently that the firm has lost 22 percent in business because of the national economic...
June 16, 2009 | Headlines, Short Line
(Dow Jones Newswires circulated the following story by Kathy Shwiff on June 16, 2009.) NEW YORK — Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWR) said its subsidiary Huron Central Railway Inc. will end operations because a drop in traffic means the railroad is “not...
