December 30, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Ben Cohen appeared on the Minneapolis Star Tribune website on December 28.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Kent Shoemaker of Minneapolis, the founder, former CEO and chairman of the Twin Cities & Western Railroad and the Red River Valley &...
December 29, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Peter Harriman appeared on the Argus Leader website on December 28.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The irony is not lost on Kevin Schieffer. Two years ago when the Federal Railroad Administration denied the Dakota Minnesota & Eastern Railroad a $2.3...
December 22, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Kenneth Hard appeared on The Daily Independent website on December 20.) RACELAND, Ky. — Already reeling from the effects of the meltdown of the nation’s economy, northeastern Kentucky received another piece of bleak financial news on...
December 12, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Keith Benman appeared on the Northwest Times website on December 12.) MUNSTER, Ind. — The Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad is laying off 30 employees due to a sharp drop in shipping by steel mills, automakers and major railroads. Union officials...
December 11, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Mateusz Perkowski on the Daily Astorian website on December 9.) TILLAMOOK, Ore. — The future of the Port of Tillamook Bay Raiload is as murky now as it was exactly one year ago, when floodwaters and fallen trees knocked the line out of...
December 9, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Ed Marcum appeared on the Knoxville News website on December 7.) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It’s just one detail in the federal government’s $700 billion financial bailout, but a tax credit extension included in that recent legislation...
December 1, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following on November 29.) TOPEKA, Kan. — Federal lawmakers have extended a tax credit to encourage rural railroads to invest in track improvements. While big railroads like Burlington Northern and Sante Fe and Union Pacific serve...
November 24, 2008 | CN, Headlines, Short Line
(The following editorial appeared on the Aurora Beacon News website on November 24.) AURORA, Ill. — Warning to all those who oppose the Canadian National purchase of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern railroad — expect a Surface Transportation Board vote in favor...
November 18, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Alexander Rich appeared on the Coos Bay World website on November 14.) COOS BAY, Ore. — Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad has filed a complaint in Douglas County Circuit Court, claiming the state breached its agreement to provide $7.7...
November 17, 2008 | CP, Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Jeffrey Pieters appeared on the Post-Bulletin website on November 15.) ROCHESTER, Minn. — A new face is overseeing the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad. Track upgrades are coming down the line, too. The railroad, now a division of...
