November 14, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press issued the following on November 13.) NEW YORK — Freight railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc. said Thursday that October traffic rose 20.6 percent because of acquisitions the company made. However, without the railroads acquired in the...
November 14, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press issued the following on November 12.) EUGENE, Ore. — Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad could lose a $7.7 million grant for a new rail yard in Winchester because the railroad shut down a 111-mile line between Eugene and Coos Bay. The grant...
November 14, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Mateusz Perkowski appeared on the Capital Press website on November 14.) SALEM, Ore. — The federal Surface Transportation Board has opened the way for a coastal Oregon port to buy an important timber and lumber shipping rail line, but the final...
November 5, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Ken Lahmers appeared on the Aurora Advocate website on November 4.) AURORA, Ohio — Advocate readers probably have figured out I’m a railroad aficionado. I’ve written several pieces about railroads and my rail trips this year, and...
November 5, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Ken Lahmers appeared on the Aurora Advocate website on November 4.) AURORA, Ohio — The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway, which was founded in the 1870s and re-emerged in 1980 when Norfolk Southern sold off some of its lines, provides service...
November 3, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(Reuters circulated the following on November 3.) NEW YORK — Railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc. posted better-than-expected quarterly results, helped by acquisitions and strength in its same railroad operations. For the third quarter, net income rose 31...
November 3, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line, STB
(The U.S. Surface Transportation Board issued the following on October 31.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board announced today that it has ordered the Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad Inc. (CORP) to sell a 111-mile railroad line running from...
October 31, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Cosby Woodruff appeared on the Montgomery Advertiser website on October 31.) MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The decision to take a far too-heavy train across a just-repaired bridge was the likely cause of a 2007 train derailment that sent parts of...
October 30, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line, UP
(The following story by Dan Piller appeared on the Des Moines Register website on October 30.) WATERLOO, Iowa — When the Iowa Northern Railway was cut in half by June floods, Iowa Northern President Dan Sabin knew that his push to grow the railroad’s carloads...
October 30, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Jay Reeves on October 29.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A train hauling pieces of space shuttle rockets derailed last year because of inadequate repairs to a railroad bridge and the enormous weight of the load, according...
