March 25, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Freight Waves, March 24, 2022) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Customers of short line operator Genesee & Wyoming invested $1.5 billion last year in 69 projects that will utilize proximity to G&W’s network. Earlier this month, BNSF said its customers invested...
January 20, 2022 | Contract Agreement, News, Short Line
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, January 14 — In early January, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with the New York & Atlantic Railway (NY&A), which governs rates of pay, work rules and...
January 11, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, Short Line, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 7, 2022) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) yesterday provided additional details on the upcoming public hearing on the revised application for CSX’s proposed acquisition of Pan Am Systems Inc. and its subsidiaries. The...
January 10, 2022 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 8, 2022) PHOENIX, Ariz. — Along with participation by six Class I railroads and a number of other entities, the National Railroad Construction & Maintenance Association Conference that concluded Saturday featured presentations...
January 4, 2022 | CSX, Headlines, Short Line, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 3, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — CSX Transportation has ironed out a wrinkle in its proposed acquisition of New England regional Pan Am Railways by reaching an agreement with Vermont Rail System and the Vermont Agency of Transportation....
December 21, 2021 | CN, Headlines, Short Line, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, December 20, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a lengthy delay sparked by filings in opposition to the deal, the Surface Transportation Board has approved Watco’s purchase of about 650 miles of branch lines in Wisconsin and Michigan from...
December 13, 2021 | CSX, Headlines, Short Line, STB
(Source: Railway Age, December 10, 2021) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Dec. 10 reported that it will hold a virtual public hearing on the revised CSX-Pan Am merger application, and affirmed that an environmental and historic review of the...
November 5, 2021 | Amtrak, CSX, Headlines, NS, Short Line, STB
(Source: www.al.com, November 4, 2021) MOBILE, Ala. — The potential harm to the Alabama State Docks “would be calamitous” in Mobile if Amtrak is allowed to restart passenger rail and operate 28 train trips per week connecting the Alabama Port City with New Orleans, a...
November 5, 2021 | Headlines, NS, Short Line
(Source: Times Union, November 5, 2021) MECHANICVILLE, N.Y. — For months, the smell of slowly decaying garbage has loomed over the backyards of West Street. The issue is the train tracks. Pan Am, which has a rail yard just outside the city, has a contract to pick up...
October 7, 2021 | Headlines, Short Line
(Source: Indiana Rail Road press release, October 5, 2021) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Returning from the pandemic hiatus, Santa Claus will once again be coming to town by train. Children living in communities in southern Indiana and eastern Illinois served by The Indiana...
