October 28, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Linda Halstead-Acharya appeared on the Billings Gazette website on October 26.) BROADVIEW, Mont. — Even against the vast backdrop of range and rolling farmland 25 miles north of Billings, the railroad project seems massive. And it has sprung up...
October 23, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Keila Szpaller appeared on the Missoulian website on October 23.) MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Rail Link representatives came before a City Council committee Wednesday and touted a 40 percent drop in accidents at its Missoula railyard. But people...
October 16, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Nick Schneider appeared on the Greene County Daily World website on October 15.) GREENE COUNTY, Ind. — Indiana Rail Road Company plans to build a five-mile spur rail line south of Dugger to serve a proposed new Peabody Energy Corp. surface coal...
October 15, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Dustin Lemmon appeared on the Quad City Times website on October 14.) DAVENPORT, Iowa — Henry Posner first entered the railroad business in 1966 at a time the industry was struggling and it didn’t look like trains would play much of a role in...
October 14, 2008 | CP, Headlines, Short Line
(The following editorial appeared on The Mankato Free Press website on October 14.) MANKATO, Minn. — For many people in southern Minnesota, Kevin Schieffer was an evil railroad baron, intent on bullying through a plan to build a coal line without enough consideration...
October 14, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on October 13.) In September, Genesee & Wyoming Inc.’s (GWI) traffic from continuing operations totaled 65,999 carloads, up 3.2 percent compared with September 2007’s total. However, same-railroad...
October 2, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line
(Genesee & Wyoming issued the following on October 1.) GREENWICH, Conn. — Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) (GWR: Genesee & Wyoming Inc. announced today that it has completed its acquisition of 10 short line railroads known as the Ohio Central Railroad...
September 16, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Bob Glissmann appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on September 16.) OMAHA, Neb. — The Council Bluffs man who lost both of his legs in a train accident last week told rescue workers that he was determined to survive. Wesley Franks, 52,...
September 12, 2008 | Accident, Headlines, Short Line
(The following appeared on the Daily Nonpareil website on September 12.) COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — A 52-year-old man lost both of his legs in a railroad accident Wednesday night. Council Bluffs police officers were dispatched to 16th Avenue and Main Street for an injured...
September 11, 2008 | Headlines, Short Line, Technology
(Pacific Harbor Line issued the following on September 11.) LONG BEACH, Calif. — Pacific Harbor Line said today that it has completed renewal of its locomotive fleet, becoming the first all low-emission railroad in the nation. All PHL locomotives now meet or exceed...
