August 14, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following report appeared on the Palladium-Item website on August 14.) RICHMOND, Ind. — Richmond Power & Light is commemorating coal delivered by rail with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9:30 a.m. today. In 2006, the municipally owned electric utility signed a...
August 14, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Chet Brokaw on August 13.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — New rules that likely will be used to handle the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad’s application to acquire land for its planned $6 billion expansion...
August 10, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line, STB
(The Surface Transportation Board issued the following on August 9.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Transportation Board announced today that its Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) will hold a series of public information sessions, in South Dakota and Minnesota,...
August 9, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Joe Boomgaard appeared on the Daily News website on August 9.) LUDINGTON, Mich. — Short line railroads have an image problem. They’re seen as slow forms of mass transportation that went out of style decades ago. Some people think of railroads...
August 3, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Peter Harriman appeared on the Argus Leader website on August 2.) SIOUX CITY, S.D. — The Dakota Minnesota & Eastern Railroad could get private financing for its expansion by the end of the year, CEO Kevin Schieffer says. Despite being...
August 2, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Kevin Woster appeared on the Rapid City Journal website on August 1.) WALL, SD. — Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad officials are trying to determine the cause of a fire that damaged a train and burned nearby stacks of railroad ties and...
August 1, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway issued the following on July 31.) PORTLAND, Maine — Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway has appointed Stephen Greene as vice president Mechanical, effective July 30, based at MMA’s Derby, Maine mechanical facility. He...
July 31, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story appeared on the Rapid City Journal website on July 31.) RAPID CITY, S.D. — The federal agency that approved expansion of the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad will hold five meetings next month on the protection of historic bridges and other...
July 27, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following repot appeared on the Marshall Independent website on July 27.) MARSHALL, Minn. — The U.S. Surface Transportation Board’s Section of Environmental Analysis will hold public information sessions in South Dakota and Minnesota to review treatments for...
July 27, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following report appeared on the Orange Leader website on July 27.) ORANGE, Texas — The Port of Orange is back on track after the U.S. House of Representatives authorized $500,000 in federal funding to help rehabilitate the freight railroad line into the port....
