July 26, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Alex Paul appeared on the Albany Democrat-Herald website on July 26.) LEBANON, Ore. —The Albany & Eastern Railroad Company will have new owners effective Aug. 1. Rick and Bernice Franklin have purchased the privately owned rail line from...
July 19, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following by Chet Brokaw on July 18.) PIERRE, S.D. — The state Transportation Commission plans to hold a hearing next month to consider new rules that would control the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad’s application to...
July 19, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Red River Valley & Western Railroad issued the following press release on July 18.) WAHPETON, N.D. — The 514-mile Red River Valley & Western Railroad will mark its 20th anniversary July 19. Since 1987, when freight operations began in southeastern and...
July 17, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Peter Harriman appeared on the Argus Leader website on July 14.) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Railroad officials and supporters say opponents are using the courts to delay development, but landowners in western South Dakota say they’re simply...
July 12, 2007 | Headlines, NS, Short Line
(Norfolk Southern issued the following on July 12.) KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Michigan Central Railway will initiate freight rail service over 384 route miles of rail line in Michigan and Indiana in first-quarter 2008 under a joint venture to be formed by Norfolk...
July 12, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line, Unions
(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 11.) WORCESTER, Mass. — The Providence and Worcester Railroad Company reaches an 8-year contract agreement with the union representing its maintenance workers. The deal covers employees in the Brotherhood of...
July 12, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line, Technology
(The following story by Donna Littlejohn appeared on the Press Telegram website on July 11.) LONG BEACH, Calif. — Hailed as a milestone in the effort to “grow the ports green,” two eco-friendly, clean-diesel locomotives rolled along dockside tracks for the...
July 9, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Dustin Bleizeffer appeared on the Star-Tribune website on July 7.) CASPER, Wyo. — Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad President Kevin Schieffer on Friday denied allegations that his company intentionally filed condemnation proceedings...
July 6, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Dustin Bleizeffer appeared on the Casper Star-Tribune website on July 6.) CASPER, Wyo. — A railroad’s lawsuit seeking condemnation of some 1,200 linear acres in northeast Wyoming was filed on June 28, just days before changes to...
June 26, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(Reuters circulated the following story by Dilipp S. Nag on June 25.) NEW YORK — Railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc. said it started liquidating its Mexican operations as the business was not financially viable without the reconstruction of hurricane-damaged...
