April 18, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Twin Cities & Western, Red River Valley & Western railroads issued the following news release on April 16.) GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Regional railroad executive William F. Drusch will retire May 1 after a 38-year career in railroading. Mr. Drusch has been...
April 12, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
GLENCOE, Minn. — The Twin Cities & Western Railroad Company has promoted Mark J. Wegner to president, effective May 1. Based at the Glencoe, Minn. headquarters of the 229-mile regional railroad, he succeeds William F. Drusch, who has served as president since...
April 11, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following report appeared on the Batesville Daily Guard website on April 11.) BATESVILLE, Ark. — Local workers with the Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad say they interrupted a burglary in progress and caught a suspect at their office after returning...
April 11, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Dan Linehan appeared on The Free Press website on April 11.) MANKATO, Minn. — The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad’s work on building a southern bypass around Mankato has been “temporarily placed on hold,” according to a letter from a...
April 11, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Jeff Kiger appeared on The Post-Bulletin website on April 11.) ROCHESTER, Minn. — Does the Wizard of Omaha’s ride on the rails mean DM&E’s proposed expansion plans will pick up steam, or screech to a halt? It came out this week...
March 23, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Chet Brokaw on March 23.) PIERRE, S.D. — Former South Dakota Supreme Court Justice Robert A. Amundson of Sioux Falls has been appointed to preside over a state hearing on the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern...
March 19, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Richard Pearsall appeared on the Courier-Post website on March 19.) HAINESPORT, N.J. — Ask Darryl Caplan about his business here and he responds immediately, “We’re a short line railroad.” But what the Hainesport Industrial...
March 19, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Don Jepsen appeared on the Mail Tribune website on March 19.) MEDFORD, Ore. — With deregulation, intrastate shortline/regional railroads have assumed a greater role in moving freight in Oregon. In 1993, the shortlines ran 44,161 cars. That...
March 19, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The following story by Peter Harriman appeared on the Argus Leader website on March 18.) SIOUX CITY, S.D. — Potential competitors to the DM&E played a key, albeit behind- the-scenes, role in derailing the South Dakota railroad’s bid for a $2.3 billion...
March 16, 2007 | Headlines, Short Line
(The Sioux Falls Argus Leader posted the following article on its website on March 16.) PIERRE, S.D. — Five cars of a Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad train hauling bentonite clay from the Belle Fourche area to Chicago derailed in Pierre a couple of...
