Cape Charles, Va. Google Maps WASHINGTON — It really is the end of the line for the Bay Coast Railroad. The railroad, which had shuttered in 2018, seeks to formally abandon its remaining route miles on the Delmarva Peninsula and the car float operation across Chesapeake Bay. The railroad filed an abandonment petition with the […]
Trona, Calif. Federal Railroad Administration Safety Map; TRAINS: Steve Sweeney LOS ANGELES — Trona Railway officials are still surveying damage to the company’s track and structures from back-to-back earthquakes July 4 and 5, but officials tell Trains they are already looking at a serious track displacement of about three feet on their main line a […]
LOS ANGELES — Shortline company Regional Rail LLC is being sold. The company formed in 2007 currently includes the East Penn Railroad, a 109-mile operation at two locations in Delaware and Pennsylvania; the Middletown & New Jersey, which operates 43 miles in Southeastern New York, and the Tyburn Railroad, which includes a terminal switching operation […]
PHILADELPHIA — CSX Transportation has filed suit in federal court against Hainesport Industrial Railroad LLC, claiming the New Jersey company overloaded hopper cars it delivered to CSX and those cars caused two trains to derail at the same location 11 days apart. According to court documents, CSX took delivery of railcars from Hainesport Industrial Railroad […]
A private contractor works to remove fallen trees with the help of Keokuk Junction Railway crew at Hollis Pass, just north of Mapleton, Illinois on Friday, July 5, 2019. Trees fell on several stored tank cars during severe weather Wednesday. Steve Smedley PEORIA, Ill. — The Keokuk Junction Railway is closed after sustaining significant flood […]
The WNY&P Driftwood Turn prepares to leave Driftwood, Pa., with a hopper train ultimately bound for Turtle Point. Despite being based in Olean, N.Y., the majority of the income for the railroad is in Pennsylvania. Stephan M. Koenig The northbound Emporium Turn reaches Gardeau Road just south of Keating Summit. The train will make its […]
DARIEN, Conn. — Genesee & Wyoming, North America’s largest shortline holding company, is being purchased for $8.4 billion. The acquisition, for $112 per share by Brookfield Infrastructure, was announced shortly before 7 a.m. EDT today. The deal will result in G&W becoming a privately held company. “We believe this transaction is an excellent outcome for […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Shortline holding company Genesee & Wyoming will soon go private in an $8.4-billion-deal. And that’s about all there is to it, one railroad analyst says. “It’s been strongly rumored for months,” says Anthony B. Hatch of ABH Consulting. “I was not surprised.” Hatch says the broad outlines of a buyout, first reported […]
LAMY, N.M. — Santa Fe Southern Railway rarely operates anymore, but on June 27, 2019, more than 200 people visiting Santa Fe from the University of Iowa chartered the four-car train from Santa Fe to Lamy. The train departed the Santa Fe Railyard on time at 5:15 p.m. for its 18.3-mile journey to Lamy. Unfortunately, […]
MISSOULA, Mont. – Montana Rail Link has obtained a $3.5 million grant from the federal government to install positive train control on 600 miles of main line across Montana and Idaho. MRL spokesperson Ross Lane tells Trains News Wire that the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation will […]
A Twin Cities & Western train departs Hopkins with a transfer run to Minneapolis on former Milwaukee Road track, June 26, 2019. Steve Glischinski GLENCOE, Minn. – The Twin Cities & Western Railroad will embark on track improvements this summer, thanks to a grant from the Federal Railroad Administration. The Consolidated Rail Infrastructure & Safety Improvement […]
The five operable MLWs on the WNY&P meet together in Emporium PA, as the Driftwood turn meets the Emporium turn to pick up a crew May 30. Scenes like these have been common on the WNY&P for many years and will soon come to an end later this year with the arrival of the AC46CWs. […]
