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KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. — Shortline holding company Regional Rail will expand its operations through acquisition of three Florida short lines currently owned by Pinsly Railroad Co. Regional Rail announced this morning (Oct. 29, 2019) that it had reached agreement to acquire the Florida Central, Florida Midland, and Florida Northern railroads, which operate a combined 208 […]
Freshly repainted SW600 No. 1280 leads Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad’s Pizza Train at Earl, Wis., on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. The locomotive was repainted to its as-delivered scheme as a surprise for a Chicago & North Western Railroad Historical Society regional meet. Steve Smedley Paint and photographs were part of the work to restore Chicago […]
The cab of one of the three Illinois Railway locomotives equipped for PTC operation displays the Wabtec equipment installed to allow interoperability with BNSF Railway and Metra. OmniTRAX OTTAWA, Ill. — The Illinois Railway has become one of the first short lines to fully implement positive train control, completing installation of equipment on three locomotives […]
NORTH CREEK, N.Y. — New York State’s attempt to have a portion of the Saratoga & North Creek Railway’s tracks be declared abandoned is no longer opposed by Iowa Pacific, the line’s owner, according to a filing with the Surface Transportation Board. “SNCR has no objection to proceeding with the pending abandonment on a voluntary […]
Passengers board a train of the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad, the passenger operation of the San Luis & Rio Grande, in Alamosa, Colo., in October 2018. More properties owned by Iowa Pacific Holdings have joined the San Luis & Rio Grande in receivership. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — Nearly two dozen entities associated with Iowa […]
WASHINGTON — Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering services and solutions will launch digital training for employees of railroads in the U.S. for the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association members. Tech Mahindra will provide positive train control digital training customized for short line railroads. PTC is a […]
A Reading & Northern locomotive awaits action at the Reading (Pa.) Outer Station in October 2018. The railroad’s new Santa Train schedule includes 10 days of operations from the station, as well as trains at four other sites. Scott A. Hartley PORT CLINTON, Pa. — Reading & Northern has announced new plans for Santa Train […]
A Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway train prepares to leave the former Central Railroad of New Jersey station in downtown Jim Thorpe, Pa., on Oct. 24, 2018. The Lehigh Gorge Scenic has announced it will shut down in November. Scott A. Hartley PORT CLINTON, Pa. — The Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway announced it would cease operations […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Shortline holding company OmniTRAX and parent company The Broe Group have announced an agreement with A&R Logistics as the lead tenant of the new Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub, an industrial park development that will include the building of Georgia’s first new industrial switching railroad in more than 50 years. The 2,750-acre park […]
BURLINGTON, Vt. — The spread of Precision Scheduled Railroading inflicts short-term pain on shortline railroads but offers the potential for long-term gain, Michael Miller, president of Genesee & Wyoming’s North American operations, told a shipper conference last week. The short-term impact includes unexpected service changes, the bunching of customer traffic, and the handling of larger […]
CHICAGO, Ill. — The Indiana Rail Road is taking the debate over laws requiring minimum crew sizes for freight trains to federal court in Illinois. According to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, Indiana Rail Road, along with railroad industry advocacy groups the Association of American […]
NORTH CREEK, N.Y. — As negotiations to operate passenger trains on tracks from Saratoga to North Creek, N.Y., continue, the future of tracks running north from North Creek to Tahawus got cloudier this week when the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation asked the Surface Transportation Board to issue a Certificate of Interim Trail […]
