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Black Mesa & Lake Powell crosses a bridge near Cow Springs, Ariz. Andy Kirol PAGE, Ariz. – The end is in sight for the isolated Black Mesa & Lake Powell Railroad in northern Arizona, with some reports putting the end of operation in August yet. Each day, except Wednesday, a single set of hoppers makes […]
WASHINGTON — Canadian National will lease trackage in Mobile, Ala., to a new short line, Alabama Export Railroad, according to an Aug. 12 regulatory filing. The Alabama Export Railroad will operate 12.1 miles of former Illinois Central trackage in downtown Mobile and serve eight customers on the line. Alabama Export plans to work closely with […]
DARIEN, Conn. — Genesee & Wyoming’s second quarter revenue and operating income declined, dragged down by slumping international operations that more than offset improved North American results. The shortline holding company’s operating income declined 9%, to $4.2 million, as revenue sank 4%, to $571.5 million, G&W said in a regulatory filing late Wednesday. Earnings per […]
Fans gather east of La Harpe, Ill., to document the last run of Keokuk Junction Railway’s cab units on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019 Steve Smedley MAPLETON, Ill. — Feeling like rock stars, Keokuk Junction Railway engineer Jeff Ducharme and conductor Jeff Rhoades fired up FP9A No. 1750, F9B No. 1761 and GP20 No. 2003 at […]
Keokuk Junction Railway’s F units are making their final run Tuesday. Shown working Hollis pass at Mapleton, Ill., on June 5, 2019, are FP9A 1750, F9B 1761 and GP20 2003 at work on Toledo Peoria & Western Railway trackage. Steve Smedley LAHARPE, Ill. — Under the every good thing eventually comes to an end category, […]
NEW UNDERWOOD, S.D. — Two crew members were injured when a Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern freight train derailed early Friday morning, KOTA-TV reports. The derailment occurred before 3 a.m. near New Underwood, about 25 miles east of Rapid City. The two were injured when trapped in the wreckage of the train, the TV station […]
Brady, Texas, faces the loss of rail service with the embargo and possible abandonment of the Texas Central & Colorado River Railway. Jeffrey A. Harwell BRADY, Texas — Rail customers in Brady, a town of 5,300 some 128 miles northwest of Austin, Texas, are in limbo after the Texas Central & Colorado River Railway embargoed […]
OmniTrax will acquire the Winchester & Western, which operates in four eastern states. OmniTrax DENVER — Short line holding company OmniTRAX will acquire the Winchester & Western, a 101-year railroad operating approximately 100 route-miles in Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey, and Maryland. The $105 million acquisition from Covia Holdings Corp. is expected to close during […]
Western New York & Pennsylvania No. 6002 is former CSX No. 5009. Carl Belke No. 6002 is ready to ship from its overhaul site in Arkansas to New York. Carl Belke OLEAN, N.Y. — Now we know what the big Montreal diesel vanquishers on the Western New York & Pennsylvania look like. WNY&P No. 6002, […]
Buffalo Southern’s only C424M, No. 4212, undergoes testing at the railroad’s shops in Hamburg, N.Y. Pat Connors ERIE, Pa. — Anyone who has visited the Buffalo Southern shop in Hamburg, N.Y., during the last several years likely saw a dead line comprised of several Alco and Montreal Locomotive Works locomotives in various states of disrepair. […]
WASHINGTON — Brookfield Infrastructure’s proposed acquisition of Genesee & Wyoming and its 106 American short line railroads is not on the fast track. The Surface Transportation Board, in a decision issued late Monday, put an indefinite hold on the $8.4-billion deal until it can weigh whether it’s appropriate to grant the normal exemption for an […]
Short line Palmetto Railways, owned by the state of South Carolina, will build a 28-mile branch that will connect the new Volvo assembly plant in Ridgeville, S.C., to a CSX Transportation main line. Palmetto Railways WASHINGTON – Federal regulators have approved the construction of a 28-mile rail line that will serve Volvo’s new assembly plant […]
