Lewisburg, Pa. Google Maps LEWISBURG, Pa. — The Susquehanna Union Railroad, also known as North Shore Railroad, faces the loss of most of its business if a multi-county railroad authority in Pennsylvania awards a service contract to a competing operator. But CEO Jeb Stotter says that North Shore has not had its day in court. […]
Business car No. 2 rests at Scranton after the special 25th anniversary trip for the Delaware-Lackawanna short line. The car is in front of the former Delaware Lackawanna & Western station that is now a hotel. Greg McDonnell SCRANTON, Pa. — Comfortably seated on a traditional folding wooden chair on the rear platform of a […]
New England Central SD40-2 No. 3405 leads a welded rail train through Willimantic, Conn., on May 3, 2018. Scott A. Hartley WILLIMANTIC, Conn. — The southern 55 miles of Genesee & Wyoming’s New England Central Railroad will begin to handle industry-standard 286,000-pound freight cars later this year, thanks to track improvements made possible by a […]
WASHINGTON – The Surface Transportation Board is seeking public comment on a long-simmering dispute between Pan Am Railways and the Milford-Bennington Railroad, a short line that operates on a portion of the former Boston & Maine Railroad’s Hillsboro Branch between Nashua and Hillsborough, N.H. The Milford-Bennington Railroad shuttles carloads of rock for about 5 miles from […]
An Ontario Northland worker uses a portable wheel lathe to true a locomotive wheel in the field. Buying the lathe was one of several ways the regional railroad and freight operator seeks to improve service and reliability for customers. Ontario Northland Ontario Northland CEO Corina Moore Ontario Northland WAUKESHA, Wis. — Corina Moore is responsible […]
A map showing the approximate main and branch lines of the Southern Ontario and Goderich-Exeter railroads. Genesee & Wyoming LONDON, Ontario — Two Canadian shortlines are expected to turn their track back to landlord Canadian National by the end of the year. The Southern Ontario Railway, which operates 46 miles of track between Nanticoke and […]
A Green Mountain passenger excursion waits at the Ludlow, Vt., depot in 2015. In addition to the new Burlington trips, dinner trains will resume out of Chester in September. Steve Glischinski BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vermont Railway System’s Green Mountain Railroad is expanding dinner train service next month with the introduction of the Champlain Valley Dinner […]
With Charlie Conway behind the cameras, discover what makes the Copper Basin Railway shine brightly in the Arizona desert. In part 1 of 2, you’ll make a mine run with the crew in the cab of a Geep, take a hammer to hard iron rails, and then get to know president “Jake” Jacobson, right along […]
With Charlie Conway behind the cameras, discover what makes the Copper Basin Railway shine brightly in the Arizona desert. In part 1 of 2, you’ll make a mine run with the crew in the cab of a Geep, take a hammer to hard iron rails, and then get to know president “Jake” Jacobson, right along […]
Matt Rose, BNSF Railway’s executive chairman, answers questions from Linda Bauer Darr, president of the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association at the association’s annual conference held in Nashville, Tenn., in April 2018. Topics include Rose’s opinions on positive train control, battery-powered locomotives, and more. See Jim Wrinn’s synopsis of Rose’s comments online. […]
Engine 304 of western New York state short line Dansville & Mount Morris, pictured in September 1955, was built in 1905 by Alco’s Brooks plant for the Nickel Plate Road. Philip R. Hastings photo […]
York Railway Co. SW9 No. 84 will go to the Friends of the Stewartstown Railroad. Friends of the Stewartstown Railroad STEWARTSTOWN, Pa. – The Friends of the Stewartstown Railroad Inc., a support organization reviving tourist operations on the namesake short line in south-central Pennsylvania, has arranged the donation of former Maryland & Pennsylvania SW9 No. […]
