News & Products for the week of January 16th 2023 Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by reading Model Railroader’s frequent product updates. Here are the products Model Railroader editors have news on for the week of January 16th 2023. […]
New England Central Railroad summary The New England Central Railroad (NECR) is a Class III short line railroad that operates in New England. It’s owned by Genesee and Wyoming Incorporated. With 384 miles of former Central Vermont Railway standard-gauge track, the railroad stretches north from New London, Connecticut, to the Canadian border at East Alburgh, […]
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board’s final decision on the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger has been delayed and likely won’t come until late February at the earliest. Today was the statutory deadline for the board to issue its decision on the first merger of Class I railroads in more than two decades. But […]
Twin Cities and Western Railroad Company summary The Twin Cities and Western Railroad Company (TCWR) is a short line railroad that operates in Minnesota and South Dakota. It’s owned by the Minnesota-based Oakes Development Corporation, which also owns the Red River Valley & Western Railroad Company. Headquartered out of Glencoe, Minn., the railroad operates over […]
Reading and Northern summary The Reading & Northern (RBMN) is a regional railroad that operates in eastern Pennsylvania. Officially titled as the Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad, it’s owned by Andrew M. Muller Jr., who also serves as railroad CEO. The Reading & Northern operates 400 miles of standard-gauge track from Reading to Mehoopany […]
The Indiana Rail Road Company summary The Indiana Rail Road Company (INRD) is a Class II regional railroad that operates across central and southwest Indiana, and central Illinois. CSX Transportation owns a majority share of the railroad. Headquartered in Indianapolis, the 250-mile network of standard-gauge track stretches west to Newton, Ill., north to Terre Haute, […]
Iowa Interstate Railroad summary The Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) is a Class II regional railroad that operates across Illinois and Iowa. It’s owned by Railroad Development Corporation, a global railway investment and management company founded by Henry Posner III, who also serves as Chairman to the railroad. Headquartered out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, over 580 […]
LOWELL, Ark. – J.B. Hunt executives say rail service is improving on BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, and Norfolk Southern, which should enable the trucking company to gain additional intermodal volume this year. BNSF is now back to pre-pandemic service levels, Darren Field, president of J.B. Hunt’s intermodal division, said on the company’s quarterly earnings call […]
WASHINGTON – Members of Congress from Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin have asked federal regulators to order Union Pacific to lift a weather-related embargo on rail traffic in their states before it has “devastating effects” on shippers. UP imposed the 14-day embargo on Dec. 29 and on Jan. 11 extended it another 14 days, saying ongoing […]
FREMONT, Calif. – All Altamont Corridor Express trains were canceled until Jan. 23 after a second ACE train in two days was halted by a mudslide Wednesday while traveling between Pleasanton and Fremont, the commuter agency announced. On its website ACE said: “Due to the conditions of the mudslide location and for the safety […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation has strongly condemned hateful displays that purportedly appeared on the side of the company’s headquarters building during the Jacksonville Jaguars game last weekend, News 4 Jacksonville reported. A swastika and cross were seen projected on the side of the building in a photo that was shared widely on Reddit. It […]
ST. LOUIS – Anheuser-Busch is partnering with with Union Pacific and Doll Distributing, one of the largest beverage distributors in the Midwest, to transport product from its breweries in Colorado and Missouri to wholesalers across the country. Anheuser-Busch purchased 240 new insulated rail cars to move beverages on UP. The cars are equipped with GPS, […]
