WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation is expanding a loan program to benefit short line and regional railroads. On Dec. 12, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced the Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Financing Express program (RRIF Express) was accepting loan applications for projects that will specifically modernize the freight rail network in rural […]
Norfolk Southern 4271 leads the three other F-units at Knoxville, Tenn., in November 2011 as Southern Railway 2-8-0 stands by. Trains: Jim Wrinn ALTOONA, Pa. — The last two of Norfolk Southern’s four executive F-units now have a home. F9A No. 271 and F7B No. 276 have been purchased by North Carolina’s Aberdeen Carolina & […]
MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Rail Link is giving a group of lucky students a ride aboard the “Christmas Express” this week. On Tuesday morning, the railroad will be giving a ride aboard its business train to more than 30 students from a school in Thompson Falls, Mont. The ride will feature music, entertainment and even […]
CHICAGO — The company overseeing the embattled Iowa Pacific railroads has requested that the Massachusetts Coastal Railroad be placed into receivership. The Massachusetts Coastal, also known as the Mass Coastal, operates freight and passenger service on Cape Cod and nearby portions of southeastern Massachusetts. It was the only Iowa Pacific railroad not to be placed […]
LAC–MÉGANTIC, Quebec — The Canadian government says the sale of the Central Maine & Quebec Railway to Canadian Pacific will have little impact on the plan to build a rail bypass around a town devastated by a 2013 oil train derailment. In 2018, the Canadian government announced it would help fund a $100 million effort […]
SEATTLE — The Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission has approved $120,000 in grants to improve 20 grade crossings on the Central Washington Railroad in the Yakima Valley. Eighteen of the grants will be used to replace batteries in warning lights, while the remaining two will be used to replace batteries and LED lights. The grants […]
A map showing Illinois and Indiana and the proposed takeover of the Eastern Illinois Railway by Decatur & Eastern Illinois. Surface Transportation Board filing WASHINGTON — Watco short line Decatur & Eastern Illinois, which began operations in September 2018, aims to expand by acquiring the neighboring 53-mile Eastern Illinois Railroad. The DE&I, a CSX Transportation […]
CHICAGO — While attorneys are sorting through its legal and financial troubles in U.S. District Court, operations at Iowa Pacific Holding’s three railroads are continuing as normal. Earlier this fall, nearly two dozen entities associated with Iowa Pacific Holdings were placed into receivership [See: “Additional Iowa Pacific railroads placed into receivership,” Trains News Wire, Oct. […]
NS’s four executive F-units pull an office car train through Harrisburg, Pa., in August 2012. Trains: Jim Wrinn ALTOONA, Pa. — Two of Norfolk Southern’s “Fab Four” Electro-Motive F units — F9A No. 270 and F7B No. 275 — have been purchased by Pennsylvania regional Reading & Northern, the railroad announced Saturday. “We’re going to fix […]
LANCASTER, S.C. — Long-time railroad executive Steve Gedney died Friday, the American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association said in a statement. Gedney began his transportation career with the Virginia Department of Transportation. While working with VDOT he was involved in long-range transportation planning, transportation systems management and the coordination of air, highway, port and […]
ES44AC No. 510 leads train SIPE east at Bureau, Ill., in February 2014. The railroad’s three new locomotives will have the same appearance. Jeremy J. Schrader FORT WORTH, Texas – The first of three new Iowa Interstate Wabtec Corp. ES44AC (T4C) locomotives was spotted outside of Wabtec’s Ft. Worth plant recently. No. 517 was released […]
SHELL ROCK, Iowa — The new Butler Intermodal Terminal in Shell Rock will be the hub for an internationally focused intermodal service to be offered by Iowa Northern Railway, Union Pacific, Watco Cos., and logistics firm Valor Victoria. The service will launch in December. It is designed to provide an alternative to larger Midwest rail […]
