A newly painted Ann Arbor Railroad locomotive literally waves the company flag at Toledo (Ohio) Train Day in 2018. The Ann Arbor is a recent Watco acquisition. Jack Stryker PITTSBURG, Kansas – Watco Cos. has formed a strategic partnership with an investment firm that will provide up to $450 million in capital. Officials with the […]
Cathrin S. Banks, Maryland & Delaware president Maryland & Delaware Delmarva Penninsula railroads Maryland & Delaware lines, shown in red. Maryland & Delaware website FEDERALSBURG, Md. — The Maryland & Delaware Railroad Co. is pleased to announce that Cathrin S. Banks has been promoted to company president as of Jan. 1. Banks previously served as […]
An outbound MBTA Green Line train is operating over the last street running segment used by revenue trains in Boston, between Brigham Circle and Heath Street, in January 2014. The agency will extend the line north and west from its current terminus at Lechmere into Somerville and Medford, Mass., on two branch lines. Tyler Trahan […]
Hoosick, N.Y. Google Maps HOOSICK, N.Y. — Several freight cars, including three propane tank cars, derailed from a Vermont Railway train in North Hoosick, N.Y., Wednesday evening, according to state and local officials. The cars did not leak, although some local residents were evacuated as a precaution. There were no reported injuries. “State emergency personnel, […]
PEORIA, Ill. — Traffic is moving over a shortline’s bridge after a river tow boat struck it Sunday evening. The Tazewell & Peoria Railroad Illinois River lift bridge, which links Peoria and East Peoria Illinois with its Illinois River crossing was struck by a towboat and closed to rail traffic Monday. The towboat was shoving […]
Indiana Boxcar’s Olin Locomotive Works is nearing completion on a rebuild of former Louisville & Nashville Railroad SD40 No. 1245, built in 1970. The unit belongs to the Chesapeake & Indiana. Steve Smedley OLIN, Ind. — Olin Locomotive Works is close to completing the rebuild of one of three six-axle EMD’s purchased in a sealed […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Commercial Railway and two other companies are receiving awards totaling $1.5 million from the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Rail Service Improvement Program. The agency said it had received nine applications totaling more than $4.5 million for rail service improvement projects. The three selected projects were based on the impact […]
The Genesee & Wyoming Railroad company is an American short line railroad holding company that owns or maintains 120 railroads throughout five countries! In this detailed 53-page PDF download we share information covering: The stories behind the potential people saw in the Kiamichi Railroad, a 227 ½ mile Class 3 carrier, and how the railroad changed […]
Craig Lefever SRR Rick Musser SRR STRASBURG, Pa. — The Board of Directors of Strasburg Rail Road, America’s oldest short line railroad and one of Pennsylvania’s leading tourist attractions, announce Craig Lefever as its newest President and Rick Musser, Jr., to the position of Chief Mechanical Officer. The two positions were previously held by Linn […]
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio – The Wheeling & Lake Erie and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have reached a tentative agreement on two new labor deals, one for locomotive engineers and another for trainmen. Union members now have until Jan. 18 to have their say on the dueling deals. The proposed agreements govern work rules, […]
Woss, British Columbia Google Maps WOSS, British Columbia — Federal investigators say that a broken coupler and a poorly installed derail device led to the runaway that killed three railroaders on a Vancouver Island logging road in 2017. On Thursday, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada released its findings following a 19-month investigation into the […]
NEW YORK — The spread of Precision Scheduled Railroading to most of the Class I railroad systems is both an opportunity and a risk for short line and regional railroads. The opportunity, short line executives say, is that Class I railroads focus more on carload traffic, provide service that’s more consistent and reliable, and spin […]
