Delmarva Central assumes operations on a portion of the Bay Coast Railroad NEWSWIRE

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Cape Charles, Va. Google Maps CAPE CHARLES, Va. — The Delmarva Central Railroad has notified the Surface Transportation Board that it intends to assume operations on 15 miles of rail line formerly operated by the Bay Coast Railroad. The change will happen before May 29. Bay Coast has operated the southernmost 70 miles of the […]

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Taking Care of Business: Copper Basin Railway, Part 2

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Our insider look at Arizona’s Copper Basin Railway continues, with Charlie Conway focusing his cameras on the real pride of the CBR — its employees! In part 2 of 2, you’ll follow inspectors, mechanics, dispatchers, conductors, engineers, and others who are busy Taking Care of Business. Enjoy this video, and then learn more about the […]

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Taking Care of Business: Copper Basin Railway, Part 2

View from inside a locomotive cab at gray with red-stripe diesel locomotives in a yard.

Our insider look at Arizona’s Copper Basin Railway continues, with Charlie Conway focusing his cameras on the real pride of the CBR — its employees! In part 2 of 2, you’ll follow inspectors, mechanics, dispatchers, conductors, engineers, and others who are busy Taking Care of Business. Enjoy this video, and then learn more about the […]

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Hope may be on the horizon for the Hudson Bay Railway NEWSWIRE

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Churchill, Manitoba Google Maps CHURCHILL, Manitoba — A group of Manitoba First Nations and a company called iChurchill Inc. has entered into a deal with OmniTRAX of Colorado to purchase the Hudson Bay Railway and assets, including the port of Churchill. This will be good news for Churchill as the community has had its rail […]

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Short line companies in dispute over operations on Pennsylvania authority-owned tracks NEWSWIRE

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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. […]

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Delaware-Lackawanna celebrates 25 years with a special train NEWSWIRE

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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 […]

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New England Central begins work on track improvement project NEWSWIRE

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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 […]

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STB seeks comments in dispute between Pan Am Railways, short line NEWSWIRE

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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 […]

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Ontario Northland’s Corina Moore on leading change at a railroad NEWSWIRE

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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 […]

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