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2011-09-07T19:23:00.002-04:00

Railroads Disappointed With NMB Decision To End Mediation MarketWatch (press release)The statement can be attributed to A. Kenneth Gradia, Chairman of the NCCC, the railroads' bargaining representative. "We are extremely disappointed by the Board's decision to end mediation. It is clear this action reflects the enormous pressure the ...

Rail workers ratify national contract Workday Minnesota1, 2010, the ratified contract covers some 38000 UTU members employed by BNSF, CSX, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern, Soo Line, Union Pacific and numerous smaller carriers – all represented in national handling by the rail industry's National ...

High-speed rail line connecting Houston, Dallas possible by 2020 Community Impact NewspaperThe corridor between Houston and Dallas was selected for the first high-speed rail line because nearly 93 percent of the land in between the two cities is rural and flat, and there are few stops in between, Eckels said. LSHSR is studying several routes ...

Ethanol transfer station meets opposition from residents ...Nooga.comThe site chosen by the Englewood Enterprises at Bonny Oaks Industrial Park would put the company next to tank farms and railroad lines where the fuel will ...

Chicago Amtrak police on high alert for suicide bombers Examiner.comSeptember 6, 2011 Amtrak police have stepped up secuity patrols at Chicago's Union Station using the latest high-tech security tools available to detect a possible suicide bomber. In addition to increasing standard explosive detection devices and ...

12 SEPTA railcars damaged by Irene could take weeks to fix Philadelphia ...Philadelphia InquirerCaught by the unexpected rise of a creek that was "not on our radar screen," SEPTA rail operations managers realized too late that the trains could be in harm's way. They say they will shuffle cars in SEPTA's 365-car fleet to deal with the shortage ...

A detour in the Adirondack tourist train debate North Country Public RadioNone of this, of course, devalues the train-advocate community's larger arguments about the tourism railroad. It may be that a seasonal tourist train is the ...

Pam AM seeks to abandon railroad York WeeklyThe railroad, formally known as The Boston and Maine Corporation and ... decides they want to dispose of it they have to send a bill of sale to the state, ...

2011-09-06T10:01:00.002-04:00

Small Railroads' Traffic Strengthens Journal of CommerceShort line and regional railroads saw total shipments rise 3.4 percent in the final week of August, with gains across various cargoes linked to industrial demand. ...

AAR: Railroads report dip in weekly rail traffic [Brotherhood of ...WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported a slight dip in weekly rail traffic, with U.S. railroads originating 299943 ...

Railroad Bridges Badly Damaged By Flooding Vermont Public RadioThe Green Mountain line and the Vermont Rail South line rail beds have also seen a number of washouts, culvert failures and erosion of the rail bed. Freight traffic is still running between Burlington and Rutland, and the Ethan Allen Amtrak line ...

Union Pacific coal train derails, no injuries Houston Chronicle(AP) â€” Union Pacific crews are working in northeast Kansas to clean up a derailment of a coal train. No injuries were reported when 56 cars of the train derailed early Monday near Emmett in Pottawatomie County. Kansas First News reports that crews ...

PennDOT creates plan to complete Middletown Amtrak station by 2013 Patriot-NewsBy Phyllis Zimmerman, The Patriot-News A new Middletown Amtrak station could be ready for commuters by 2013, a state Department of Transportation representative told Middletown Borough Council on Aug. 23. “We're still 100 percent committed to the new ...

CSX announces $59 million expansion in Ohio Examiner.comThe most recent development by CSX is a $59 million intermodal freight terminal expansion for Columbus, Ohio. This terminal expansion is part of the National Gateway initiative, linking deep water east coast ports with Midwestern markets. ...

Bombardier to Deliver Further 76 MOVIA Metro Cars to Delhi Metro from Savli ...Reuters (press release)BERLIN--(Marketwire - September 5, 2011) - Bombardier Transportation announced today that it has received an order for 76 additional BOMBARDIER MOVIA metro cars from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC). The contract is valued at approximately ...

BNSF opens shop doors to public Topeka Capital Journal"We're a big part of this community, and this is a big deal for us," said Curt Myers, BNSF superintendent of the first-ever open house event for the general public. "It's a celebration of labor. With 400 employees, we're labor-intensive here. ...

Feds grant preliminary approval to third rail line Minnesota Public RadioA third light rail corridor serving the Twin Cities has federal backing, it was announced Friday. Federal approval has been given to begin engineering studies for the Southwest Corridor rail line linking Eden Prairie and Minneapolis, and St. Paul via ...

Verde Canyon Railroad is a ride into Arizona history Arizona RepublicUntil a ride on the Verde Canyon Railroad helped bring it to life. Dry textbook accounts of the earliest Arizona settlements are nothing compared with this ride. It combines the romanticism of train travel, the stunning natural beauty of Arizona and ...

Agricultural businesses call for Michigan railroad improvements MLive.comBy Rosemary Parker Kalamazoo Gazette Clint Schipper, left, and Hoss Cartwright, right, of Grand Elk Railroad begin repairs to the railroad crossing on East Michigan east of Pitcher street in this file photo. (Kalamazoo Gazette / Jonathon Gruenke) ...

$38 million to add 3rd track out of Fullerton OCRegisterUpgrades include completion of the final segment of a third rail track between Los Angeles and Fullerton. By LOU PONSI / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded Caltrans three grants totaling $55 million for ...

G&W clinches short line acquisition RailwayAge MagazineAZER is composed of two rail lines operating 265 track miles in southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico that are connected by 52 miles of trackage rights over the Union Pacific Railroad. The Arizona Eastern line serves the copper mining regions of ...

All Aboard at the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum Patch.comThis Central Vermont engine is one of the train stock you can see on the museum grounds at 55 Bridge St., Willimantic Nathan M. Oehler In its railroad heyday from 1850-1950, Willimantic hosted 50 trains a day on three businessman special lines that ...

2011-09-01T17:05:00.002-04:00

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY LAHOOD ANNOUNCES $34 MILLION TO ALLEVIATE CONGESTION AT ONE OF THE LARGEST RAIL BOTTLENECKS IN AMERICA

FasTracks to get $1 billion in federal funds kwgn.comDENVER -- Efforts to expand light rail and commuter rail service across metro Denver will receive a major boost when US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announces a funding award of $1.03 billion on Wednesday. The infusion of federal funds will help ...

Amtrak to restore Washington-Boston service ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amtrak has completed cleanup and repairs from Hurricane Irene and plans to restore most service for its primary trains in the Northeast on Wednesday. Amtrak said on Tuesday that engineering teams had finished work on signals and ...

Port Jervis rail line closed; repairs may take months The Journal News LoHud.comSUFFERN — Sloatsburg and Orange County rail riders will have to find another place to catch the train because the Port Jervis line has been shut down as a result of massive damage inflicted by Tropical Storm Irene. The closure could last months and ...

RailAmerica secures new $75 million line of credit Jacksonville Business JournalThe short-line railroad operator (NYSE: RA), based in Jacksonville, also said in a news release that its board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $25 million of the company's common stock. The new line of credit replaces RailAmerica's ...

Indiana Rail Road begins to build locomotive shop Progressive Rail Roading(INRD) and Indiana Department of Transportation officials broke ground for a $6 million locomotive maintenance facility in Jasonville, Ind. To be located at INRD's Hiawatha Yard, the facility is part of the 500-mile regional's record capital spending ...

CSX plans $59 million Ohio expansion Bizjournals.com (blog)CSX Corp. is expanding its Ohio operations, spending $59 million to grow its operations in the Columbus area. This comes after the company also bought 47 acres next to the new SunCoke Energy Inc. facility in Middletown earlier this year. US Sen. ...

Railroads continue to restore service post-Hurricane Irene Progressive Rail RoadingCSX Transportation's freight operations “are moving steadily toward full recovery,” and commuter train service in the Washington, DC, and Boston areas was restored yesterday. Power outages in several areas required the Class I to use generators to ...

AAR sues US government ifw-net.comThe Association of American Railroads (AAR) is suing the federal government for giving Amtrak the “authority to promulgate binding rules governing the conduct of its contractual partners, the freight railroads.” AAR said such authority, ...

2011-08-25T07:19:00.002-04:00

AAR Reports Mixed Results for Weekly Rail Traffic AAR.org18, 2011 – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported mixed results for weekly rail traffic, with U.S. railroads originating 292266 carloads ...

LaHood proposes changes to FRA regs Better Roads Magazineby Tina Barbaccia US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has proposed changes to the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) regulations governing the installation of positive train control (PTC) systems. The amendments will provide greater flexibility ...

Canola drives more CN rail loads to W.Canada ports ReutersWINNIPEG, Manitoba Aug 24 (Reuters) - A record Alberta canola crop has pushed the number of grain cars transported by Canadian National Railway Co (CNR.TO) to British Columbia ports to a 20-year high, the railway said on Wednesday. ...

Rail Dispute Spurs Business Owner to Search for New Site Valley VoiceBy Julie Fernandez Tulare County - The owner of Superior Soil Supplements said this week that the issue of the nearly $900 per railcar surcharge the San Joaquin Valley Railroad is imposing on his company has not been resolved and he will have to find a ...

Regional Rail LLC News PageTyburn Railroad operates a shortline railroad, a liquid and dry bulk transload facility, and provides truck pick up and delivery services from its facility ...

Grain elevator near Fort Benton to get upgrade Houston Chronicle"There's not only competition now with more grain companies building shuttle loaders, but also competition for acres between crops." BNSF Railway offers lower shipping rates to shuttle loader elevators because the cars don't sit idle as long.

Railroad purchase pushed back Sauk Prairie EagleThe state will not purchase the Reedsburg-to-Madison rail line from Union Pacific Railroad, estimated to cost about $30 million, this year. "We just got so many things to accomplish for that project to get going," said Frank Huntington, rail supervisor ...

Downeaster facility site riles residents Mainebiz DailyBy The Mainebiz News Staff The operator of the Amtrak Downeaster has chosen a site in Brunswick to build a $4 million train layover facility, but some residents aren't happy with the choice. The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority board on ...

FreightCar America adding 200 jobs amid optimism for coming years News/Talk 960 WFIRNorfolk Southern is ordering another Roanoke-built 1500 coal-carrying cars, this on top of the 1500 already in production. NS President Wick Moorman says coal still provides one-quarter of the railroad's revenue. The long-term outlook for job security ...

Maine Eastern Railroad receives regional recognition Bangor Daily NewsNew England Travel Magazine has named Maine Eastern Railroad winner of Best of New England Travel 2011 – Attraction — Way to Beat Summer Traffic in its recent publication, “ The Best of New England Travel 2011,” according to a news release Tuesday ...

First railcar arrives at park TriValley CentralRail service in the park is provided by San Pedro and Southwestern, a shortline operator based in Benson. Besides the connection to Union Pacific Railroad's ...

Broward leases 42 acres at Port Everglades to Florida East Coast railroad Palm Beach PostHe said infrastructure projects that expand port commerce "are critical for enhancing our competitive position and sustaining our local economy." Husein Cumber, a vice president of the FEC, said the railroad's cargo capacity at the 14-acre Andrews ...

Riding the Rails: Growth of intermodal industry provides spark for commercial ...REjournals.comIn 2011, CenterPoint Intermodal Centers house the BNSF Logistics Park-Chicago, a 770-acre facility in Elwood, and Union Pacific-Joliet Intermodal Terminal, a 835-acre facility in Joliet. The actual intermodal terminals are only a portion of the overall ...

Historic train turntable, buildings razed Shreveport TimesPlans were to piggyback it with a statewide study to expand passenger rail service as an alternative to mass transit and at the same time beef up tourism opportunities. The railroad in Cullen, acquired by Watco Companies from Kansas City Southern ...

NM names member to tourist train commission Houston ChronicleSusana Martinez has appointed a federal water agency official to a commission overseeing the historic Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. Martinez announced the appointment of Billy Elbrock of Chama last week. Elbrock is supervisory facilities operations ...

Stewartstown Railroad opposes abandonment York Daily RecordBy TERESA ANN BOECKEL York, PA - The Stewartstown Railroad Company opposes the proposed abandonment of the railroad for many reasons, including that it's not in the public interest to shut it down and the company has identified prospective customers. ...

2011-08-15T07:01:00.002-04:00

Amtrak launches free iPhone application Breaking Travel NewsAmtrak passengers can now plan trips, purchase tickets, modify existing reservations, check train schedules and status, and view station information from the convenience of an iPhone® with the free Amtrak application (app) now available through iTunes. ...

RAIL TRAFFIC STILL CONSISTENT WITH MUDDLE THROUGH ECONOMY ...By Cullen RocheThe latest rail data from AAR is consistent with a sluggish economy. The good news is that the economy isn't cratering as some might think from the recent.

Weekly Rail Traffic Charts - Association of American Railroads PDF Weekly Traffic of Major U.S. Railroads. Carloads Originated. 1.Grain ... Weekly Railroad Traffic. Association of American Railroads ...

Freight railroads: Powering america's economy PDF “Short line railroads are the vital link between thousands of small towns and ... short line railroads means lower transportation costs, more flexible local ...

Scenic Saratoga & North Creek Railway trains back on track after engine ...The Saratogian24, the scenic railway will host an “Ales on Rails” event that leaves North Creek at 5 pm The two-hour trip will include a Dogfish Head glass, four tastings of Dogfish Head beer, appetizers, music and door prizes. Tickets went on sale Friday on the ...

Feds give $1.2 million to railside trail The Adirondack Daily EnterpriseLAKE PLACID - The federal government has awarded $1.2 million for a proposed recreational path along the railroad tracks between Lake Placid and Ray Brook. US Sen. Charles Schumer announced Friday that $1208708 has been awarded to the state Department ...

Housatonic Railroad train derails Berkshire EagleBy Trevor Jones, Berkshire Eagle Staff GREAT BARRINGTON -- Seven railroad cars derailed along one of the Housatonic Railroad Co.'s lines around 7 pm on Friday, displacing construction debris but not spilling any hazardous materials or causing any ...

Providence and Worcester Railroad Co Reports Operating Results (10-Q)GuruFocus.comProvidence And Worcester Railroad Company has a market cap of $66.9 million; its shares were traded at around $13.86 with and P/S ratio of 2.9. The dividend yield of Providence And Worcester Railroad Company stocks is 1.2%. Operating revenues increased ...

Operation Lifesaver demonstrates track safety Hastings TribuneCARLETON — If motorists just take their time and don't rush safety, everyone will leave a railroad crossing safely. Mike Russell, a Marysville, Kan.-based Union Pacific manager of operating practices, joked with passengers sitting in an Operation ...

2011-08-12T20:50:00.003-04:00

08/12/2011 U. S. Department of Transportation Launches Initiative to Prevent Employee Fatigue and Increase Safety on America’s Railways

RailAmerica Traffic Drops on Coal, but Chemicals Gain Journal of ...Weaker coal traffic pushed rail carloadings down 7.4 percent in July at short line railroads that RailAmerica operated both in 2010 and 2011, ...

Stockton short line acquired Stockton RecordThe short line has been sold, and the new owners are looking to expand. Bejay Orth, brakeman,(right) and Wayne Faull, foreman, stand on the front of the engine before start of shift at the Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad yard in Stockton ...

Iowa to receive $773K in railroad repair grants Chicago TribuneAP Iowa will receive more than $773000 in federal grants to repair flood-damaged railroads in 11 counties in the state. The grants were announced Thursday by Sen. Tom Harkin, who says floods of 2008 severely damaged the state's railroad system. ...

BNSF Raising Tracks to Get Around Flooding KQ2 StJoeChannelDespite flooding throughout Holt County, BNSF Railways is working through the water. The change will allow the rail line to continue to operate even during a major flood event. The truss should also allow floodwater to drain easier once flooding ...

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2011-08-11T10:15:00.002-04:00

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Reports Traffic for July 2011 MarketWatch (press release)Excluding 7283 carloads from the FreightLink Acquisition(1), which closed December 1, 2010, same-railroad traffic in July 2011 increased 4669 carloads, or 6.4 percent, compared with July 2010. GWI's other commodity group traffic grew 1752 carloads ...

RailAmerica July traffic fell 6.8 percent CNBC.comRailAmerica Inc., which runs short-line and regional railroads, said Wednesday that freight carloads fell 6.8 percent in July compared to July 2010 because of lower coal shipments. Not counting coal, carloads fell 1.2 percent. ...

Groups speak out about possible abandonment of Stewartstown Railroad York Daily RecordBut the absence of traffic on the short-line railroad is a hurdle, he said. Freight has not moved on the railroad in decades, and the last tourist train ran in 2004. The Stewartstown Railroad needs to find a credible, potential shipper to create ...

CEO Interview: Norfolk Southern Smartmoney.comWick Moorman tries to keep Norfolk Southern on track. By RESHMA KAPADIA Among his hobbies, Charles "Wick" Moorman keeps bees and farms oysters, and soon he'll try to make wine from grapes grown on his farm. Over the past year, however, ...

700 Bombardier railcar workers strike UPI.com10 (UPI) -- Some 700 Canadian workers at Bombardier Inc.'s railcar manufacturing plant in Thunder Bay, Ontario, were on strike Wednesday, union officials said. The employees are members of the Canadian Auto Workers union and walked off the job Tuesday ...

Short-Line Railroad floats third coal export terminal proposal in ...KPLU News for Seattle and the NorthwestBy Tom Banse A short-line railroad is taking a hard look at opening a coal shipping terminal at the Port of Grays Harbor. This is the third location ...

Norfolk Southern's Heartland Corridor Project Wins Railway Design Award PR Newswire (press release)The Heartland Corridor project, one of the most extensive railroad engineering projects in modern times, was an initiative to raise the vertical clearances of 28 railroad tunnels and remove 24 overhead obstructions in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, ...

Huron Central Railway Announces Start of $33.3 Million Rehabilitation Project Victoria Times ColonistHuron Central Railway Inc. (HCRY) today announced the start of its rehabilitation project. The Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry (“MNDMF”) and the Government of Canada are each funding 45%, or $15 million, ...

$90.1 million deal: Arizona Eastern Railway being sold Arizona Silver BeltArizona Eastern Railway operates 265 miles of railroad between Clifton and Miami, Ariz. This includes trackage rights over the Union Pacific rail lines between Lordsburg, NM and Bowie, Ariz. The Arizona Eastern line serves the copper mining regions of ...

Midwest Railcar Adds 2400 Cars The Journal of Commerce OnlineMidwest Railcar announced plans to expand its fleet by 2400 cars, both new and used, by the end of 2012. The railcar leasing and management services firm has taken delivery of 900 new small-cube covered hoppers, with 900 more expected next year. ...

Central Appalachian coal sees modest losses compared with wider energy market PlattsBoth CAPP barge and CAPP rail (CSX) markets saw backwardation grow at the front of the curve, as prices slid further in Q4 than in September, the front month. Prices generally fell more in the front of the curve than in the back half. ...

BNSF Profit Rises 14.4 Percent to $690 Million The Journal of Commerce OnlineBNSF Railway's profit rose 14.4 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier to $690 million, as traffic grew only about 3 percent but per-unit receipts swelled 10.6 percent. BNSF's top-line sales growth outpaced the net income, as revenue gained ...

Kansas City Southern names new treasurer BusinessWeekRailroad company Kansas City Southern said Monday it appointed Michael Cline as vice president and treasurer. Cline replaces senior vice president finance and treasurer Paul Weyandt, who retired this summer. Cline will report to Michael Upchurch, ...

Old Colony Railroad Announces Next Leg of Special Train Excursion Patch.comThe Old Colony & Newport Railway has announced that it will run the second of three special scenic trains to the north end of Aquidneck Island on Sunday, Aug. 14. The first special train run on July 24, they say, proved immensely popular, ...

Gov. marks start of Union Pacific project Las Cruces Sun-News... today and the work they're beginning today, that the economy of this country is going to come roaring back, and they're going to be ready when it does come roaring back," he said to a crowd gathered just south of a Santa Teresa industrial park. ...

Back on track: P&N to roll again in Gaston Charlotte ObserverBy Joe DePriest Bill Bartosh, Piedmont &Northern's assistant general manager, is shown with the first locomotive that will run on the revitalized line in Gaston County. David T. Foster III - dtfoster@ charlotteobserver.com Bill Bartosh, a P&N manager, ...

Disneyland Resort Donates California Zephyr to Western Pacific Railroad Museum Stitch KingdomVisitors to the museum will learn about the history of the famous 1950s passenger train through the donated artifacts, while the recreated locomotive will offer the chance to experience what it was like for engineers to guide the stainless steel Zephyr ...

2011-08-01T10:58:00.002-04:00

AAR Reports Modest Gains in Weekly Rail Traffic AAR.orgWASHINGTON, D.C. – July 28, 2011 – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported modest gains in weekly rail traffic, with U.S. railroads ...

Newport News, coal terminals looking into wind fence Daily PressPrice said he has often wondered why at the coal pier in Norfolk, the coal is deposited directly onto the ships and barges at Lambert's Point, rather than stored in coal piles as it is in Newport News. Robin Chapman, spokesman for Norfolk Southern, ...

Railroad operator rejects OBPA's notice of its termination WatertownDailyTimes.comThe dispute began when the authority issued a notice to the rail company citing several defaults on a lease agreement that allows the company to operate the railroad. The railroad runs from the Port of Ogdensburg to Norwood. ...

UAE's Etihad Rail to buy 7 locomotives from Caterpillar's EMD division for ...Washington PostBy AP, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The state company building the United Arab Emirates' railway network has picked US train engine maker Electro-Motive Diesel to supply its first locomotives. Etihad Rail said Sunday that LaGrange, Illinois-based EMD ...

22 rail cars full of coal derail in western Iowa Chicago TribuneAP Railroads crews are cleaning up after 22 cars of a coal train derailed in western Iowa. Mark Davis, spokesman for Omaha, Neb.-based Union Pacific, says the 136-car train was headed from Wyoming to Illinois when a section derailed about 6:40 am ...

Nev. trucking firm sues Amtrak, UP over crash Sacramento BeeA Nevada trucking company has filed suit again Amtrak and Union Pacific, claiming they failed to maintain a safe railroad crossing at the site where one of its drivers plowed into an Amtrak train last month, killing six people and injuring at least 20 ...

Chemicals Sector Rail Traffic Rises 4.7% :: Chemical WeekChemicals sector rail traffic in North America rose 4.7% year-on-year last week, to 41176 cars, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR.

Norfolk Southern profit aided by 18% revenue jump - MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Norfolk Southern Corp. late Tuesday reported a much higher second-quarter profit as the railroad operator shipped more goods, ...

Cornwall selectmen question abandoned Housatonic Railroad Company cars Torrington Register CitizenBy MAX WITTSTEIN CORNWALL — The Housatonic Railroad Company has responded to a letter from the Board of Selectmen concerning rail cars in town that appeared to be abandoned. In a letter dated July 21 to railroad president John Hanlon, First Selectman ...

CSX train derails in Niles this afternoon Youngstown VindicatorBetween 43 and 73 train cars on the CSX train tracks at the southwest end of town derailed at 2:45 pm today, but no evacuation was necessary, no injuries were reported and no hazardous chemicals spilled. The derailment did produce quite a bit of noise ...

Union Pacific agrees to remove old Pueblo railroad bridge The RepublicUnion Pacific has agreed to dismantle part of an old railroad bridge over Fountain Creek in Pueblo. The Pueblo Chieftain newspaper reports that the railroad will take out six spans by May. The iron and lumber form a deck across the creek. ...

Bucks County Historical Society waits for decision on railroad saleThe 128-year-old Stewartstown Railroad is a southern York County, Pennsylvania, landmark in the small town for which it.

Renovations to historic train depot begin Albany Times Union19, 2010 photo shows a view of the main lobby of the Union Depot in downtown St. Paul, Minn., Workers are already laying track for the Central Corridor light rail line between downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul. The west end of the line will ...

Genesee & Wyoming has the Lowest RPE in the Railroads Industry (GWR, RA, KSU ...Investor's Business DailyGenesee & Wyoming (GWR) ranks first with an RPE of $270K; RailAmerica (RA) ranks second with an RPE of $271K; and Kansas City Southern (KSU) ranks third with an RPE of $318K. Norfolk Southern (NSC) follows with an RPE of $347K and CSX (CSX) rounds out ...

Amtrak NE ridership up 10%Bizjournals.comAmtrak, which reached a record for passengers in May, saw June ridership decline, but the number of passengers remained above year-ago levels. Amtrak saw its biggest year-over-year passenger gain on its Northeast Regional service between Washington, ...

Richard Allert Elected to Genesee & Wyoming Board of Directors MarketWatch (press release)In 2003, he was awarded a Centenary Medal for service to Australian society through rail transport, business and taxation. GWI owns and operates short line and regional freight railroads in the United States, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and ...

Trinity shares tumble on 2Q earnings, outlook BusinessWeekSecond-quarter railcar orders were more than double what he expected, but higher earnings at that division may have been overshadowed by problems at others, potentially energy, he said. KeyBanc's Steve Barger said investors should treat Wednesday's ...

RMI Completes RailConnect(R) Transportation Management System (TMS ...MarketWatch (press release)... successfully meet RailAmerica's quality standards for Project Horizon and the RailConnect TMS implementations." Working with the RailAmerica team, RMI began the implementation with Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway in Monroeville, Ala., in April, 2010, ...

Rail America reports profit turnaround in 2nd quarter Jacksonville Business JournalThe Jacksonville-based operator of short-line railroads increased revenue in the second quarter by 17 percent to $139.2 million from $119.5 million despite persistent weather challenges, low coal volumes and fuel price pressures. ...

2011-07-21T21:24:00.002-04:00

07/21/2011: U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $24.3 Million in Grants to Boost Keystone Corridor Train Speeds to 125 mph

Tourist train linking Saratoga and North Creek opens Glens Falls Post-StarJoint negotiations between Iowa Pacific, the town of Corinth and the Canadian-Pacific Railroad, which owns the rails south of Corinth, have brought trains from North Creek to Saratoga for the first time since 1956. Officials said the link with Saratoga ...

UPDATE 3-CSX profit beats forecast, shares edge higher ReutersNEW YORK, July 19 (Reuters) - US railroad operator CSX Corp (CSX.N) reported an increase in quarterly profit and revenue, beating Wall Street estimates, on higher volume and pricing. Revenue rose across the company's major markets -- merchandise, ...

Union Pacific 2Q profit up 10 percent despite flooding, fuel ...Washington PostBy AP, RISING TIDE: Two of Union Pacific's rail lines remain closed because of flooding in the Midwest, and the railroad spent about $14 million defending against flooding during the second quarter. But Union Pacific still reported a 10 percent ...

Frontier train pulled by steam engine rolls through Greeley Greeley TribuneUnion Pacific Railroad's historic steam locomotive No. 844 pulled the Frontier Days train through Greeley today, and hundreds of people including train enthusiasts and first timers lined the tracks on 7th Avenue to greet it. Roy Murray and friend Ray ...

Conn. to buy 25 more trains for NYC commuters BusinessWeekDannel P. Malloy says Connecticut will buy 25 more commuter rail cars for the heavily used New Haven line into New York City. Malloy said Tuesday that the 25 cars will cost about $93 million and will add to 380 already on order. ...

North Dakota rail terminal for Bakken shale oil begins construction PlattsUtah-based Savage Companies Wednesday said it has begun work on a "multi-user rail terminal" served by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway in Trenton, North Dakota, to bring delivery of Bakken shale crude oil by rail. Savage CEO Allen Alexander said ...

Tower 55 project still on track, officials say Fort Worth Star TelegramIn all, roughly $226 million worth of work -- including earth movement, the construction of bridges and roads, and the laying of railroad tracks -- is taking place in and around the Davidson Yard. This report includes material from the Star-Telegram ...

Rail trail group interested in Stewartstown Rail land Yorkdispatch.comAnother organization has expressed interest in preserving the Stewartstown Railroad, at least the 7.5-mile tract of land it runs through, if the historic short line is forced into dissolvement by its creditor. The York County Rail Trail Authority ...

Iowa Interstate begins to build locomotive shop, yard Progressive Rail RoadingIowa Interstate Railroad Ltd. (IAIS) recently began grading work near Homestead, Iowa, for a new locomotive maintenance facility and yard. The $19 million project has been in the planning and engineering stage for about a year, but construction now is ...

Mich. to buy rail line for Amtrak Toledo BladeThe tracks' owner, Norfolk Southern, has determined that freight traffic along the line no longer justifies maintaining it for the ordinary top speed on many Amtrak routes, 79 mph. Beginning last year, after a maintenance agreement with Amtrak expired, ...

Protest by losing city rail car contract bidder tossed out Honolulu Star-AdvertiserBy Gene Park The state commerce agency Tuesday threw out one of the two protests to the city's billion-dollar rail car contract award. Bombardier Transportation filed an appeal with the state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, ...

CSX expects volume to grow faster than economy The Associated PressThe railroad operator also said Wednesday it thinks prices will continue to rise for the goods it hauls, further boosting revenue. CSX Corp. says China's appetite for US coal should keep growing this year, offsetting weakness in shipments to US ...

UTU tentative agreement on Georgia shortline - Railway Track and ..."What we are trying to do is bring parity in wages, benefits and work rules to the thousands of employees in the shortline railroad industry, in addition to ...

New rail facility to open at Hershey North Platte Bulletin... 7/20/2011 The new Greenbriar rail wheel plant east of Hershey will open in September, plant officials said Monday. The Lincoln County Commissioners approved a final piece of funding for the plant -- a $250000 community development block grant. ...

CN plans to build four new sidings on Northern Ontario corridor over two years CanadianBusiness.comBy The Canadian Press July 19, 2011 TORONTO - Canadian National Railway Co. (TSX:CNR) says it plans to build four more extended sidings on its Northern Ontario main line by the end of 2012 at a cost of $20 million. The company, which operates one of ...

CCN News 8 - Local Railroad Lines RecognizedTwo Central Pennsylvania short line railroads were recognized at Norfolk Southern's recent Annual Short Line Meeting. The Lycoming Valley Railroad received ...

Ely Nevada's Northern Railway Announces a One-of-a-Kind Opportunity to Operate ...PR Web (press release)Experience Ely Nevada's interactive living historic railway along America's Loneliest Road in the Pony Express Territory; Train enthusiasts can operate a locomotive at this year-round adventure place with haunted ghost trains, Railway Reality Camps, ...

Take a ride on the Twin Cities & Western Railroad Chaska HeraldTickets are now available for commemorative passenger rides aboard the Twin Cities & Western Railroad on July 30, and July 31. The TC&W line runs through Chaska and Chanhassen. The money raised by the rides will be donated to the Lake Superior Rail ...

2011-07-18T06:55:00.002-04:00

Central Florida's SunRail project finally gets started Orlando SentinelBy Dan Tracy, Orlando Sentinel After years of debate and delay, construction on Central Florida's SunRail commuter train is finally ready to start. The work kicks off today with a groundbreaking at 2:30 pm on the railroad tracks outside Florida ...

AAR reports rail traffic is down for week ending July 9 - Article ...Rail traffic was down for the week ending July 2, according to data released by the Association of American Railroads (AAR). ...

Saylor goes to bat for Stewartstown Railroad Yorkdispatch.comThe Stewartstown Railroad is getting help from the Majority Whip of the state House of Representatives in its campaign to keep the historic short line from being dissolved in a sheriff's sale. The Stewartstown Rail Co. was created in 1885 but hasn't ...

FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILS: Bridge collapse at Locke Lake Patch.comBy Chris Steller BNSF rail cars fell into Locke Lake at the site of a bridge collapse. High water from recent rains raised the lake around backyard furniture and statuary. The Burlington Northern Santa Fe trestle bridge over Rice Creek at Locke Lake ...

Columbia Star Dinner Train's opening night met with protest Columbia MissourianAbout $20000 more in public money was used to upgrade the exisiting train station's facilities and prepare them for use. The Columbia Star also uses the city's rail line, which run between Columbia and Centralia and the city-owned train station at 6501 ...

Genesee & Wyoming June traffic up 13.4 percent ForbesAP , 07.14.11, 12:59 PM EDT Short line and regional freight railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc. said Thursday that traffic on its lines rose 13.4 percent in June on increases in shipments of coal and coke, and farm and food products. ...

State police probing large-scale rail theft The Tribune-DemocratPATTON — About 100000 pounds of train track – worth more than $45000 – have been stolen from the side of a short-line railroad, and state police need the public's help cracking the case. Troopers said late Thursday that 72 30-foot sections of rail ...

FEC rail project starts – 800 jobs expected Bizjournals.comThe remainder of the project cost is funded through $10.9 million from the FEC, $10.9 million from the Florida Department of Transportation and $4.8 million from the Port of Miami. The rail project, dredging the port to 50 feet and twin port tunnels ...

CSX Earnings Preview: Analysts Expect Rising Revenue BenzingaBy general It's time to get ready for CSX (NYSE: CSX) earnings! Don't be caught off-guard: The company releases its next round of earnings this Tuesday, July 19, 2011. No time to prep before Tuesday's announcement? Don't worry. ...

Hundreds of union workers block grain train The Seattle TimesBurlington Northern Santa Fe railroad spokesman Gus Melonas says the blockade has prompted BNSF to indefinitely suspend train traffic to the grain terminal. It's the third major protest this week in an increasingly volatile dispute between EGT and the ...

Railcars leave county OPB NewsUnder the terms of the lease agreement, the county will continue to receive monthly payments from Union Pacific of $59400 in July, August and September and a final payment of $30000 for part of October, according to Hayward. The rail space rental ...

RailAmerica June traffic down 4.4 percent BusinessWeekThe short-line rail operator said it handled 70238 freight carloads in June, down from 73466 a year earlier. Shipments of metallic ores and metals and forest products increased. The June total included 660 carloads from three Alabama railroads acquired ...

Small Fire On Tourist Train In White Mountains New Hampshire Public RadioBy Chris Jensen on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 A small fire on a tourist train operated by Conway Scenic Railroad sent worried fire fighters from Twin Mountain and Bethlehem rushing to the Crawford Notch railway station on Wednesday afternoon. ...

Antique trains en route to Bureau Junction LaSalle News TribuneA trip to Bureau Junction on Friday, July 22 or Sunday, July 24 will offer a glimpse into the village's past as a bustling railroad town when two vintage locomotives come rolling down the tracks. The steam locomotive Nickel Plate 765 will chug into ...

CP reopens flooded railway line in North Dakota ReutersVANCOUVER, July 13 (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd (CP.TO) has reopened its flooded mainline track running from southern Saskatchewan through North Dakota, five days earlier than it expected, a CP spokesman said on Wednesday. ...

Train switches to solar for Georgia PSC demonstration Florida Times-UnionNow, the train will become the Solar Express, a rolling seminar on energy from the sun chugging along the state's SAM shortline railroad. It departs Georgia Veterans State Park near Cordele at 9:30 am with stops in Leslie for a tour of the first solar ...

Biz Park's Workhorse Journal & Topics Newspapers OnlineThe Chicago Terminal Railroad is a "short line" with 25 miles of track in Elk Grove's business park that serves 12 businesses. Trains deliver everything from steel and wood to sugar, syrup and even motor oil to Elk Grove businesses at a rate of about ...

Full steam ahead for historic locomotive Calaveras EnterpriseBy Kate Gonzales Volunteers work on the Shay locomotive at the Sierra Nevada Logging Museum. From left are Kaylinda Bechtold, Steve Bechtold and Doug Kohl. Courtesy photo Volunteers with the Sierra Nevada Logging Museum are pressing forward on the ...

SmartStart® Automatic Engine Stop Start (AESS) System Saves Millions of ...Business Wire (press release)For example, a Class 1 Railroad has saved 264225 gallons of fuel on one locomotive since implementing SmartStart in 1994—that's over 16000 gallons saved a year. With the recent US Department of Transportation announcements about $527 million for ...

Freight trains back in the North Bay Santa Rosa Press DemocratAn NWP Co. locomotive arrived at Hunt & Behrens in Petaluma on Wednesday morning pulling five carloads of grain. By STEVE HART Freight trains returned to Sonoma County on Wednesday, hauling their first commercial cargo in almost 10 years. ...

2011-07-12T10:13:00.002-04:00

AAR reports steady growth in weekly rail traffic The TruckerWASHINGTON – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported solid weekly rail traffic, with US railroads originating 285943 carloads for the week ending July 2, 2011, up 0.3 percent compared with the same week last year. ...

Coal exports near 19-year high may buoy US railroads Peninsula On-lineNEW YORK: The United States is poised to export the most coal since 1992 this year, filling a gap created when flooding interrupted Australian supplies and buoying shipments for railroads such as Union Pacific and CSX. Union Pacific, the nation's ...

One dead after Amtrak train collides with truck in Maine ReutersBOSTON (Reuters) - A dump truck trying to beat a passenger train through a railway crossing collided with the locomotive in Maine on Monday, killing the truck driver, an Amtrak spokesman said. The incident was the second accident involving a truck ...

US Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $72.8 Million for Massachusetts ...Media Newswire (press release)WASHINGTON th US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced travel time on Amtrak's Vermonter line will be cut by nearly 30 minutes through a $72.8 million grant to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. (Media-Newswire.com) - WASHINGTON ...

100 car train derails, no injuries WISHBLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WISH) - No one was injured when an Indiana rail road train carrying coal derailed Sunday evening in Bloomington on Garrison Chapel Rd. The train consisted of 100 cars. Of that 100, 26 were damaged. Authorities say clean-up could take ...

Mountain Division railroad draining City of Tacoma funds TheNewsTribune.comOnce praised as a potential tourist boon, a city-owned railroad that long has been a drain on Tacoma's coffers is now testing the patience of some City Council and public utilities board members. Once praised as a potential tourist boon, a city-owned ...

Railroad ridership on upswing Cumberland Times-NewsCUMBERLAND — After a banner year in 2010, the number of passengers hitching a ride on Mountain Thunder is holding steady in 2011, a Western Maryland Scenic Railroad official said Friday. Mountain Thunder is the nickname given to Engine 734, ...

Denver Ski Train Dispute Ends with $1.1M Jury Award First TracksOnline Media Denver, CO - A federal jury on Thursday awarded $1.1 million to a company that says Amtrak derailed its plans to revive the ski train running from Denver to Winter Park ski resort. The former Denver-Winter Park ski train began operation in ...

Train service reopens from Peninsula-Akron n Cuyahoga Valley Cuyahoga Falls News Pressn Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad is reopening train service from the Peninsula Depot to Akron Northside Station starting July 13. Train service from Peninsula Depot to Canal Visitor Center remains closed until construction of the track work on the ...

U.S. Railroads Invest in Future as Freight Volume Surges Area Development OnlineHere are some stats: US rail volumes excluding grain and coal shipments rose 7.9 percent to 4.6 million carloads in the quarter ended March 31, according to data compiled by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) in Washington. ...

Railroad could become a world-class bikeway Lake Placid NewsTwelve years ago a tourist railroad was installed between Lake Placid and Saranac Lake. The operators predicted all sorts of economic benefits, none of which has materialized. Two years ago North Elba's town supervisor described this government ...

Bradford County supporting application for $700K to upgrade its main rail line Towanda Daily Review"We need help in central Bradford County and Troy with alleviating this traffic," said McLinko, a Republican. "It's to the point where it's unbearable." Rail traffic has been increasing rapidly in Bradford County, due to gas drilling in the Marcellus ...

Greenbrier Revenue Soars 153 Percent The Journal of Commerce OnlineRail traffic levels also fell during March and April, but many important cargo categories have strengthened since then. Furman indicated his customers feel confident, since “business visibility continues to improve . . . (and) we are experiencing a ...

Santa Maria Valley Railroad will soon celebrate 100th anniversary KSBY San Luis Obispo NewsThe Santa Maria Valley Railroad is about to celebrate a milestone. Next week, marks its 100th anniversary. The railroad company started construction on July 11th, 1911. For decades, it was owned by the well-known Hancock family and in 2006, ...

KOHL CALLS ON ADMINISTRATION TO SUPPORT RAILROAD BILL THAT WILL ...PoliticalNews.meWASHINGTON – US Senator Herb Kohl called on officials at the Departments of Justice (DoJ) and Transportation (DoT) to support his Railroad Antitrust ...

Dinner train rides the rails between Columbia and Centralia Columbia Business TimesThe advantage of a short-line, Weber said, is that it's much easier to schedule a dinner train around the freight trains that are the primary users of the railroad. The large freight railways, such as Union Pacific and Burlington Northern, ...

Unused Rail Line May Become a Walking, Biking Path Patch.comIn late June, Pan Am Railways informed Watertown officials of their plan to abandon 1.72 miles of the former Boston & Maine Railroad track known as the Watertown Branch.They requested input from town officials. Town Councilor Angeline Kounelis, ...

2011-07-04T07:28:00.002-04:00

Amtrak's Vermonter train line gets $73 M federal upgrade Washington PostBy AP, BURLINGTON, Vt. — US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says Amtrak's Vermonter passenger rail line will get a $73 million upgrade. LaHood says the improvements will cut about 30 minutes from travel time through Massachusetts. ...

Steam train plans weekend trips The ColumbianThe private Independence Day Special will also celebrate the locomotive's 70th anniversary. The train departs Portland each day at 9 am and should arrive in Vancouver by 9:30 am and turn east along the north bank of the Columbia River to Wishram, ...

Rain puts CPR profits off track Calgary HeraldBy Kim Guttormson, Calgary Herald July 2, 2011 Prolonged weather woes continue to plague Canadian Pacific Railway, with flooding having closed sections of track and analysts concerned about the shortterm impact on the bottom line. ...

SunRail Opens Door for Haven's CSX Terminal The LedgerCSX's proposed Winter Haven rail terminal is needed to handle freight train traffic moving from Orlando-area rail lines to a line that runs through Polk County and downtown Lakeland. That means 5000 to 6000 new jobs in the Winter Haven area, ...

Cimarron Valley Railroad rebuilding bridges damaged in grass fire Dodge City Daily GlobeThe railroad bridge west of Satanta is shown after a grass fire destroyed it last April. Ten box culverts, five other small bridges, one home, two unoccupied trailers and 12 outbuildings were destroyed in the Haskell County fire that began April 3, ...

CSX Announces VP Appointments in Finance, Commercial Bradenton HeraldFredrik Eliasson, currently vice president of emerging markets, has been named vice president of chemicals and fertilizer, responsible for CSX's commercial activities in the chemicals, phosphates and fertilizers markets. Eliasson holds a bachelor's ...

Fire erupts on rail bridge in BC CBC.caRailway ties were on fire on the entire stretch of a CN Rail bridge south of Lytton, BC, Thursday. (Joelle Harvey) A railway bridge in BC's Fraser Canyon caught fire Thursday, shutting down CN Rail traffic between Metro Vancouver and the Interior.

Wabtec buys GE's rail car parts business ForbesRail industry parts maker Wabtec Corp. said Thursday that it has acquired a railcar parts replacement business from GE Transportation, a unit of General Electric Co. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but Wabtec ( WAB - news - people ) said the ...

2011-06-30T19:49:00.002-04:00

DOT Lends Amtrak $562.9 Million for Locomotives The Journal of Commerce OnlineThe Amtrak passenger system is borrowing $562.9 million, in what is the largest-ever credit issued by a federal rail loan program, to buy 70 locomotives to use on two high-density traffic corridors in the Northeast. The Department of Transportation ...

Still no agreement between Port, OCSR Tillamook Headlight HeraldThe Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad operates tourist trains on a portion of the port's tracks, between Garibaldi and Wheeler. The group approached the port about reaching an agreement whereby OCSR would perform track maintenance in exchange for ...

Railway opening delayed by plants on track Glens Falls Post-StarThe opening of the new Saratoga North Creek Railway has been delayed by an overgrowth of vegetation on and along the railroad tracks. The new operators had hoped to begin train service on the North Creek-to-Saratoga Springs line in early July, ...

OBPA may take over short-line railroad WatertownDailyTimes.comBy JIMMY LAWTON OGDENSBURG — The Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority could assume operations of a short-line railroad operated by New York and Ogdensburg Railway Co. Inc. due to an alleged violation of a maintenance contract between the two entities. ...

Low emission locomotive at CSX rail yard Albany Times UnionBETHLEHEM -- The US Environmental Protection Agency, New York State Dept. of Transportation and CSX will introduce the first ultra-low emission GenSet locomotive in upstate New York on Thursday at 10 am at the CSX Selkirk Yard outside of Albany. ...

Amtrak sues trucking company over fatal Northern Nevada crash Las Vegas SunThe westbound train was struck by a semi-truck and burst into flames. By Steve Green (contact) Another lawsuit was filed Wednesday – this time by Amtrak – over the June 24 crash of a truck into an Amtrak train in Northern Nevada, killing six people. ...

Union Pacific to build new facility in Santa Teresa, will not replace EP ...El Paso TimesSusana Martinez announced today that the state is working with Union Pacific Railroad Company to begin building a $400 million facility in Santa Teresa. Union Pacific officials said they hope to start construction this year and complete the project by ...

CN boosts Alberta operations Railway Gazette InternationalCANADA: Canadian National has confirmed that work will start shortly on its planned 243 ha intermodal facility at Conrich, Alberta, northeast of Calgary. First announced in 2010, the C$200m Logistics Park will have more than 185 000 m² of warehousing ...

Cargill to build new Peace-area grain terminal Alberta ExpressThe terminal is to be built along Canadian National Railway (CN) track on the same site as Cargill's McLennan crop inputs distribution centre, which opened last month. The facility is expected to be able to load rail cars at a rate of 50000 bushels per ...

US intermodal traffic speeds up a little ifw-net.comIntermodal rail freight traffic in the US began to grow again after figures stayed flat over the past month, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR). During the week ending 18 June, intermodal traffic was up 4.3% to 237682 trailers and ...

2011-06-27T07:39:00.002-04:00

Northland railways merger will put new face on old industry Duluth News TribuneThe DM&IR is one of the railroads that will be absorbed by the Wisconsin Centrail railway, probably by the end of the year. (News Tribune file photo) Three Northland railroads under the Canadian National corporate umbrella are merging into a single US ...

AAR Reports Weekly Rail Traffic Gains Powder Bulk SolidsThe Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported gains in weekly rail traffic, with US railroads originating 294310 carloads for the week ending June 18, 2011, up 3.3 percent compared with the same week last year. Intermodal volume for the ...

Reports on the Amtrak Crash in Nevada New York Times (blog)By DAN BILEFSKY Investigators were sifting through the wreckage Sunday after a tractor-trailer plowed through railroad gates into an Amtrak train at a crossing early Friday in Nevada, killing at least six people and leaving at least 28 people ...

North Bay businesses await return of freight trains Santa Rosa Press DemocratEngineer Eric Sprague was part of a crew that checked Northwestern Pacific Railroad tracks in the North Bay for flaws last week. By STEVE HART Freight trains hauled cargo on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad for nearly 100 years, in good times and bad. ...

BNSF Halts Rail Traffic in Holt County KQ2 StJoeChannelNow, the tracks are submerged along Highway 159 and rail traffic is being re-routed to Kansas City. Officials are unsure when the line will re-open, however they don't expect the closure to have a big impact on shipments.

Short line railroad thrives at McClellan Business Park Sacramento Bee"We've done well even when others have been struggling," said Richard McGowan, SAV's general manager and a third-generation railroad man. Short line railroads in the United States have undergone a dramatic change over a generation, starting with the ...

BNSF showcases new locomotive Galesburg Register-MailNathan Stokes, 7, Pekin, looks at the side of a General Electric Corporation Dash 9 Locomotive, a newly designed diesel-electric engine at the on-track display at Railroad Days on Saturday. By BEN REEVES An orange and black BNSF locomotive sat on a ...

2011-06-25T06:46:00.002-04:00

US railroads defend business practices at hearing BusinessWeekUnion Pacific and the nation's other major freight railroads are defending their business and pricing practices at a Washington DC hearing. The Surface Transportation Board began a two-day hearing on railroad competition Wednesday to consider whether ...

Greenbrier to launch train from DC Washington Post (blog)Justice says he hopes the $15 million train will help boost the resort's occupancy rates and bring back the glamour of rail travel. The train's 15 cars include a VIP suite car with private rooms, parlor cars, dining cars and an open-air car with safety ...

OBPA seeks to end rail contract WatertownDailyTimes.comThe OBPA issued a notice of termination to the railroad Tuesday, claiming the railroad is in breach of contract regarding maintenance of an antiquated locomotive. OBPA Executive Director Wade A. Davis was reluctant to reveal details regarding the ...

City rejects protests over rail car contract, sticks with Ansaldo Honolulu Star-AdvertiserBy Gene Park The city has upheld its decision to keep Italy-based rail car maker Ansaldo Honolulu as the main contractor to design, build, operate and maintain the rail cars for the $5.3 billion system. The city Department of Budget and Fiscal Services ...

Flooding Disrupts Railroad Service KFYR-TVRailroad track is also being washed out by high water, and today, flooding on the Souris River forced Burlington Northern Santa Fe to shut down both of its main tracks in Minot. Trains are still moving through North Dakota, but because of state-wide ...

Stewartstown Railroad's future unknown York Daily RecordBy TERESA ANN BOECKEL and JOLI HARRINGTON York, PA - Members of the York County Rail Trail Authority want to see the 125-year-old Stewartstown Railroad corridor remain intact. But they worry that pieces might be sold off as the estate of George M. Hart ...

KCDC buying waterfront railroad spur Knoxville News SentinelIn return, the railroad will get funds to be used toward a track realignment project at Forks of the River Industrial Park. The Knox County Rail Authority signed off on the deal at its 2 pm meeting today. KCDC agreed to pay $221500 for the property ...

Rail authority still testing bridges Sonoma Index-TribuneThe Northwestern Pacific Railroad is load testing bridges between Schellville and Petaluma. Freight service won't start for at least a couple of weeks. It will be at least a couple of weeks before the Northwestern Pacific Railroad is running freight ...

DOT Provides $126 Million to Ease Train Congestion in Chicago Rail Corridor ...eNews Park ForestIt separates Rock Island District Metra commuter trains from Amtrak passenger trains traveling on the Norfolk Southern (NS) corridor. “Untying rail congestion in Chicago is critical to developing a Midwest passenger rail network that will connect the ...

KCS to Update Investors on Intermodal Service and Cross Border ...Headquartered in Kansas City, MO, Kansas City Southern is a transportation holding company that has railroad investments in the U.S., Mexico and Panama. ...

Caltrain gets $16M grant for signal upgrades Palo Alto Onlineby Gennady Sheyner Caltrain's effort to upgrade its train service surged ahead Thursday when the Federal Railroad Administration awarded the cash-strapped system a $16 million to design a modern signaling system. The funds would be used to design a ...

2011-06-23T21:09:00.001-04:00

CSX Corporation Issues Annual Integrated Financial and Sustainability Report PR Newswire (press release)JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CSX Corporation today announced the release of its 2010 Corporate Profile and Responsibility (CPR) Report. CSX's second-annual report offers an in-depth review of the company, highlighting both ...

California Northern Railroad Company gets clean air award Central Valley Business TimesCalifornia Northern Railroad Company (CFNR), a Davis-based short line railroad with 260 miles of track in the Sacramento Valley, has been given the 2011 Clean Air Champion Business Award from Breathe California, an organization dedicated to fighting ...

Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad Suspends Service Because of Construction Cleveland Scene WeeklyThe Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad won't be choo-chooing for awhile because of construction. No date has been set for CVSR to resume service. The cancellation is due to the construction of the track work on the Valley Railway causing excessive delays ...

Union Pacific CEO: Prospect Of Regulations Concerns Investors NASDAQ(CSX) and Union Pacific Corp. (UNP) warned Wednesday that the industry would scale back hiring and infrastructure spending if shippers succeed in pushing through tighter regulations. CSX CEO Michael Ward, speaking at a hearing by the federal agency ...

Durbin Statement on Agreement that Will Allow FRA to Obligate $133 Million in ...eNews Park ForestUS Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released a statement after Norfolk Southern (NS), the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and Amtrak reached an development agreement will bring Federal Railroad Administration one step closer to obligating ...

High-speed rail scores $16M grant for peninsula San Jose Business Journal"This initial federal investment will enable Caltrain to take an important step forward to provide Bay Area communities with a modernized, sustainable commuter rail system that is fully compatible with future high-speed rail service," Mike Scanlon, ...

2011-06-22T20:25:00.002-04:00

CSX Corporation Announces Earnings Release and Second-Quarter Earnings Call PR Newswire (press release)JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CSX Corporation (NYSE: CSX) will release second-quarter financial and operating results on Tuesday, July 19, 2011, after the market close. The Company will host an earnings conference call at 8:30 am ...

Oregon-based company opens railroad tie plant near Hope with 29 workers, 6 ...Greenfield Daily ReporterThe Texarkana Gazette reports that Amerities South LLC held a grand opening ceremony Tuesday for the plant in Hope Industrial Park. The park is about four miles north of

Beech Grove Amtrak facility catches fire Fox 59By News Staff Fox59 The Amtrak maintenance facility in Beech Grove caught fire Monday night. According to investigators, the fire started in the diesel shop around 10:30 pm All employees were evacuated and no injuries were reported. ...the southwest Arkansas town. The company produces creosote-treated wooden railroad ...

Coos Bay's Port District Now Controls Rail Line KEZI TVNow, the Coos Bay Rail Line is one step closer to re-opening. Monday, Governor Kitzhaber signed the bill that officially annexes the Coos Bay Rail Line into the Port of Coos Bay's Port District, which will create new opportunities to enhance the rail ...

Railway Museum to get national historic site designation Cranbrook Daily TownsmanThere are 954 national historic sites located in Canada, and the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel which showcases an unparalleled collection of historic railway passenger cars while being located next to active Canadian Pacific Railway tracks will soon ...

Union Pacific Railroad invests $23.1 million for track improvements In Idaho Idaho State JournalThe 180-mile project includes removing and installing new rail and more than 206000 railroad ties along this critical railroad corridor through Idaho. Crews will spread 106000 tons of rock ballast to ensure a stable roadbed. ...

Diana Sorfleet Named Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer MarketWatch (press release)"We're very pleased to welcome Diana to the CSX team. Her experience in a safety-focused industry and her commitment to industry-leading human resources practices make her a perfect fit for CSX," Mancini said. Sorfleet comes to CSX following a long ...

Rail expansion positions port to grab new business Corpus Christi Caller TimesAn expected surge in coal as demand rises in Europe and China could make the power-generating black rock another major rail-to-ship export, Sanders said. The port also is working with the three Class I railroads that serve it — Union Pacific, ...

Cumbres Scenic Railroad trestle repaired, service from Chama into Colorado ...Denver PostBy Howard Pankratz The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad today will resume passenger train service out of Chama, NM, into Colorado one year after a massive fire heavily damaged the second-highest trestle on the railroad. Firefighters arrived at the ...

2011-06-20T14:50:00.002-04:00

Intermodal traffic in the US still climbing ifw-net.comIntermodal rail freight traffic in the US saw more gains last week, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR). During the week ending 11 June, intermodal traffic was up 6.4%, year on year, to 237422 trailers and containers. ...

Short Line gets back on track at WDM Moose Jaw Times-HeraldAfter two years without the Short Line steam locomotive in Moose Jaw, the sound of its whistle will be heard through the city once again. “This is a wonderful day for us,” said Kathy Fitton, Western Development Museum Manager. ...

GE, unions agree to tentative labor contract GoErie.comIn May, the company announced that it will build a $96 million locomotive plant in Fort Worth, Texas, creating more than 500 jobs in a primarily nonunion environment. GE Transportation has added nearly 1000 workers in recent months. ...

Maine Northern Railway Company--Modified Rail Certificate--in Aroostook and ...TMC Net... all railroads subscribing to the car-service and car-hire agreement at 425 Third Street, SW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20024; and on the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association at 50 F Street, NW., Suite 7020, Washington, DC 20001. ...

Coos Bay Rail Link opening pushed back to October KCBY.com 11It seems the opening of the Coos Bay Rail Link will be pushed back even farther past it's summer launch, as scheduling conflicts make for an October 1st opening. The port was planning to open the rail line for temporary service in September to work ...

Canadian National to Sell Assets Gamut NewsCanadian National Railway Company (CNI) will sell assets of its indirect subsidiary IC RailMarine Terminal Company to Raven Energy, LLC, which is affiliated to Foresight Energy, LCC, a leading private company engaged in coal mining and a division of ...

Intermodal Traffic Hits 2011 High The Journal of Commerce OnlineIt also continues a pattern from mid-May, when major railroads and short line carriers saw intermodal volume pick up again after cooling in April. During this same period, bulk railcar loadings of commodities and large cargoes including finished ...

Frederick intermodal wins BNSF contracts Memphis Business JournalRCMR will now be maintaining BNSF intermodal equipment. BNSF Railway Co. has picked a division of Memphis-based IMC Cos. to repair and maintain its equipment at its Southeast Memphis intermodal yard. The Fort Worth, Texas-based railroad company awarded ...

Tourist train may roll into Tavares Daily CommercialRichard Grigsby owns Reader Railroad and his steam engines, Drury said. Grigsby is going to invest tens of thousands of dollars into this operation, Drury said. Reader is a tourist railroad operating on tracks in Ouachita County and Nevada County, ...

CN boosts rail access to northern Alberta Edmonton JournalCN's sunny profit outlook contrasts with that of its smaller rival, Calgarybased Canadian Pacific Railway, which has been hit hard by spring flooding on parts of its network in the southern Prairies. That's reflected in the railways' divergent ...

Jackson to succeed Mackil as CEO of Beard Land, Modesto & Empire Traction Progressive Rail RoadingBeard Land & Investment Co. recently named Ronald Jackson president and chief executive officer, according to a news item posted on the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association's web site. He will oversee the company and its subsidiaries, ...

Rail Traffic Rebounds to Highest Level in 10 Weeks Seeking AlphaTotal N. American rail traffic rebounded from the expected Memorial Day week slump to rise to 678K cars, the highest level in ten weeks. What is interesting about the numbers is that both stone products (as in crushed) and metals, both large indicators ...

2011-06-17T08:28:00.000-04:00

CN to sell IC Railmarine Terminal assets for $73 mln ReutersJune 16 (Reuters) - Canadian National Railway Co said it will sell assets of its indirect subsidiary, IC RailMarine Terminal Co, for $73 million and enter a related 10-year coal transportation agreement to increase its participation in the growing ...

Railroad fights fines over Mexican drugs Boston GlobeUnion Pacific , the largest rail shipper on the US-Mexico border and the largest recipient of fines, refuses to pay more than $388 million in fines, up from $37.5 million three years ago when the screening began. In federal litigation the railroad ...

North American rail traffic still on the up ifw-net.comIntermodal rail freight traffic in the US remained steady into the first week of June, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR). During the week ending 4 June, intermodal traffic was up 7.2%, year on year, to 205565 trailers and ...

Rock slide covers BNSF railroad tracks Bonners Ferry HeraldBNSF spokesman Gus Melonas said sensors detected the avalanche in time to safely stop a train shortly after the slide before it reached the canyon where the slide occurred. The slide, which is about 30 feet wide and 30 feet deep, was caused by the ...

Amtrak restores California Zephyr service WQADAmtrak restored passenger train service between Chicago and Denver on the California Zephyr but travelers will experience detours. The service was suspended because of flood forecasts along the Missouri River and the impact of that flooding on the BNSF ...

Breakfast links: What feds are up to Greater Greater Washingtonby David Alpert • June 16, 2011 9:11 am Amtrak privatization plan stirs debate: House Republicans unveiled their plan to privatize Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. Either the rails would stay publicly owned but an independent operator would run trains, ...

RailAmerica May carloads down 1.7 percent BusinessWeekShort-line rail operator RailAmerica Inc. said freight carloads in May fell 1.7 percent compared with a year earlier, hurt by lower shipments of petroleum and coal. The company said it carried 69776 freight carloads last month, down from 70967 a year ...

Genesee & Wyoming shares perform well in May Rochester Democrat and ChronicleFreight traffic carried by rail often is viewed as an economic indicator, and Genesee & Wyoming's shipments in May increased by 12.7 percent from a year earlier, to 82319 carloads. The categories with the largest increases were chemical and plastics, ...

Tavares on track for deal on railroad Orlando SentinelBy Christine Cole, Correspondent TAVARES — Although a proposed July 4 opening date for a shortline tourist train has been postponed, city officials are moving full speed ahead to welcome "the movie train." City Council members are expected to sign off ...

UP rejects price fixing allegation Omaha World-HeraldBy Ross Boettcher Union Pacific Railroad on Wednesday vehemently rejected a lawsuit's claims that the Omaha-based railroad and BNSF Railway Co. breached federal antitrust laws through price fixing and collusion with other major railroads. ...

Mississippi rail authority to study new short line; Mississippi ...The 50-mile short line would serve as a north-south rail link near ports in Pascagoula and Mobile. The timber industry was the primary customer of a ...

Shenandoah Valley Railroad seeks to expand Staunton yard Staunton News LeaderThe railroad hopes to finance the move with a $91000 grant from a state program that aims to preserve Virginia's short-line railroads. Its request comes before the Commonwealth Transportation Board later this month. The rest is to be financed privately ...

Ride historic steam locomotive between Tacoma, Portland Tacoma Daily NewsThe Daylight Steam locomotive (SP 4449) passes through Steilacoom in its last trip to Tacoma in 2007. The National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) National Convention Committee announced Monday that a limited number of tickets are available to the ...

RMI Announces Barcode Billing for Railcar Repairs Business Wire (press release)ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RMI, the largest independent provider of Transportation Management Software and comprehensive information services to the railroad industry, has announced the release of ExpressYard Barcode Repair Billing for railcar repair ...

President and CEO Claude Mongeau says CN's Alberta short-line rail ...President and CEO Claude Mongeau says CN's Alberta short-line rail acquisitions, upgrades total C$400 million.

2011-06-08T07:15:00.002-04:00

Railcar Owners Parked 2855 More Units in May The Journal of Commerce OnlineThe total for all types of cars in storage for at least 60 days was 279083 units as of June 1, up from 276228 one month earlier, said the Association of American Railroads. By the Numbers: US Intermodal Shipments. That reversal came after railcar ...

Union Pacific, Burlington Northern charged with price-fixing in Oxbow Mining ...Washington PostOxbow also complained that the fuel surcharges the major freight railroads charge aren't based on actual costs and simply raise shipping rates. Neither railroad would comment directly on the lawsuit, but BNSF offered a general defense of its business ...

Georgetown Rail Co. closes $1.6M round Bizjournals.com (blog)The laboratory was chartered in 1979 as the development arm of Georgetown Railroad. The railroad started as a division of Texas Crushed Stone Co., which was founded by EB Snead in 1947, according to the laboratory's website.

CSX Achieves 8% GHG Cut Early Environmental LeaderFreight rail company CSX Corporation today announced that it has beaten a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by eight percent per revenue ton mile. CSX was targeting the end of 2011 but says it met the goal in late 2010. ...

Shenandoah Valley Railroad seeks to expand Staunton yard Staunton News LeaderFile/The News Leader STAUNTON — The Shenandoah Valley Railroad hopes to expand its Staunton interchange yard this year, to boost its ability to move rail traffic between the CSX and Norfolk Southern main lines. The railroad wants to add 645 feet of ...

Norfolk Southern breaks ground on new Birmingham Regional ...Class I railroad carrier Norfolk Southern said this week it has broken ground on its new Birmingham Regional Intermodal Facility. ...

Western rails get ready to redraw intermodal map DC VelocityBy Mark B. Solomon The two Western rail giants, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad Co., are positioning themselves to capitalize on a potential bonanza: The conversion of millions of truckloads mostly moving west of the ...

Coal train cars derail east of Aitkin Brainerd Daily DispatchAmy McBeth, BNSF spokeswoman, said it's too early to say what may have caused the derailment. Railway crews were headed to the scene to assess the situation and work on the cleanup. “We'll have a better idea once we assess the situation more,” McBeth ...

Union Pacific Named by National Business Group on Health as 2011 Best ...PR Newswire (press release)OMAHA, Neb., June 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Union Pacific Railroad was named one of the 2011 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles award winners from the National Business Group on Health (NBGH). Union Pacific earned platinum status each year since the ...

Tales of the Red Tape #13: An “F” for Train Regulation Heritage.org (blog)To ensure against any possible confusion, the agency requires the letter F to be displayed on the sides of each locomotive to identify … the front! Most folks might reasonably think that such a rule would be ripe for elimination under the Obama ...

US intermodal rail freight traffic flattens out ifw-net.comIntermodal rail freight traffic in the US flattened out at the end of May and showed only a slight lift in volumes for the last week, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR). During the week ending 28 May, intermodal traffic was up ...

Historic Train Gets A New Home KTULSome historic trains to Tulsa have a new home. They are now at the Route 66 Village on Southwest Boulevard. The project manager behind the restoration project says he has been working on this project for more than 26 years and him and his team have ...

Purchase of 28 miles of track nearly complete Mason City Globe GazetteFOREST CITY - The purchase of 28 miles of Union Pacific Railroad track from Forest City to Belmond by a group of investors is nearly complete, said Beth Bilyeu, the director of the Forest City Economic Development. The FCED is helping with the equity ...

Historic steam engine traveling through Conway Log Cabin DemocratUnion Pacific Steam Locomotive No. 844, the last of the steam engines built for the UPR, is on a trek through the communities that responded to and won an online contest to bring the historic engine to their area. The contest, Union Pacific's Great ...

2011-06-03T21:25:00.002-04:00

Rail Traffic: An Expected Seasonal Slowdown Seeking AlphaTotal N. American rail traffic clocked in at 667k cars last week vs 676k the prior week. Virtually all of the decline can be attributed to fewer coal shipments. We are entering the time of year that shipments typically waffle around until mid summer, ...

Remodel Auction Reverses Acquisition of Scenic Railroad and Land Assets ...TradersHuddle.com (press release)CHARLOTTE, NC, June 2, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Remodel Auction, Inc. (Pink Sheets:REMD), announced today by mutual consent the previously announced acquisition of 49% ownership interests in the Great Smokey Mountain Railroad of Bryson City, ...

Norfolk Southern sets intermodal facility groundbreaking for Monday Bizjournals.comNorfolk Southern has rescheduled its ground breaking for its $97.5 million regional intermodal freight facility in McCalla to Monday. Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman and Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley will be on hand to shovel the first dirt on the ...

Gigantic Chunk Of Railroad Track Stolen In Massachusetts -- Workers Have Never ...Business InsiderHuge chunks of railroad track -- so big they imply that a professional operation was required to move them -- were stolen in Taunton, Massachusetts recently. The railroad professionals Taunton Gazette interviewed about the event, one of whom has been ...

S.C. Railroad Museum opens Saturday The Times and DemocratWINNSBORO - The South Carolina Railroad Museum will open its doors for the regular operating season on Saturday, June 4. Guests can board the Rockton, Rion and Western Railroad in Winnsboro for an hour-and-a-half ride on one of the country's most ...

Galveston Railroad Museum gets restored switcher Galesburg Register-MailAP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Kevin M. Cox Galveston Railroad Museum's fully restored GE 80-ton switcher locomotive sits on a flatbed in the BNSF 59th Street rail yard waiting for final delivery on Wednesday afternoon June 1, 2011, ...

UP: Union Pacific Tops List, Canadian National Shows Dramatic ...BNSF, the top rated railroad in 2010, slipped to second place and was ... CSX Transportation 6.) Kansas City Southern Railway 7.) Canadian Pacific Railway ... City Southern Railway, Norfolk Southern Railway, and Union Pacific Railroad. ...

RAILAMERICA OFFERS INVESTORS THE BEST CASH FLOW IN THE RAILROADS INDUSTRY (RA ...Zacks.comNorfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 20.9x based on a current price of $70.79 and a free cash flow per share of $3.39. Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 27x based on a current price of ...

Danville-Area Rail Project Will Begin Next Year NorthcentralPa.comIron Town will be served by the North Shore Railroad, one of five short line railroads in the SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority's (JRA's) system. The JRA will administer the project, which will include construction of a bridge over Sechler Run, ...

2011-06-02T07:52:00.002-04:00

CSX freight yard groundbreaking Monday Worcester TelegramWORCESTER — State and local officials will host a groundbreaking for the $100 million CSX freight yard expansion project on Monday. Gov. Deval L. Patrick and Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray are scheduled to attend the 9 am ceremony at 271 Franklin St. A ...

Rail Surcharge Delayed For Ivanhoe Firm Valley VoiceRailAmerica, the parent company of SJVR and the largest short-line rail company in the nation, has estimated the cost of upgrading the Ivanhoe-to-Exeter ...

Changes Chugging Forward for Yellowstone Valley Railroad Examiner.comYellowstone Valley Railroad, Inc., a subsidiary of Watco Companies., has agreed to grant restricted, local, and overhead trackage rights to BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) over a rail line that it leases from BNSF between milepost 78.6 near Snowden and ...

Amtrak Trains Stopped Valley News LiveAmtrak Empire Builder service is temporarily suspended west of St. Paul, Minn., due to flooding that has closed the BNSF Railway Co., tracks and has damaged the Amtrak station at Minot, ND This suspension includes the daily originations of the trains ...

$10000 donation to support local scouts Emporia GazetteBurlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad will be presenting the Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland and the Jayhawk Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America with $5000 each on Friday during the Vintage Train Ride event. Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland and ...

House Republicans Target Amtrak Cato @ LibertyWe plan introduce legislation to separate the Northeast Corridor from Amtrak, transfer it to a separate entity, and begin a competitive bidding process that would allow for a public-private partnership to design, build, operate, maintain, ...

Florida East Coast Rail line to haul 5% of cargo trucks from Port of Miami Miami TodayBy Zachary Fagenson The millions governments are spending to breath new life into a Florida East Coast Railway line connecting the Port of Miami to the Hialeah Rail Yard will remove 5% of total roadway cargo traffic and 1.4% of total traffic downtown. ...

2011-06-01T08:55:00.002-04:00

Union Pacific Publishes 2010 Sustainability and Citizenship Report PR Newswire (press release)The railroad reduced its greenhouse gas emissions rate from locomotives by 3 percent on a gross-ton mile basis compared to 2009. Union Pacific improved fuel efficiency by 3 percent, saving more than 27 million gallons of diesel fuel compared to 2009. ...

CSX earns Dept. of Defense award Bizjournals.comCSX Corp. has received the US Department of Defense's highest recognition given to companies that give exceptional support to Guard and Reserve employees. The Jacksonville railway is one of 15 recipients of the 2011 Secretary of Defense Employer ...

Iowa Northern seeks to operate UP line, gain rights to CP trackage Progressive Rail RoadingIowa Northern Railway Co. has filed an exemption notice with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to operate 27.8 miles of track, referred to as the Forest City Line, which is owned by Union Pacific Railroad. The line is situated between Belmond and ...

Amtrak Announces Sale for Travel on Northeast Regional And Keystone Service PR Newswire (press release)WILMINGTON, Del., May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amtrak announced today the start of a three day sale on its popular Northeast Regional service and Keystone Service. Passengers can take advantage of low one-way rail fares for travel between ...

Freight train derailment causes heavy damage to train tracks in Amherst MassLive.comBy Patrick Johnson, The Republican Photo by Diane LedermanA photo showing two derailed train cars and the damage to the tracks following a train wreck Tuesday in South Amherst. AMHERST - The derailment of six to eight freight train cars presents no ...

FRA Finalizes Accident Reporting Changes Occupational Health & Safety... Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Amtrak, the New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Norfolk Southern ...

Amtrak taps RailComm for LA facility RailwayAge MagazineFairport, NY-based RailComm is providing a wireless remote control derail system at Amtrak's Maintenance Facility in Los Angeles. Two customized Local Control Panels, located within the maintenance building, provide wireless remote control to the ...

Museum of the American Railroad breaks ground on 12.34-acre site in Frisco Dallas Morning News (blog)Dozens of folks gathered this morning for the official ground-breaking for the Museum of the American Railroad, which is moving from Fair Park in Dallas to Frisco later this year. Its new home will be on 12.34 acres just east of the Frisco Discovery ...

Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railway back in Belfast, pretty much VillageSoup BelfastBy Ethan Andrews May 31, 2011 (Photo by: Ethan Andrews) Lead Car Attendant Nicole Swenson, left, punches the tickets of, from left, Eleanor and Sonya Dodson, and Marcus and Keith Martin on the opening day of the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railway ...

Governor's proposal could shutter historic railroad park Calaveras EnterpriseOne advantage Railtown has over other parks is that it gets huge support from the Railroad Museum Foundation, a nonprofit that funds about half the railroad museum. That, plus a great group of volunteers, puts Railtown in a good position to make a ...

2011-05-31T07:37:00.002-04:00

AAR Reports Continued Steady Weekly Rail Traffic Results AAR.orgWASHINGTON, D.C. – May 26, 2011 – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported steady results in weekly rail traffic with U.S. railroads ...

New Orleans Public Belt Railroad governance overhaul under way NOLA.comBy Times-Picayune Staff Of all the facets of city government he inherited a year ago, the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad has perhaps caused Mayor Mitch Landrieu the most head-scratching. View full sizeEllis Lucia, The Times-Picayune archiveThe logo ...

Intermodal Container Volume Hits 2011 High The Journal of Commerce OnlineIntermodal rail traffic for US Class 1 railroads grew 8.7 percent year-over-year in the week ending May May 21, including a 10.2 percent gain in intermodal container loads to a new 2011 high, according to the Association of American Railroads. ...

Neptune plans coal terminal upgrade North Shore NewsThe $65-million investment also includes a $6.5 million mechanical rail car positioning system, designed to move trains quietly on the site, and a $12 million power-system upgrade. All of the projects are expected to be completed next year. ...

Tampa port building rail tracks to haul loads, cut truck traffic Tbo.com"Tampa will be the only port in Florida with a 'unit-train' rail terminal on its dock," said Richard Wainio, the Tampa port director. Wainio proposed converting the original plan to handle ethanol rail shipments to include the capability to handle ...

Tourist Train Reopens, But Not The Full Route KRWG 90.7NEW MEXICO (krwg) - The summer season for the historic Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad kicked off this weekend. But the long-awaited reopening of the ...

Rail orders at 13-year high validate Buffett Bend BulletinBy Bloomberg News NEW YORK — Rail-car orders rose to the highest level in more than 13 years, showing a strengthening economic recovery and confirming the “all-in wager” by Warren Buffett in buying Burlington Northern Santa Fe. ...

ALSTOM : becomes shareholder of Transmashholding and joins the Russian ...4-traders (press release)The companies are currently working on the joint development of the EP20 double-systems passenger electrical locomotive and the 2ES5 asynchronous mainline freight electrical locomotive. Employing Alstom's latest technology, the locomotives are designed ...

Bids awarded, launching railroad project into gear Daily RepublicThe South Dakota State Railroad Board awarded final bids Thursday at its board meeting in Mitchell to throw a railroad refurbishing project into full swing. Department of Transportation railroad transportation specialist Lynn Kennison, left, ...

2011-05-25T07:26:00.002-04:00

Top Rails Add 935 Workers to US Operations The Journal of Commerce OnlineIt does not include hiring by hundreds of short line railroads, by passenger or excursion rail services, or count the workforce in Canada or Mexico of Class ...

Rail spur to link Davenport industrial park to Eldridge Quad City TimesThe property sales are likely to be completed by the end of the summer, said Liz Murray Tallman, vice president of regional business development for Quad-Cities First. “Getting rail is what the larger industrial sites need,” she said, declining to name ...

Freight train collision kills 2 in N.C.CBS NewsFirefighters try to extinguish a fire after a pair of freight trains collided south of Charlotte, NC, May 24, 2011. (CBS/WBTV-TV) CSX spokesman Bob Sullivan said the locomotives were traveling through Mineral Springs when one train struck the other ...

Rail line might not be sold to ethanol investors Daily RepublicThe board also will consider Thursday whether to lease the line in the meantime to the Napa-Platte Regional Railroad Authority and sublease the line to the Dakota Southern Railway Co. Dakota Southern was one of five companies that have submitted ...

Tourism train back on track Pueblo ChieftainFiremen last June battle a trestle fire along the tourist train's line near ... ANTONITO — Life for the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad should be back to ...

Crews Clear Bangor Railroad Tracks After Derailment WABIby Catherine Pegram - May 24th 2011 10:48pm - Read more Local News Bangor - Crews have finally been able to clear the railroad tracks behind Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor after a train derailment over the weekend. A spokesperson for Pan-Am ...

Freight Rail Traffic To Increase By 80-100% By Mid-Century AltTransportAs Surface Transportation Board commissioner Francis Mulvey explains, Many factors determine rail traffic levels and market share. Since Staggers [the 1980 law that partly deregulated railroads], the rail share of intercity ton miles has grown from ...

Canadian Pacific's 2816 Empress Steam Train Launches Summer Tour Benefiting ...Canada NewsWire (press release)Built by Montreal Locomotive Works in December 1930, the CP 2816 Empress is a class H1b Hudson-type steam locomotive. It is now the only surviving H1b Hudson and is one of only a handful of preserved and operating Canadian Pacific steam locomotives in ...