Short Line/Regional Headlines
Mongeau: CN Investing to Buy, Rehabilitate Four Short Lines
Posted Thursday, June 16, 2011 in Canadian National, Short Line/Regional
EDMONTON — Claude Mongeau, president and chief executive officer of CN, said the company will have invested almost C$400 million to buy and rehabilitate four short-line railways serving resource-rich regions of northern Alberta by year-end 2011.
STB Schedules Arguments for Two Cases
Posted Thursday, April 7, 2011 in STB, Short Line/Regional
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board will hear two oral arguments on May 12 at its Washington headquarters.
STB Issues Supplemental Draft EIS for R.J. Corman Line in Penn.
Posted Friday, March 4, 2011 in STB, Short Line/Regional
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board said its Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) has issued a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the R. J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines Inc.’s (RJCP) proposed construction, operation, and reactivation of a 20-mile railroad line between Wallaceton and Gorton, in Clearfield and Centre Counties, Penn.
STB Plans Colo. Public Hearing
Posted Monday, January 31, 2011 in STB, Short Line/Regional
The Surface Transportation Board announced a public hearing to be held in Conejos, Colo., on a proposal by the San Luis and & Rio Grande Railroad to transfer onto railcars containers of contaminated dirt and debris from trucks originating at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
The Board has instituted a declaratory order proceeding to determine whether the Board’s jurisdiction [...]
Patriot Rail Corp. Completes Acquisition of Weyerhaeuser Company’s Railroads
Posted Saturday, January 8, 2011 in Short Line/Regional
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Patriot Rail Corp. has completed the acquisition of the six Weyerhaeuser Co. short line railroads, effective Dec. 30.
STB Exemption Makes Way for Md. Line’s Restoration
Posted Tuesday, January 4, 2011 in CSX, STB, Short Line/Regional
WASHINGTON — The STB is granting an exemption that allows Eighteen Thirty Group LLC to move forward with a plan to acquire and restore service an 8.54-mile line of railroad in Allegany County, Md.
Big Four Terminal Railroad to Operate Ind. Line
Posted Monday, January 3, 2011 in Short Line/Regional
WASHINGTON — Big Four Terminal Railroad (BFTR) has filed a verified notice of exemption to operate roughly 5.2 miles of rail line between Connorsville, Ind., and Beesons, Ind., according to a notice in the Federal Register.
Wichita, Tillman Jackson Railway Seeks to Acquire ‘Western Branch’
Posted Monday, January 3, 2011 in Short Line/Regional
WASHINGTON — The Wichita, Tillman Jackson Railway Co. has filed a notice of exemption to acquire slightly more than 61 miles of a rail line known as the Western Branch.
Fort Worth & Western Railroad Names Schlosser to Succeed George as President and CEO
Posted Tuesday, December 28, 2010 in Short Line/Regional
FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth & Western Railroad said that Steven George will retire in the first quarter of 2011 as president and chief executive officer of the Fort Worth-based 276-mile regional railroad.
STB: Freight Train Service in Northern Maine Preserved
Posted Monday, December 27, 2010 in STB, Short Line/Regional
WASHINGTON — The Surface Transportation Board said it has completed its work in the multiparty effort to preserve freight train service in northern Maine.
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