Short Line/Regional

The Surface Transportation Board has approved Watco Holdings Inc.’s request for an exemption to acquire control of the Great Lakes Central Railroad.

Alberta Heartland Railway Limited, a Genesee & Wyoming Canada Inc. subsidiary, has entered into various agreements with Gasia Energy Corp., including the long-term lease of more than 50 acres at Gasia’s planned energy complex in Strathcona County.

Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad has filed notice with federal regulators to extend its lease of more than 10 miles of track from BNSF Railway in Shawnee, Oklahoma.