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[ September 16, 2025 ] Trump Orders Emergency Board to Address Long Island Rail Road Labor Disputes Commuter Rail
[ September 15, 2025 ] Railroad Safety in Focus During Rail Safety Week Safety
[ September 15, 2025 ] Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern: New Intermodal Gateway Expands Market Access Norfolk Southern
[ September 12, 2025 ] STB Approves Watco Holdings’ Request to Acquire Control of Great Lakes Central Railroad Short Line/Regional
[ September 12, 2025 ] Alberta Heartland Railway Limited Plans Multiservice Rail Terminal Canadian National

Class III Carrier Files to Extend Trackage Rights Agreement in Oklahoma, Texas

April 17, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Grainbelt Corporation, a Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption with the Surface Transportation Board to extend the term of the previously amended local trackage rights on trackage owned by BNSF Railway.

CN, Iowa Northern Railway Officially Merge Operations

March 4, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

CN and Iowa Northern Railway Company officially joined their operations on March 1, as previously authorized by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board.

Kansas City West Bottoms, Union Pacific Agree on Lease of Kansas City Line

February 19, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Kansas City West Bottoms Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad have agreed that KCWB will lease and operate a line in Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas.

Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad Plans to Discontinue Service on Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, Line

February 15, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad Co. plans to discontinue service on a roughly 9.32-mile rail line between milepost 551.25 and milepost 560.57 in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.

Georgia Railroad Lauds Ruling Upholding Right to Use Eminent Domain to Take Land for Spur

February 6, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

A Georgia short line railroad has lauded a Fulton County Superior Court judge’s ruling upholding a Georgia Public Service Commission ruling granting the railroad company the power to take land from several property owners in Sparta, Georgia, for a spur.

Judge Upholds Georgia Public Service Commission Sandersville Railroad Ruling

February 6, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

A Fulton County Superior Court judge has upheld a Georgia Public Service Commission ruling granting a private railroad company the state’s eminent domain power to take land from several property owners in Sparta, Georgia.

McKechnie Honored as ASLRRA’s 2025 Schlosser Distinguished Service Award Recipient

February 5, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association has selected Edwin “Ed” McKechnie as the 2025 Schlosser Distinguished Service Award, honoring his decades of service to the short line industry and the Association.

Saratoga Railroad Wants to Abandon 23.71-Mile Rail Line in Wyoming

January 31, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

Saratoga Railroad, LLC, is seeking to abandon a roughly 23.71-mile rail line in Wyoming.

North Florida Industrial Railroad Looking to Lease Columbia County, Florida, Rail Line

January 28, 2025 Special to Railfanning.org

North Florida Industrial Railroad, LLC, a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption to lease and operate approximately 4,891 feet of track near Lake City in Columbia County, Florida.

Fulton County Judge to Hear Arguments in Sandersville Railroad Eminent Domain Case

January 27, 2025 Railfanning.org News Wire

A Fulton County Superior Court judge is set to hear oral arguments in a case challenging a private railroad company’s attempt to use the state’s eminent domain power to take private land from several owners in rural Hancock County.