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[ August 13, 2026 ] Former Antitrust Officials Urge Close Look at Rail Merger Rivals Norfolk Southern
[ August 13, 2026 ] Mississippi Town Seeks to Revive Dormant Line Short Line/Regional
[ August 13, 2026 ] BNSF Announces Faster, More Frequent Intermodal Service From Phoenix to DFW BNSF
[ August 13, 2026 ] STB Approves RCPE Purchase of Huron-Yale Line Short Line/Regional
[ August 13, 2026 ] Forbes Names NJ Transit to America’s Best-in-State Employers 2026 List Commuter Rail

Georgia Appeals Court Sides with Railroad Company in Eminent Domain Fight; Property Owners Vow to Continue Fight

April 15, 2026 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Georgia Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision granting a private railroad company the state’s power of eminent domain to take properties from several property owners in rural Sparta, Georgia.

Norfolk Southern: Growth Strategy Advances With New Short Line Partnership

April 1, 2026 Railfanning.org News Wire

Norfolk Southern Corp. and Jaguar Transport Holdings are partnering on a new short line.

Connecticut Southern To Take Over CTDOT’s Griffins Industrial Track Line

March 30, 2026 The Turntable

Connecticut Southern Railroad, Inc. has filed a verified notice of exemption with the Surface Transportation Board to lease and operate a state-owned rail line in the Hartford area as the current operator prepares to step aside.

Navy Move Could End Tidewater Rail Line As STB Weighs Abandonment

March 30, 2026 The Turntable

A short but strategically placed rail line in the Tidewater is headed for the chopping block, with the U.S. Navy’s push to buy part of the corridor helping trigger a federal bid to abandon the track and end service.

GDOT Spending Nearly $1.2 Milllion on Railroad Safety Projects for Two Shortlines

March 21, 2026 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Georgia Department of Transportation plans to spend nearly $1.2 milllion on upgrades to railroad signing and pavement marking at various locations on two shortline railroads.

G&W’s North Carolina & Virginia Railroad to Serve New Forged Rings Facility in North Carolina

March 4, 2026 Railfanning.org News Wire

North Carolina & Virginia Railroad Company, a Genesee & Wyoming subsidiary, said it will serve a new $875 million specialty steel-manufacturing facility for US Forged Rings in Cofield, North Carolina.

Georgia Central Railway Named Regional Railroad of the Year

February 25, 2026 Railfanning.org News Wire

Georgia Central Railway was named Regional Railroad of the Year by Railway Age magazine this week, an award honoring exceptional achievement in a freight railroad’s innovation, marketing, customer service, safety performance and overall operational excellence.