Short Line/Regional

The Wheeling & Lake Erie (W&LE) Railway will get a much-needed facelift thanks to a new loan from the U.S. Department of Transportation meant to boost the competitiveness of the railroad that serves as a key economic link in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Class I Railroads have offered their 2004 “Fall Peak” service plans via a letter sent to Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Roger Nober, the STB announced.

A jury has found the Providence and Worcester Railroad Company liable for more than $310,000, plus interest, in a civil rights violation lawsuit stemming from a February 1996 arrest.