OmniTRAX acquires California short line under new joint venture
SANTA MARIA, Calif. – OmniTRAX has entered into a joint venture for the Santa Maria Valley Railroad, which becomes the…
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. – OmniTRAX has entered into a joint venture for the Santa Maria Valley Railroad, which becomes the…
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PITTSBURG, Kan. — Short line holding company Watco is adding another railroad to its stable: Great Lakes Central, the operator…
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CHICAGO — Michael Naatz has been named as chief operating officer at Anacostia Rail Holdings, the company has announced. Naatz…
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Shortline operator Patriot Rail is going to the debt markets for refinancing, prompting all three ratings agencies…
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WASHINGTON — Union Pacific will lease 1.25 miles of trackage in Kansas City, Mo., to a new Jaguar Transport short…
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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Patrick O’Donnell has joined the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway as chief mechanical officer, the railroad…
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WASHINGTON — Matthew Lane, general manager of Pinsly’s Pioneer Valley Railroad in Massachusetts, has been named Safety Person of the…
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WASHINGTON — Edwin (Ed) McKechnie has been named as the 2025 winner of the American Short Line and Regional Railroad…
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CHURCHILL, Manitoba — The Canadian government will provide more than Ca$43 million for rehabilitation of the Hudson Bay Railway, while…
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WASHINGTON — The SMART-TD union has urged federal regulators to reject Union Pacific’s plan to lease nearly 28 miles of…
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Seeing “significant opportunities to grow,” independent infrastructure manager Ancala and Arkadia Rail Partners have formed Phoenix Rail…
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BURLINGTON, Vt. — Trains could return to a long-dormant section of the former Maine Central Mountain Subdivision in New Hampshire…
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