Cando Rail & Terminals Adds Another Multi-Purpose Rail Terminal to Network
WINNIPEG, MB/ENTERPRISE, NT –– Cando Rails and Terminals has announced that it has acquired the rail terminal operations of AWP Industries in the Northwest Territories
WINNIPEG, MB/ENTERPRISE, NT –– Cando Rails and Terminals has announced that it has acquired the rail terminal operations of AWP Industries in the Northwest Territories
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. – Anacostia Rail Holdings (ARH) has announced that Louisville & Indiana Railroad (LIRC) was awarded a matching $6,492,000 grant to improve the railroad’s Clagg lift span in its Ohio River Bridge.
RALEIGH, N.C. – A federal grant award was announced this week that will improve track infrastructure and freight capacity for short line railroad operations in North Carolina.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the Maine Department of Transportation has been awarded $53,313,091 for freight rail upgrades to enhance safety, speed, and reliability along two Eastern Maine Railway mainlines in Penobscot, Aroostook, Washington, and Piscataquis counties.
DENVER, Colo. and NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. –– This week, OmniTrax and R.J. Corman were awarded CRISI grants for a variety of rail projects.
SPOKANE, Wash. – Projects across the state of Washington have received $115 million for infrastructure upgrades.
CALGARY, Alberta and JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Canadian Pacific Kansas City, CSX Corporation (CSX) and Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) today said the Surface Transportation Board (STB) has approved CSX’s and CPKC’s respective applications regarding their acquisition of the rail lines operated by G&W’s Meridian & Bigbee Railroad, L.L.C. (MNBR), which will result in the creation of a new direct CPKC-CSX interchange connection in Alabama.
PITTSBURG, Kan. Watco announced in its recent employee magazine, The Dispatch, that it is conducting a series of tests on composite ties at several locations.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Rail Development Commission approved a $1 million grant and a $750,000 loan to Regional Rail, LLC for the Cincinnati Eastern Railroad (CCET).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) commended Senators Ron Wyden and Mike Carp and Representatives Mike Kelly and Earl Blumenauer for introducing S. 5008 and H.R. 9522.
ATLANTA –– Three Class I railroads have issued sevice alerts in association with the landfall of Tropical Storm Francine.
Raleigh, N.C. — The North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) welcomes Patrick Pierce, certified economic developer (CEcD), as its new Director of Economic & Business Development.
ATLANTA –– Jeffrey Watson, Vice President of Engineering at Genesee & Wyoming, has been chosen to receive the annual Railway Track & Structures Engineer of the Year Award for 2024.
WETHERSFIELD, Conn. – Beginning August 25 and lasting through early September, crews will work on replacing railroad crossings at Hartford Avenue, Jordan Lane, and Wells Road in Wethersfield.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– This week, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) welcomes Nicole Brewin as the Association’s Vice President of Congressional Affairs.
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. –– Watco has started operating a new transload facility for the New York, Susquehanna, and Western Railway Corporation (NYSW) in North Bergen, New Jersey.
RUSK COUNTY, Texas – The Rusk County Rural Rail District (RCRDD) and the North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority (NET RMA) announced the project will focus on the Henderson Overton Branch rail line in Rusk County.
MITCHELL, S.D. – In June, parts of South Dakota experienced heavy rainfall, causing flooding that impacted Ringneck & Western Railroad’s Chamberlain Subdivision.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The Ohio Rail Development Commission approved a grant on July 25th of $1 million to Indiana & Ohio Railway (IORY) to go toward addressing vertical clearance concerns.
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Camp Hall Rail project is in phase two of five in South Carolina. The project is still expected to be completed by the end of 2026.