Share this article! After decades of neglect and shrinking influence, short-line railroads are showing their relevance once more to Oregon’s economy. But as communities like Coos Bay win plaudits from ...

The 13-mile Smoky Ridge Railroad (SMO) in Tennessee joined Watco’s short line network on Feb. 2. Pittsburg, Kans.-based Watco ...

Since 2020, Class I railroads have acquired more than 3,000 miles of trackage from short line and regional carrier—some of which they previously owned. On March 31, 2020, Montana’s Kalispell Branch ...

DES MOINES (AP) — Operators of short line railroads are hopeful that a proposed low-interest loan program introduced by two Iowa congressmen will receive approval. Legislation introduced by Reps.

LUCEDALE, Miss. (WKRG) — There is a simple question that leaders of Lucedale and George County have — the same one that every other growth-minded city, county, and state has. And it’s summed up by the ...

The rise of e-commerce continues to disrupt logistics and supply chain operations, driving the need for faster, more efficient delivery models. As consumer demands evolve, traditional freight methods ...

A short-line railroad in Marion County, Tennessee, has been awarded federal grant funding to pay most of the cost of replacing an aging wooden trestle bridge over a local stream on the Alabama state ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company has sold two short-line railroads it recently discovered it owned to satisfy regulators who might have reviewed Berkshire Hathaway’s 2010 acquisition of the ...

NORTH CREEK, N.Y. (AP) – A railroad company is renovating rusty, overgrown tracks to get at millions of tons of waste rock at an abandoned iron and titanium mine near the source of New York’s Hudson ...

GEORGIANA, Ala. — Revenue freight is once again moving on a short line in southern Alabama. The Pinsly Railroad Co.’s Georgiana & Andalusia Railroad recently restored freight service on the 36-mile ...

Many of the nation’s great railroads owe their size to the fusing of shorter lines over the years. The New York Central grew out of 400 independently constructed and operated lines, and the mighty ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company recently discovered it owns two short-line railroads that it must sell because of its 2010 acquisition of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad.