Farmrail System Incorporated summary Farmrail System Incorporated is a holding company that operates a pair of Class III short line railroads in western Oklahoma: Farmrail Corporation (FMRC) and Grainbelt Corporation (GNBC). The company and railroads are all owned by the employees who have direct involvement with the daily operations and overall business. A total of […]
Blacklands Railroad summary The Blacklands Railroad (BLR) is a Class III short line railroad that operates in northeast Texas. It’s owned by Public Works Incorporated, an infrastructure investment firm. With headquarters out of Sulphur Springs, the railroad operates 8 miles of former Cotton Belt standard-gauge track between Mount Pleasant and Winfield. History The line of […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — CSX Transportation reported strong fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday and, despite signs of an economic slowdown, said it expected to gain volume this year thanks to ongoing service improvements. “I’m particularly proud to report that our service metrics continued to show real improvement through the fourth quarter after starting a clear upward trend […]
Santa Maria Valley Railroad summary The Santa Maria Valley Railroad (SMV) is a short line railroad that operates on the inland from California’s Central Coast. It’s owned by the Coast Belle Rail Corporation as a subsidiary. With headquarters out of Guadalupe, 14 miles of standard-gauge track serves both Santa Maria and the Santa Maria Valley. […]
Grainbelt Corporation summary Grainbelt Corporation (GNBC) is a Class III short line railroad operating in the western Oklahoma area. It’s one of two subsidiaries under Farmrail System Incorporated, a holding company that’s owned by the employees who have direct involvement with the daily operations and overall business. A total of 178 miles of standard-gauge track […]
Henderson Overton Branch Railroad summary The Henderson Overton Branch Railroad (HOB) is a Class III short line railroad that operates in east Texas. The contracted Blacklands Railroad provides the operation for the line. As part of the former International & Great Northern Railroad Company, 14 miles of standard-gauge track connects the railroad’s namesake towns of […]
News & Products for the week of January 23rd 2023 Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, tools, track, and more by reading Model Railroader’s frequent product updates. Here are the products Model Railroader editors have news on for the week of January 23rd 2023. […]
MONTREAL — Canadian National met all of its financial targets for 2022, but the railway issued a cautious outlook for this year with the expectation of a mild recession and soft traffic volumes. “Without a doubt we are in an uncertain economic time,” CEO Tracy Robinson told investors and analysts on CN’s earnings call on […]
WASHINGTON – Union Pacific has asked the Federal Railroad Administration for permission to temporarily deactivate the centralized traffic control on a 13.4-mile section of its Winnemucca Subdivision in Nevada, saying that windblown sand and soil has made the signal system unreliable. UP says it can’t make repairs until spring because the track structure is frozen […]
LOMBARD, Ill. — A few notes from the recently concluded winter meeting of the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers: Oberman’s frustrations: During his Q&A session led by Eric Jakubowski of Anacostia Rail Holdings, Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin J. Oberman talked a bit about the processes under which the board works. One interesting note regarded […]
Union Pacific Big Boy 4004 pulls alongside the Pacific Fruit Express icing platform at Laramie, Wyo., in the mid-1950s. Conveyors have pulled the ice blocks into position for the train’s arrival. Union Pacific photo […]
CHICAGO — None of the individual delays that befell numerous cross-country Amtrak trains during the last week were as lengthy or dramatic as the 37-hour ordeal experienced by more than 500 Auto Train passengers on Jan. 12. But recurring tardiness on several routes, coupled with reduced equipment availability triggering sellouts and high fares, has posed […]
