Regional Rail acquires Canada’s Great Sandhills Railway

Logo of Great Sandhills Railway

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. — Regional Rail LLC, a holding company with 10 U.S. short lines and other rail-related companies, has announced it will expand into Canada with acquisition of the Great Sandhills Railway, along with interests in three other freight rail assets in western Canada. The new companies, acquired from grain firm 3G Canada Limited, […]

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Tri-Rail service resumes; SunRail still shut down

Crew members work at railroad crossing gates

MIAMI — Tri-Rail commuter operations resumed this morning (Friday, Nov. 11) after being suspended Wednesday evening and Thursday because of Hurricane Nicole. In the Orlando area, SunRail remains shut down. Tri-Rail crews spent much of Thursday inspecting the right-of-way for the 73.4-mile, 18-station system and reinstalling crossing gates, the operator said on its Twitter feed. […]

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STB grants delay in final Gulf Coast hearing (updated)

Surface Transportation Board logo

WASHINGTON — Having been told  there is a “substantial probability” the parties involved can reach an agreement through mediation, the Surface Transportation Board has agreed to postpone the final two days of hearings over Amtrak’s efforts to launch Gulf Coast passenger service until Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. The hearings had been scheduled for Nov. […]

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U.S. weekly rail traffic down slightly for week ending Nov. 5

Weekly table of U.S. carload rail traffic by commodity type, plus overall intermodal figures.

WASHINGTON — U.S. rail traffic showed a slight decline for the week ending Nov. 5, after having displayed a slight uptick the previous week, according to the latest figures from the Association of American Railroads. The total volume of 502,106 carloads and intermodal units represented a 0.4% decline compared to the corresponding week in 2021. That […]

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J.B. Hunt sees massive intermodal growth opportunity on BNSF Railway

Double-stack container train passing maintenance equipment

CHICAGO — J.B. Hunt executives see the potential for major growth with partner BNSF Railway next year thanks to rival Schneider shifting its intermodal business to Union Pacific. Schneider’s move to UP, effective Jan. 1, comes a year after another major truckload carrier, Knight-Swift, left BNSF for UP. “We have massive capacity becoming available to […]

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