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Now Final: Cincinnati Rail Line Sale to NS (UPDATED)

Norfolk Southern’s (NS) proposed purchase of the approximately 337-mile, city of Cincinnati-owned Cincinnati Southern Railway (CSR) was approved by city voters on Nov. 7, 2023, and finalized March 15, 2024.

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Bearing Down on Bearings

The bearing related derailment that occurred in East Palestine Feb. 3, 2023 on a Norfolk Southern line was tragic in many ways. Following months of investigation, the NTSB held a hearing on

Lithograph and canvas giclee prints of railroad artist John Winfield’s 1993 “Warbonnet Renaissance” painting of red and silver Santa Fe 93 pulling a freight train through the Flint Hills of Kansas near Matfield Green (above) are available for sale by Great Plains Transportation Museum to aid in its effort to cosmetically restore Santa Fe 93. (Photograph Courtesy of Great Plains Transportation Museum)

John Winfield Painting Benefits Santa Fe No. 93 Restoration Effort

Wichita, Kans.-based Great Plains Transportation Museum is now selling lithograph and canvas giclee prints of John Winfield’s “Warbonnet Renaissance” to aid in its effort to cosmetically restore Santa Fe Railway diesel-electric locomotive No. 93, which

In August 2021, the STB Office of Environmental Analysis issued a Final EIS for the project, identifying the 88-mile Whitmore Park Alternative as the environmentally preferred route for the Uinta Basin Railway, one of three analyzed. It would extend from two terminus points in northeastern Utah’s Uinta Basin near Myton and Leland Bench to a connection with the existing Union Pacific Provo Subdivision near Kyune (see map above).

Will SCOTUS Review Uinta Basin Railway Case?

Utah’s Seven County Infrastructure Coalition has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court’s decision that “derailed” the Uinta Basin Railway project, according to Colorado Newsline. The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) December

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RapidSOS Preps First Responders on Major Derailments

A partnership of first responders and Norfolk Southern via the RapidSOS platform provides train consist information to in the event of a major derailment.

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Are You Ready for 2024?

Rail Equipment Finance 2024: Does anyone remember the saying “In Like a Lion—Out Like a Lamb”? Intermodal loadings ended 2023 on a strong note and started out 2024 positive as well. The

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Adapt or Decline

Growth has yet to materialize for the rail industry. What is holding this industry back? Can railroads grow again? If so, how? 2023 saw yet another decline in rail traffic volumes, continuing this industry’s decades-long gradual trend. What philosophy is leading to this outcome?

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AAR: Carloads Down, Intermodal Up for Week 10

U.S. rail traffic for the week ending March 9, 2024 (Week 10) was up 5% from the prior-year period, as intermodal gains more than offset carload losses, according to the Association of American Railroads’ (AAR) latest report.

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Reading & Northern Provides Updates on Nesquehoning Campus

Since acquiring the former KME properties in Nesquehoning, Pa., in 2022, the Reading & Northern Railroad (RBMN) says it has made “great progress in shaping the campus as its own.”

(Kurtis Lindsey, Watco Photograph, Courtesy of Watco)

2024 SHORT LINE HONORABLE MENTION: EIRR

RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2024 ISSUE: Partnering with customers, plus the in-house Watco team, helps this small road win business and support communities.

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