For Reading & Northern, a record year

Regional railroad Reading & Northern Railroad achieved record-breaking carload volumes and revenue in 2015.

R&N to own, operate track in Humboldt Industrial Park

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (R&N) announced on Nov. 24, 2015 that it will take over ownership of the rail infrastructure at the Humboldt Industrial Park beginning Jan. 1, 2016 through an agreement with the park’s owner, CAN DO, Inc., according to CAN DO President Kevin O’Donnell and Andrew Muller, Jr., owner and CEO of the rail company.

R&N files suit against SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority

Reading & Northern Railroad (R&N) filed suit against the SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority (JRA) in Northumberland County Court on June 26, 2015 for allegations that include illegally competing against R&N and other for-profit businesses.

RBMN hires V.P. Transportation & Safety

Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern (RBMN) Railroad appointed Thomas Cook as Vice President Transportation and Safety, the company announced on April 13, 2015.

Thrice is nice

Treat customers right. Trust your employees. Work with partners. Go get business. Reading & Northern sticks to a three-decade formula of success. 

Railway Age names 2015 Short Line, Regional Railroads of the Year

Railway Age magazine has named Palmetto Railways the 2015 Short Line Railroad of the Year, and Reading & Northern Railroad its 2015 Regional Railroad of the Year. The awards will be presented at the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association’s (ASLRRA) annual meeting in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, March 29, 2015.

Reading & Northern posts record volumes in 2014

Regional railroad Reading & Northern set new records for carload volume and revenue in 2014.

For R&N, another growth year

Port Clinton, Pa.-based Reading & Northern Railroad says 2013 was the most successful year in its 30-year history. The regional railroad—twice named Railway Age’s Regional Railroad of the Year since 2000—grew its carload business by more than 14%. Its overall traffic, which included export coal business, was up almost 9%.

R&N takes legal action against regional rail authority

The Reading & Northern Railroad has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop a regional authority in eastern Pennsylvania from proceeding with what R&N is calling a “no-bid” contract for rail service.