The 114-year-old Santa Maria Valley Railroad (SMVRR) is entering a new chapter. In a move slated to help grow traffic and improve infrastructure and customer service, the joint venture (JV) of ...

The bipartisan Railroad Track Maintenance Credit Modernization bill, which supports short line railroad track and bridge projects, passed the 100 co-sponsor mark in the House of Representatives this ...

But the old rail line could still have a use. The Boulder County Commission last month approved a plan to build a bicycle and pedestrian trail between fast-growing Erie and Boulder, with the RTD ...

ONEIDA, Tenn. — An abandoned railroad line could be a big opportunity for Scott County. The 41-mile-long Oneida Line goes through the county into Campbell County and Anderson County. Now, it's ...

According to the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, there are about 603 short-line railroads in the U.S., and most are owned by private organizations, but a few are owned by ...

NEXT-GEN SMALL-ROAD MOTIVE POWER, RAILWAY AGE MARCH 2025 ISSUE: Short lines and switching operations face several hurdles if they want to acquire locomotives powered by fuels beyond diesel. For ...

The railroad stopped using the line in the early 1980s and doesn’t plan to put trains on it again. Street crossings have been paved over, and 40-year-old trees grow between the rails in many places.

County Line Rail has acquired the 40-mile Sabine River and Northern Railroad short line. The rail line offers freight service from Bessmay to Echo with a branch line from Buna to Evandale ...

A proposal to turn a little-used railroad line into greenway would provide a new trail connecting Chapman Highway to Mead's Quarry.© Saul Young/News Sentinel ...

North Carolina has received a federal grant that will improve track infrastructure and freight capacity for short-line railroad operations in the state. The Federal Rail Administration’s ...