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It has been reported elsewhere that INAR hauls around 60,000 carloads a year. Not an insignificant amount. There is lots of grain and ethanol traffic, along with a small intermodal/transload facility in Butler, Iowa. (UP was interested in running intermodal trains to/from there a few years ago. I wo...

MONTREAL, Nov. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) today announced that it acquired from Genesee & Wyoming Inc., a stake in the Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia Railway that includes 145 miles of active track. “We are proud to be partnering with Genesee & Wyoming to ...

https://dcms-external.s3.amazonaws.com/DCMS_External_PROD/1698325035215/307355.pdf Norfolk Southern has sent a letter to the STB opposing the joint CSX-CPKC purchase of the Meridian & Bigbee. They don't actually object to the applications, just that it's technically two different applications. N...

It's been a few years since I read the book, but if my memory serves me right, Loving portrayed LeVan as well-meaning, but naive, and politically clueless. I will point out Norfolk Southern's attempted purchase of Conrail in the 1980s, (one of Norfolk Southern's few large-scale offensive acquisition...

How long has the line to Keag been OOS?

Pan Am received only a mention during the CSX Q3 earnings call. During the Q&A, an analyst asked about possible "inorganic growth potential opportunities." But you have to remember, we've been investing in the New England region, which is the old Pan Am network that we purchased. And t...

With apologies to Mr. Norman concerning the thread title. These last few years have felt like a few additional chapters in Rush Loving Jr.'s classic book, The Men Who Loved Trains . Norfolk Southern, a railroad that historically has been considered the better-run of the two, has suffered strategic s...

Mr. Shortline, be it noted that there were once wires "over the River" to Potomac (Pot) Yard. However, ever since Conrail deactivated any electric powered (freight) trains, there was no further need for them to maintain wires on a "foreign" road. To my knowledge, Pot Yard is now...

This deal has Pan Am levels of complexity. To make things "simple:" - The Meridian & Bigbee is split into an eastern half and a western half. The eastern half from Burkville to Myrtlewood is leased from CSX. The western half from Myrtlewood to Meridian is owned outright by the Meridian...

Not strictly along the "current" NEC, but considering the 2nd long bridge and Alexandria 4th track projects, could it be possible to string some wires down to Alexandria? The new Airo sets don't need engine changes, and those trains that do need engine changes could use the NS Alexandria y...

One possible "explanation" for why there are more IAD signs than DCA signs is that DCA is a much older (and closer) station than IAD. As a result, more people know how to get to it. (Or Metro just hasn't bothered putting up DCA signs.) Having DCA signs would still be very nice. Sidenote: I...

I'm curious as to what improvements CSX needs to make in order to start running intermodal trains up to Saint John. When CSX filed its application to acquire Pan Am Railways it said track that is currently 10 mph would be upgraded to 25 mph. Does this apply to the "mainline" up to Keag? Or...

Something says the concessions for a UP-CSX or BNSF-CSX merger would be minimal given the lack of overlaps... Strictly speaking the only overlap between the eastern and western Class Is that really matters is Norfolk Southern between Kansas City and St. Louis and BNSF between Memphis and Birmingham...

In my mind, there are two major barriers to any future Class I consolidation: shippers and the rules; however, I don't think these are insurmountable. One of the many reasons why CP-CSX and CP-NS failed was the near-total lack of shipper support. The combination of poor service under PSR and the slo...

Unfortunately, now that there is funding and an imminent RFP coming for long distance equipment, the argument for keeping Amtrak outside of the corridors is going to shift to the sunk cost argument: "We've now invested in all of this equipment, we may as well use it somewhere..." I don't ...