Short Lines and Regional Railroads

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Genesee & Wyoming Traffic. Source: Genesee & Wyoming Inc.
 
13 May 2013
Genesee & Wyoming Inc., a major owner of short line and regional railroads in North America with significant operations in Australia as well, showed a second continuous month of growth in April 2013.
 
09 May 2013
Florida East Coast Railway reported profit in the first quarter of 2013 was $4.2 million, compared with a net loss of $4.5 million in the same quarter last year.
 
01 May 2013
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Genesee & Wyoming traffic
 
23 Apr 2013
Genesee & Wyoming Inc., a major owner of short line and regional railroads in North America with significant operations in Australia as well, showed growth in its March 2013 and first quarter numbers.
 
25 Mar 2013
Work on $88 million worth of construction for three segments of the Port Mackenzie Rail Extension project in Alaska has kicked off.
 
19 Mar 2013
Florida East Coast Railway recorded a net loss of $13.3 million for the full year of 2012, improving $24.0 million, or 64 percent, from a net loss of $37.3 million in 2011.
 
12 Mar 2013
Genesee & Wyoming has appointed Greg Pauline as managing director of Genesee & Wyoming Australia, its Australian branch.
 
06 Mar 2013
Florida East Coast Railway has appointed Melissa “Missy” Westerman as vice president and corporate controller, starting April 2.
 
28 Feb 2013
For a second time, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied environmental groups’ request to block construction on the Port Mackenzie Rail Extension, a 32-mile rail link connecting the main line of the Alaska Railroad with...
 
28 Feb 2013
TBG Holdings has acquired Monkey Rock, which will be repositioned to compete in the short line and regional freight railroad industry.