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Find railroading Short Lines & Regionals articles for the rail career professionals
PART 2: For Short Lines, Top-Line Growth is an '09 Goal
Industry trends from Progressive Railroading November 2008
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October 2008
At Norfolk Southern, partnerships are in plain view (Pat Foran, Context, September 2008)
Class Is draft sustainability programs with one eye on stewardship and the other on entrepreneurship
Midwestern short lines take on submerged track
It’s retirement time for GWI’s Grossman
From dieselization to computerization to consolidation, freight railroads have made industry-shaping strides
Freight-Rail timeline: ’58-’08
Congress spurs short lines’ rebirth
For short lines, it’s all about adaptation
NS, 10 short lines jointly take on short-haul traffic in the Northeast
Short lines under new ownership
Iowa Interstate powers up
The state of small-road funding
Patriot Rail, Fortress make short-line moves
Short Line Stories Introduction
Short Line Story: Brownsville & Rio Grande
Lining up more business
‘We’ve got you covered’
‘Green’ all the way in L.A.
Every carload counts
The power of a public entity
MOW '08 — Regionals/Short Lines
CSXT, STB address environmental issues
Big funding allocations for small roads
North Carolina Railroad pursues grade separation project
Huron & Eastern workers join BLET
Traffic hardly running ‘dry’ for Watco short line
Putting it in perspective: U.S. Class Is’ 2007 traffic ‘woes’
Two Washington state railroads land federal funds
Short-line tax credits on temporary hold
Rail industry loses transit industry's Warrington, supplier rep Hogan and Finger Lakes' Sullivan
STB rejects Norfolk Southern/Watco short-line plan