Jeff Stagl

1 month ago | progressiverailroading.com | Jeff Stagl

def By Jeff Stagl, Managing Editor Several Class Is and short lines are firming up plans to test a newly developed carbon-capture system with locomotives to help ratchet up their sustainability efforts. Norfolk Southern Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, two Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) short lines and Anacostia Rail Holdings’ Pacific Harbor Line Inc.

1 month ago | progressiverailroading.com | Jeff Stagl

By Jeff Stagl, Managing Editor  Before spring turns to summer, the province of Saskatchewan expects to announce this year’s recipients of Short Line Railway Improvement (SLRI) program grants. Allocated annually, the grants provide up to 50% of the eligible cost of such short-line infrastructure improvements as track upgrades, expansions or rehabilitation; grade crossing surface and sightline upgrades; and bridge maintenance work.   There are 13 short lines that operate in Saskatchewan.

1 month ago | progressiverailroading.com | Jeff Stagl

By Jeff Stagl, Managing Editor  Interstate Waste Services Inc. (IWS) recently opened a $30 million materials recovery facility (MRF) in North Arlington, New Jersey, that will transport waste to Ohio by rail. The MRF is designed to process 215,000 tons of recyclable materials annually, according to IWS, which provides solid waste collection, recycling and disposal services. The facility will receive materials from the five boroughs of New York City.

2 months ago | progressiverailroading.com | Jeff Stagl

By Jeff Stagl, Managing Editor  CSX’s yard in Cumberland, Maryland, long had been a clogging point for merchandise traffic moving between points in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest due to a lack of switching capacity. The yard is a crucial processing point for the freight CSX moves between the Northeast corridor and Midwest outlets.

2 months ago | progressiverailroading.com | Jeff Stagl |Tacoma Rail

def By Jeff Stagl, Managing Editor  There was good, there was bad and there was downright ugly. Regionals’ and short lines’ traffic in the first quarter generally fell into one of those three buckets.