WASHINGTON — Union Pacific has urged federal regulators to take a closer look at the proposed Green Eagle Railroad, arguing that construction of a 19-mile cross-border line at the Eagle Pass, Texas, ...

Alternative power options for short line and switching operations include biofuels, including biodiesel and renewable diesel; battery-electric (BE), and hydrogen.

Patriot Rail Corp. and the City of Temple, Tex., announced that Patriot’s new subsidiary, Temple & Central Texas Railway ,has been awarded an exclusive long-term license agreement to provide rail ...

The Sequatchie Valley Switching Co.'s rail is an 11.5-mile short-line railroad serving South Central Tennessee from a connection with CSXT at Bridgeport, Ala.

From member station KCUR in Kansas City, Frank Morris reports on the rise of so-called "short line" railroads. Since Congress deregulated the industry 20 years ago, the big rail companies dropped ...