Category: Short Lines & Regionals

Nebraska Central Railroad’s PTC Implementation

December 29, 2020

The Nebraska Central Railroad receives letter of recognition from the FRA for implementing Positive Train Control (PTC) and meeting the statutory mandate and FRA’s regulations by December 31,2020. Administrator Ronald L. Batory’s letter stated, “On behalf of the FRA and myself, I want to recognize Nebraska Central Railroad Company’s significant accomplishment of fully implementing an… Read more

Hemphill Heading Uinta Basin Railway Project

September 19, 2019

Rio Grande Pacific Corp. has named rail industry veteran Mark Hemphill to lead development and construction of the Uinta Basin Railway poject, a $1.5 billion new build that, when completed in late 2022 or early 2023, will serve northeastern Utah’s energy, mineral and agriculture industries.  The new railroad is being built through a DBFOM (design-build-finance-operate-maintain… Read more

Video: Dell EMC’s Unity All Flash keeps Rio Grande Pacific running

January 23, 2018

Dell EMC’s Unity All Flash has put Fort Worth-based Rio Grande Pacific in a position no other short-line railroad holding company or commuter rail agency has. This advanced technology allows RGP to continue its aggressive growth and to transform the way the rail industry views technology. Click the image to learn more. 

Short-line tax credit bill reintroduced in Congress

February 01, 2017

Feb. 1, 2017 -A bill that would make permanent the short-line track maintenance tax credit known as 45G was introduced this week in the U.S. House of Representatives, the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) announced yesterday. The Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy (BRACE) Act (H.R. 721) was introduced by… Read more