NECR KEEPS CONTROL OF NH STATE-OWNED INDUSTRIAL TRACK OFF VRS WRJ
01.February, West Lebanon, NH — New England Central (Genesee & Wyoming) will continue to deliver propane, cement, and salt into West Lebanon via the Northern Railroad Line, based on a 10-year lease renewal by the NH Department of Transportation, which owns the line. The West Lebanon property, part of the Claremont Concord Railroad (CCR) until […]
HIGH-PERFORMANCE TISSUE PLANT WILL CONTINUE 130-YEAR PAPER-MAKING LEGACY. NO WORD ON REVIVING RAIL SERVICE.
05.January, Gorham NH – Gorham Paper and Tissue was acquired by Behrens Investment Group. In addition to the $8.75 million cash purchase price, the new owner also assumed ~$9.8 million in loan debt and local tax liabilities. The facility will now be known as White Mountain Paper Company. GPT, under the ownership of Patriarch […]
NASHUA NH PLANNING COMMISSION PROPOSES 16-MILE RAIL-AND-TRAIL PAIRING ALONG PAR HILLSBOROUGH LINE
03.December, Nashua NH – The Nashua Regional Planning Commission is proposing to construct a lengthy pedestrian trail alongside the Hillsborough Branch line. The line is owned by Pan Am Railways between MP 0.0 to MP 16.36. From that point westward to Bennington, the line is owned by the State of New Hampshire. Milford – Bennington […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has selected 50 projects in 29 states to receive competitive grant funding under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program. The projects selected include a wide variety of railroad investments that improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of freight and […]
NHDOT Affirms Railroads' Value to the State with Small, but Meaningful Tie Job to Retain Reliable Class 3 Conditions Along 73-Mile Stretch.
NHDOT Affirms Railroads’ Value to the State with Small, but Meaningful Tie Job to Retain Reliable Class 3 Conditions Along 73-Mile Stretch.
Propane Terminal that Brought PAR Back to Central NH Likely to Switch Back to NECR, Following Sale to Crestwood Equity.
Propane Terminal that Brought PAR Back to Central NH Likely to Switch Back to NECR, Following Sale to Crestwood Equity.
CTC Signals north of Nashua NH to Manchester on Pan-Am Railway’s Northern Main Line were retired the week of February 16th
Amtrak Vermonter Strikes Downed Tree. Passengers Endure Five-Hour Delay “In The Dark,” Without Power or Information
Amtrak Vermonter Strikes Downed Tree. Passengers Endure Five-Hour Delay “In The Dark,” Without Power or Information
G&W Sells Cement Transload Site to Longtime Customer Lafargeholcim.
G&W Sells Cement Transload Site to Longtime Customer Lafargeholcim.
Eighty Loads of Coal Delivered without Incident at Merrimack Station. First of a Dozen or More Unit Trains Expected Through December to Replenish Stock for Venerable Peaking Plant. CSX Routing Nearly All the Way.
29 November, Bow NH – Loaded with coal dug from one or more operational mines along the Monongahela, Loveridge Secondary, or Fairmont Subdivision lines on the Monongahela lines on the PA/WV border, CSX N618-27 was identified on mid-morning, 27.November heading east out of Willard OH yard, bound for Bow NH via Buffalo, Selkirk and Worcester. The Willard location […]