NEW ENGLAND'S SMALL-ROAD REVIVAL
There are no Class I railroads in northern New England, but there are five regional railroads and ten short lines of which only one is more that 20 years old. The article provides a brief overview of this collection of entrepreneurial regional and short lines. The railroads present a growing traffic base because of state governments that believe in railroads, and rail operators who are more serious about growing the business than protecting their respective turfs. The New England railroads are unique in their cooperative spirit. They exhibit marketing agreements that extend single-line hauls from Bangor, Maine to the deep South and the Midwest over as many as four different carriers. Equally important is state support: Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have committed tens of millions of dollars in the last ten years.
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Corporate Authors:
Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
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Authors:
- Blanchard
- Publication Date: 2003-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 64-65
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Serial:
- Railway Age
- Volume: 204
- Issue Number: 9
- Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
- ISSN: 0033-8826
- Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Freight transportation support businesses; Regional railroads; Short line railroads
- Geographic Terms: Maine; New England; New Hampshire; Vermont
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00964029
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 14 2003 12:00AM