All OmniTRAX articles
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NewsOmniTRAX to operate West Virginia’s South Branch Valley Railroad
USA: On December 1 OmniTRAX took over operational management of the South Branch Valley Railroad under an agreement with West Virginia Department of Transportation. The 85 km SBVR between Petersburg and Green Spring is a former branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co serving the ...
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NewsBattery shunter enters service in Ohio
USA: OmniTRAX’s Newburgh & South Shore Railroad has put an AMPS Traction G9 battery shunting locomotive into service in the Cleveland area. The railway has been supported by Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Mitigation Trust Fund, which provides grants for projects to improve air quality. The ...
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NewsOmniTRAX buys San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad
USA: OmniTRAX has entered into a contract to purchase the assets of the San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad in Colorado out of bankruptcy. The transaction announced on October 12 is expected to close in late 2022. The SLRG will be OmniTRAX’s 26th rail operation, taking ...
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NewsOhio railway buys battery loco
USA: OmniTRAX’s Newburgh & South Shore Railroad has purchased its first battery locomotive, supported by a grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Mitigation Trust Fund. The FRA-compliant 1 700 hp shunting locomotive was rebuilt by industrial and off-road battery equipment supplier AMPS Traction from ...
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NewsOmniTRAX launches Rail-Ready Sites programme
USA: OmniTRAX has launched a Rail-Ready Sites programme on the Winchester & Western Railroad in Cumberland County, New Jersey. The programme initially covers with 10 locations, which have been selected suitable for developing rail-served manufacturing, food processing, recycling and distribution facilities. ‘Together with our community partners, we ...
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NewsIllinois Railway completes PTC deployment
USA: OmniTRAX has announced that its Illinois Railway has become one of the first short lines to implement fully-functional positive train control. ‘We are delighted to be a first mover on PTC in the short line industry and are making our railroad even safer than it already ...
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NewsCat litter by rail
USA: Cat litter producer Intersand has begun construction of a rail-served production, packaging and distribution facility at the Great Western Industrial Park in Windsor, Colorado. GWIP is owned by short line group OmniTRAX, whose Great Western Railway of Colorado will provide direct rail services to the new ...
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NewsOmniTRAX acquires Cleveland Commercial Railroad
USA: OmniTRAX has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Cleveland Commercial Railroad and its wholly owned subsidiary Cleveland Harbor Belt Railroad for an undisclosed price. The transaction is expected to close by the end of August, with the CCRL to be renamed as the Cleveland ...
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NewsOmniTRAX to buy Winchester & Western Railroad
USA: OmniTRAX has agreed to acquire the Winchester & Western Railroad from minerals company Covia Holdings Corp for $105m in cash, subject to adjustments. The transaction which is expected to close in Q3 2019 includes 470 wagons owned by the railway. Class III railway W& W has two divisions ...
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NewsOmniTRAX buys two CSX lines
USA: Short line group OmniTRAX has acquired the Alabama & Tennessee River Railway and the Fulton County Railway from CSX. Operations on the two lines have been managed by OmniTRAX for several years, and are expected to continue unchanged. Terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed. The 190 km ATN ...
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NewsHudson Bay Railway services to Churchill suspended after washouts
CANADA: Hudson Bay Railway services between Amery, 47 km northeast of Gillam, and Churchill have been suspended indefinitely owing to ‘unprecedented and catastrophic’ flood damage and are not expected to resume before the winter season, parent company OmniTRAX announced on June 9. HBR has been unable to operate to Churchill ...
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NewsOmniTRAX acquires Heart of Texas Railroad
USA: OmniTRAX has purchased the 110 km Heart of Texas Railroad from local private investors, and is to rename it Central Texas & Colorado River Railway. The transaction is subject to Surface Transportation Board approval, and terms were not disclosed. The short line group said potential new customers for the ...
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NewsOmniTRAX acquires Peru Rail Line
USA: Short line and terminal operating group OmniTRAX announced on February 23 that its Peru Industrial Railroad subsidiary had agreed to purchase the Peru Rail Line from the City of Peru, Illinois. The price was not disclosed, but local media reports put the figure at $1·25m. The 3 km line ...