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Norfolk Southern signs biodiesel agreement for rail yard

MBJ Staff — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:44:05 +0000

MERIDIAN — Dynamic Fuels, LLC and Mansfield Oil Company have signed an agreement to supply renewable diesel to Norfolk Southern Corporation, a transporter of coal and industrial products. Norfolk Southern has primarily been using a Dynamic Fuels renewable diesel at its Meridian rail yard since early January. Dynamic Fuels, a 50/50 venture owned by Tyson [...]

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Louisville Railcar Repair breaks ground, creating 30 new jobs

MBJ Staff — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:50:56 +0000

LOUISVILLE — Officials from Louisville Railcar Repair, contract manufacturer and repairer of rail cars, broke ground yesterday on its new facility at the site of the transload rail facility in Louisville. The project, which will consist of repair, paint and welding facilities, represents a company investment of $1.3 million and will create 30 new jobs. [...]

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Lawyers appeal fraud verdict in asbestos lawsuit

Associated Press — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:17 +0000

HOUSTON, Texas — Two Mississippi plaintiffs lawyers, including a former state lawmaker, have appealed a verdict that they committed fraud during an asbestos lawsuit they filed in 2001. A federal jury in Mississippi decided in 2010 that the lawyers should pay Illinois Central Railroad Company $420,000 in damages. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals [...]

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CF Rail Services buys another railcar repair facility

MBJ Staff — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:27:53 +0000

CF Rail Services has assumed the operations of the railcar repair facility located at in Longview, Wash. As part of its partnership with Patriot Rail Corp., which began with CF Rail Services operating three Patriot-owned facilities in September of 2011, CF Rail Services will assume this current railcar repair operation as well as assuming most [...]

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Patriot donates 21-mile MSV Railroad to counties

Associated Press — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:46:10 +0000

CALHOUN COUNTY and YALOBUSHA COUNTY — Patriot Rail Corp. has donated its 21-mile Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad (MSV) to Calhoun and Yalobusha counties. The donation sets the stage for the counties to pursue creation of the Skuna Valley Trail for public recreational use. The Calhoun County Board of Supervisors accepted the property donation in [...]

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Delta city gets funds to renovate historic depot

Associated Press — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:05:54 +0000

GREENVILLE — A $108,000 grant from the state Department of Archives and History will help with renovations of the old Greenville Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad depot in Greenville. Officials tell the Delta Democrat Times the depot needs mostly cosmetic repairs and a new heating and air conditioning system and a new roof. Walley Morse, [...]

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Old rail line may get new life as recreational trail

Associated Press — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:10:28 +0000

PITTSBORO — An abandoned rail line in Calhoun and Yalobusha counties may become the home for a recreational trail. WTVA-TV reports Calhoun County supervisors approved a resolution Monday to create the Mississippi and Skuna Valley Rails to Trails Recreational District. The county must sign a pact with Yalobusha County to make the project a reality. [...]

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Company drops plans to abandon rail line

MBJ Staff — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:41:22 +0000

In a surprising reversal, Grenada Railway, LLC says it is dropping plans to abandon 80-plus miles of rail line running from Grenada to Canton, though the company had not formally filed a dismissal request with the National Surface Transportation Board (NTSB). This was according to a Nov. 10 release from The Associated Press. That morning, [...]

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Board to hold hearing on proposed railroad abandonment

MBJ Staff — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:22:03 +0000

WINONA — The Surface Transportation Board recently granted a request sent by the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) to hold a public hearing concerning the petition of abandonment exemption filed by Grenada Railway, LLC. The Surface Transportation Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed railway abandonment Nov. 16 beginning at 9 a.m.,at the [...]

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Patriot, CF strike railcar services agreement

MBJ Staff — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:55:08 +0000

COLUMBUS — Patriot Rail Corp, a privately-held short line and regional freight railroad holding company, and CF Rail Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sasser Family Holdings Inc., a transportation asset services and investments company, has entered into long-term railcar services agreements at select Patriot-owned railroads. Under the exclusive agreements, CF Rail leased the [...]

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