by Associated Press Published: September 22,2011
Tags: rail lines, railroads, trains, transportation
GRENADA — The new owners of the Grenada rail line have filed papers with the federal government to abandon the track and sell it for scrap. The line abandonment would permanently stall plans to reopen a local rail line. Local officials want the line kept open as a possible boost for the economy. Grenada Railway, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 8,2011
Tags: rail lines, railroads, railways, transportation, travel
TUPELO — The results of Tupelo’s $2.2-million railroad relocation study will be discussed Thursday at a public meeting. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports the study recommends elevating the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad track above the city to alleviate mounting traffic congestion. It t provides no recommendation for raising the $400 million needed for [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 14,2011
Tags: rail, railroads, railways, transportation, travel
HELENA — Savage Companies of Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Mississippi Export Railroad (MSE) have entered into a preliminary agreement under which Savage will operate a multi-user transload facility owned by MSE in Helena. The new facility is located approximately 15 miles north of Pascagoula and within close proximity to four major ports, including [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 9,2011
Tags: railroads, railways, transportation, travel
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI — The Rail Authority of East Mississippi has a $50,000 grant to study whether there is enough demand from the forest products industry to create a short railroad line from Waynesboro to Lucedale. Executive director Geoffrey Clark says the U.S. Commerce Department provided the money, and Waggoner Engineering will work with Mississippi State [...] [...]
by For the MBJ Published: May 2,2011
Tags: construction, intermodal, railroads, railways, transportation, travel
ROSSVILLE, Tenn. — Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam recently joined state and local dignitaries and business and community leaders at the groundbreaking for the new Memphis Regional Intermodal Facility in Rossville, Tenn. The $105-million facility is part of the multi-state $2.5-billion Crescent Corridor initiative to establish an efficient, high-capacity intermodal [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 21,2011
Tags: county government, railroads, railways, transportation
FRANKLIN COUNTY — The last link of the Southwest Mississippi Regional Railroad Authority jumped on board with Adams and Franklin counties when the Lincoln County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to join the authority. The railroad authority was created earlier this year through state legislation and the Adams County Board of Supervisors’ own unanimous vote. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 23,2011
Tags: county government, railroads, state government, transportation
MEADVILLE — Franklin County supervisors have voted to join the Southwest Mississippi Regional Railroad Authority, a group working to save the 66-mile railroad from Natchez to Brookhaven if it is abandoned by its owners. The Natchez Democrat reports Franklin County supervisors voted March 21 to join the group. The railroad runs through Adams, Franklin and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 9,2011
Tags: county government, railroads, transportation
NATCHEZ — The Adams County Board of Supervisors has voted to create and join the Southwest Mississippi Regional Railroad Authority, a group that would work to save the 66-mile railroad from Natchez to Brookhaven if it is abandoned by its owners. The Natchez Democrat reports the railroad authority is intended to include Adams, Franklin and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 16,2011
Tags: county government, railroads, state government, transportation
ADAMS COUNTY — Mississippi lawmakers have sent to the governor a bill to allow Adams County to join in a regional railroad authority. Backers say the bill would be allow for creation for the authority if needed in the event that the 66-mile railroad from Natchez to Brookhaven is abandoned by its owners. The Natchez [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 2,2011
Tags: earmarks, federal government, railroads, transportation
PASCAGOULA — The Rail Authority of East Mississippi has $1 million in a congressional appropriation for the proposed rail link from Waynesboro to Lucedale, but there is a problem, according to the authority’s executive director. “This would be one of those nasty old ‘earmarks’ that everybody talks about that really aren’t as bad as people [...] [...]
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