Eastern Railroad Discussion > News Publications on Short Lines

are there any daily news publications on short line railroads?

Yes, but it is hard to tell when it comes out, and they only publish when there's something to say...

There is a monthly publication called "The Short Line" put out by the Pioneer Railcorp folks. I stopped subscribing because it was mostly out of date stuff and most recently was just a boring bunch of stuff about Guy Brenkman's Pioneer Rail operations.

I haven't seen an issue for a year or so...maybe they got their act together by now or they're gone for good.

The Short Line is published bi-monthly, and comes out quite reliably for a small publication. The quality is a lot better than earlier issues I saw around 2000, which literally looked like bad photocopied photos in some instances. 20 pages, color cover, B&W inside.

Content-wise, a lot is from STB filings and news stories, and like any other magazine, is only as good as what people contribute. I generally try to write a feature for them yearly. They have a website at http://www.the-short-line.com/

Mike Derrick
http://www.shortlinesusa.com