railroad

Beloved L.A. railroad chugging back to life

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angels Flight, LA’s beloved little railroad, had its cameo in the hit musical “La La Land” and now it’s almost ready for its close-up. The narrow-gauge railroad that for more than a century hauled people 298 feet up and down the city’s steep Bunker Hill was shut down in 2013 after [...]

By JOHN ROGERS - Associated Press|2017-03-08T16:29:58-05:00Tuesday, March 7, 2017|

New railroad starts rolling into central Ohio

A shortline railroad rolling into central Ohio from the Southeast began operations this week as the Kanawha River Railroad made operational again a mothballed stretch of Norfolk Southern tracks crossing the Ohio River into West Virginia coalfields. The railroad, identified by the letters KNWA, has leased the nearly 309 miles of the rail line between [...]

By KEITH ARNOLD - The Daily Reporter|2016-08-04T09:50:35-04:00Wednesday, August 3, 2016|