The Short Line Railroad of the Year is an annual award presented to North American short line (Class III) railroads by rail transport industry publication Railway Age.
Past recipients of this award are:
- 1992 - RailTex
- 1994 - Central Vermont Railroad (CV)
- 1995 - New England Central Railroad (NECR)
- 1996 - Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad (PBNE)
- 1997 - Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad (LAL)
- 1998 - St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (SLA)
- 1999 - South Central Florida Express (SCFE)
- 2000 - Arkansas Midland Railroad (AKMD)
- 2001 - South Buffalo Railway (SBR)
- 2002 - Winchester and Western Railroad (WW)
- 2003 - San Joaquin Valley Railroad (SJVR)
- 2004 - Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad (NBER)
- 2005 - Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway (CIC)[1]
- 2006 - Georgia Midland Railroad (GMA)[2]
- 2007 - R.J. Corman Railroad/West Virginia Line[3]
- 2008 - Twin Cities and Western Railroad
- 2009 - Pacific Harbor Line, Inc.
- 2010 - Greenville and Western Railway (GRLW)[4]
- 2011 - Blacklands Railroad
- 2012 - Vermont Railway
- 2013 - Gardendale Railroad
- 2014 - Coos Bay Rail Link
- 2015 - Palmetto Railways
- 2016 - New Orleans & Gulf Coast Railway
- 2017 - North Shore Railroad (NSHR)
- 2018 - Lake State Railway[5]
- 2019 - Louisville & Indiana Railroad [6]
See also
References
- ^ Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Company (February 8, 2005), CRANDIC Selected Short Line Railroad of the Year. Retrieved February 8, 2006.
- ^ Railway Age (2006). "Railway Age Announces Short Line and Regional Railroads of the Year". Archived from the original on 2006-10-07. Retrieved 2006-08-14.
- ^ "Railway Age 2007 RR of the Year" (PDF). American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-09. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ^ "ASLRRA, Railway Age Announce Short Line Winners" (pdf). Views and News. 79 (5). March 16, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
- ^ Chirls, Stuart. "Lake State Railway, Indiana Rail Road take small-road honors". Railway Age. Railway Age. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ Vantuono, William. "Railway Age's 2019 Short Line and Regional Railroads of the Year: LIRC, RCPE". Railway Age. Retrieved 8 October 2019.