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Encyclopedia > Short line

A short line is an independent railroad company that operates over a relatively short distance. Short lines generally exist for one of three reasons: to link two industries requiring rail freight together (for example, a gypsum mine and a wall board factory, or a coal mine and a power plant); to interchange revenue traffic with other, usually larger, railroads; or to operate a tourist passenger train service. Often, short lines exist for all three of these reasons. This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ...


In the beginning of the railroad age, nearly all railway lines were short lines, locally chartered, financed and operated; as the railroad industry matured, local lines were merged or acquired to create longer mainline railroads.


Especially since 1980 in the USA and 1990 in Canada, many short lines have been established when larger railroad companies sold off or abandoned low-profit portions of their trackage. Short line operators typically have lower labor, overhead and regulatory costs than Class I railroads and therefore are often able to operate profitably lines that lost money for their original owners. 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... Freight railroads in the United States are classified by the Association of American Railroads as Class I, Class II and Class III (also called Classes 1, 2 and 3) in terms of size. ...

The Short Line Railroad is also one of the four railroads in the popular board game Monopoly. A board game is any game played with a premarked surface, with counters or pieces that are moved across the board. ... Monopoly is one of the best-selling commercial board games in the world. ...


See also

There are approximately 150,000 miles (240,000 km) of railroad track in the United States, nearly all standard gauge. ... This is an incomplete list. ...

External link

  • American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (http://www.aslrra.org/)

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Short-line railroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (309 words)
Short Line is also one of the four railroads in the popular board game Monopoly, probably named after the Shore Fast Line, an interurban streetcar line.
Short lines generally exist for one of three reasons: to link two industries requiring rail freight together (for example, a gypsum mine and a wall board factory, or a coal mine and a power plant); to interchange revenue traffic with other, usually larger, railroads; or to operate a tourist passenger train service.
Short line operators typically have lower labor, overhead and regulatory costs than Class I railroads and therefore are often able to operate profitably lines that lost money for their original owners.
ARC | Short Line Railroads: Local Lifelines for Business (2669 words)
That's one reason regional and short line railroads, the railroad equivalent of state and local roads, are important for local development.
A community that happens to be located along the main line of a Class I railroad may actually be in a worse position to exploit its rail resources than one served by a tiny short line.
Many of the 500 or so short line and regional railroads in the nation are operating on track that at one time or another was considered worthless—and was indeed unprofitable for the kind of long-haul business handled by Class I railroads.
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