Anacostia Rail Holdings

Pacific Harbor Line Hosts Regulatory, Labor, and Ports Meeting

April 4, 2024 / ARH, News Links, PHL

Wilmington, CA—April 4, 2024 (James Street Media Services)—Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) brought together top officials of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB), Southern California ports, and labor organizations to discuss how supply chain operations at North America’s largest combined port complex can further strengthen its support of safe, efficient, and green rail transport. The meeting […]

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BLET, PHL Reach Retention Agreement

January 31, 2024 / News Links, PHL

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) on Jan. 26 reported securing a retention agreement, including up to $18,000 in bonus payments, for its approximately 200 members working at Anacostia Rail Holdings’ Pacific Harbor Line (PHL). Read the Railway Age article by clicking on the button below.

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Stokes is stoked about becoming Anacostia’s first chief engineer, managing MOW holistically

January 31, 2024 / ARH, News Links

Read the Progressive Railroading article about Chief Engineer Monte Stokes by clicking on the button below.

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Trains Magazine (September 2022) – A Short Line Like No Other

September 22, 2022 / News Links, PHL

Trains Magazine (September 2022) article: A Short Line Like No Other, features Pacific Harbor Line’s role in keeping traffic moving at North America’s biggest port complex.

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NYA Protecting Our Community, Growing Our Economy

RailPrime | Progressive Railroading – NYA builds on construction and demolition debris business

September 21, 2022 / News Links, NYA

Cooper Recycling had solely employed trucking to haul its recycled debris until it began using the New York & Atlantic in September 2021. Cooper Recycling opted to divert a major portion of its outbound traffic because of rail’s flexibility to reach farther points, and its lower transportation cost compared with trucking.

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Railway Age – Primed for Impact

August 17, 2022 / News Links

Discusses Winter preparedness practices used by railroads, including Anacostia’s railroads.

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Railway Age – CEO Perspectives: Growing with People

March 11, 2022 / News Links

CEO Perspectives: on pages 28-29, Peter Gilbertson and Eric Jakubowski share their perspectives on Growing with People.

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South Shore Freight Centennial: Life After Coal

January 4, 2022 / CSS, News Links

Article by Andrew Fox, Photos by Michael Raia, Captions by Norman Carlson Legend has it that the commencement of carload freight service on the South Shore Line was August 1, 1916, when a Chicago Lake Shore & South Bend motor hauled a single box car from South Bend.

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Long Island freight via rail looking to expand

December 19, 2021 / News Links

Freight locomotives chugging through Long Island are delivering more tons of cargo than in past decades and, as a result, are reducing emissions, the region’s dependence on trucking, and wear and tear on roads, transportation leaders said.

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Leaders Recognized: 2021 Railway Age Women in Rail Award Honorees

October 18, 2021 / News Links, NYA

Leaders Recognized: 2021 Railway Age Women in Rail Award Honorees – Amy Louk of New York & Atlantic Railway is one of the Honorees.

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