As freight train volumes continue to grow on railroads across the country, applications submitted to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for the establishment of Quiet Zones – stretches of railroads over which trains receive special permission not to blow horns at highway/railroad grade crossings –continue to increase as well. RLBA remains a leading national provider […]

In early June of 2016 the Pacific Imperial Railroad (PIR) and Baja California Railroad (BJRR) formally agreed to a subleasing agreement in which BJRR would restore and operate PIR’s section of the long-dormant Desert Line. The Desert Line, which is owned by the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS), is leased to the Pacific Imperial […]

On April 1 of 2016 RJ Corman Railroad Group, a leading short line railroad operator in the U.S., formally began operations of the former Carolina Southern rail line in North and South Carolina. The restoration of operations is the culmination of nearly two years’ worth of effort by local community leaders to save the rail […]

Within one week of being engaged, RLBA had determined the cause of derailment and supplied the client with a detailed derailment report, complete with custom diagrams, photographs and engineering analysis.

In its April 2014 issue, Railway Age magazine named the Coos Bay Rail Link its Short Line Railroad of the Year. The magazine “has followed the rapid rise of Coos Bay Rail Link with interest and continuous coverage,” the article claims. “Coos Bay Rail Link’s rapid rise to prominence caught the attention of editors and […]

Canadian Pacific, Ltd. (CP) engaged RLBA in 2013 to perform select, detailed studies in support of its then recently-announced sale of the former Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) “West End.” RLBA’s Staff, under the leadership of John McLaughlin and Charlie Banks, performed a study to assist potential buyers in understanding costs and cost drivers associated […]