A shortline railroad is a small or mid-sized railroad company that operates over a relatively short distance relative to larger, national railroad networks. The term is used primarily in the United States and Canada. In the former, railroads are categorized by operating revenue, and most shortline railroads fall into the Class III or Class II categorization defined by the Surface Transportation Board .
20-529: (Redirected from Short Line ) Short Line or Shortline can refer to: Railroad [ edit ] General usage [ edit ] Shortline railroad , an independent railroad company that operates over a relatively short distance American railways [ edit ] Atlantic and Gulf Short Line Railroad , a former railway in Georgia Atlantic Short Line Railway ,
40-416: A Class III is a railroad with an annual operating revenue of less than $ 28 million. In Canada , Transport Canada classifies shortline railroads as Class II . There are three kinds of shortlines in the U.S.: handling, switch, and ISS (Interline Settlement System). It was reported in 2009 that shortline railroads employ 20,000 people in the U.S., and own 30 percent of the nation's railroad tracks. About
60-610: A former interurban railway line in Los Angeles Waycross Short Line , unofficial name of a former railroad that ran from Waycross, Georgia to Jacksonville, Florida Yosemite Short Line Railway , a former narrow-gauge railway in the Yosemite region of California Other uses [ edit ] American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association , an association of North American short line and regional railroads Fossil Oregon Short Line Depot ,
80-840: A former railroad that operated in Minnesota New York Short Line , a former railway line in Pennsylvania Nevada Short Line Railway , a former narrow-gauge railroad in Nevada Oil Fields Short Line Railroad , a former railroad that operated in Oklahoma Oregon Short Line Railroad , a former railroad in Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Montana and Oregon Pasadena Short Line , a former passenger railway line in
100-880: A former railway in Georgia Baltimore and Ohio Short Line Railroad , a former railway in Pennsylvania Bowden Lithia Springs Short Line Railroad , a former narrow-gauge railroad that operated in Georgia Carey Short Line , a former railroad in Ohio Cleveland Short Line Railway , a freight bypass around southern Cleveland, Ohio Darien Short Line Railroad , a former railway in Georgia Electric Short Line Railway ,
120-457: A historic railroad depot in the U.S. state of Wyoming Layton Oregon Short Line Railroad Station , a historic railroad depot in the U.S. state of Utah Short Line, one of the four railroads in the American edition of the board game Monopoly Short Line (bus company) , also known as ShortLine, a bus operator in the U.S. state of New York Short Line Bridge , a truss bridge that spans
140-440: A quarter of all U.S. rail freight travels at least a small part of its journey over a short-line railroad. An ever-growing number of shortline operators have been acquired by larger holding companies which own or lease railroad properties in many states, as well as internationally. For example, Genesee & Wyoming controls over 100 railroads in over 40 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces. A consequence of such consolidation
160-849: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Shortline railroad At the beginning of the railroad age, nearly all railway lines were shortlines, 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 U.S. and 1990 in Canada, many shortlines have been established when larger railroad companies sold off or abandoned low-profit portions of their trackage. Shortline operators typically have lower labor, overhead and regulatory costs than Class I railroads and therefore are often able to operate profitable lines that lost money for their original owners. Shortlines generally exist for one or more of
180-488: Is that shortline railroads may no longer be "by state". Ayd Mill Road Ayd Mill Road ( / ˌ aɪ d ˈ m ɪ l / EYED MILL is a road in Saint Paul, Minnesota . It runs diagonally through Saint Paul, connecting with Interstate 35E at its southeast terminus, and feeds into Selby Avenue at its northwest end. Indirect access to I-94 is possible via Selby and Snelling Avenues. Originally known as
200-530: The Merriam Park neighborhood, coupled with the stunted construction of I-35E due to opposition from the Summit Hill neighborhood, kept the vision from being a reality. A connection was made at grade with Selby Avenue, but the connection with I-35E was not made at this time, forcing southbound travelers to exit on Jefferson Avenue when the road first opened in 1965. For most of its life, Ayd Mill Road
220-664: The Los Angeles area Short Line, alternate name for the Merriam Park Subdivision , a section of railroad between Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota Short Line Subdivision (Ohio) , a belt line around Cleveland, Ohio Short Line Subdivision (West Virginia) , a railroad line in West Virginia Skaneateles Short Line Railroad , a railroad that operated in the state of New York 1840–1981 Venice Short Line ,
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#1732780145041240-697: The Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Minnesota Short Line Railroad Trail , a trail in the U.S. state of Maryland Short Line Reading Series , a popular Vancouver literary event presented by Memewar Magazine Short Line Road, former name of the Ayd Mill Road in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Short line All pages with titles containing Shortline Shoreline (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
260-598: The Saint Paul City Council approved mill and overlaying the road in its current configuration for $ 3.5 million. Mayor Melvin Carter requested turning two lanes into a greenway but that plan would have cost $ 9.8 million due to drainage problems. The corridor is built on a buried stream which causes drainage and pavement preservation challenges. The council ultimately approved a $ 7.5 million construction project that reduced lanes from four to three and added
280-615: The Short Line Road, it was renamed in 1987 for John Ayd, a German settler who maintained a mill and residence in the area in the mid-to-late 19th century. The foundation of the roadway dates back to the 1870s when the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad acquired the right-of-way of the stream bed to lay down tracks. The "Short Line," as it was called, was one of the main interurban routes that served Saint Paul and its railroad suburbs on its way to Minneapolis at
300-542: The following reasons: In France, the equivalent of shortlines railroads are the opérateurs ferroviaires de proximité (local railways operators). Because of their small size and generally low revenues, the great majority of shortline railroads in the U.S. are classified by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) as Class III . As defined by the Surface Transportation Board (STB),
320-589: The middle of the Environmental Impact Statement, Mayor Randy Kelly opened the Ayd Mill to I-35E ramps as a temporary test in 2002, and those ramps have remained open ever since. The Saint Paul City Council twice passed resolutions in support of reducing lanes to a two-lane parkway (once in 2000, and again in 2009). The adjacent track is still used today by Canadian Pacific and Amtrak 's Empire Builder runs on these rails. In 2019
340-525: The public right-of-way. Other options included replacing the entire stretch of road with a park. In the end, the city decided the best option was a rebuilt roadway that extended north along the railroad to St. Anthony Avenue, where a connection to I-94 was possible. Though renewed neighborhood protest has blocked this measure, the road has been blacktopped and striped, and the I-35E ramps were reopened after signals were put on Ayd Mill's entrance ramps. While in
360-417: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Short line . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Short_line&oldid=1170272364 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
380-738: The turn of the 20th century. With the advent of the TCRT streetcar system in the 1910s, the line was redundant and was converted to heavy rail by the CMSPP, though it still carried passenger trains between the Saint Paul Union Depot and the Milwaukee Road Depot in neighboring Minneapolis . In the 1960s, the city of Saint Paul began construction on the Short Line Road, envisioning a below-grade, limited access direct link between I-35E and I-94. However, local opposition in
400-509: Was un-striped, and very little traffic was seen on it. In the summer of 1992, the Saint Paul public works department temporarily linked Ayd Mill Road to I-35E to help mitigate traffic congestion during the completion of the interstate in the downtown area, after which the link was barricaded. In the late 1990s the city again revisited the prospect of the I-35E-to-I-94 connection as part of an environmental study as one of many options for
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