In the Adirondack Mountains: Forest Preserve Oil Cars And Iowa Pacific Intentions

By Tim Rowland, Adirondack Almanack; October 29, 2017 I have a history of missing the big picture. When I see…

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New York Governor Cuomo Opposes Tank Cars On Adirondack Line

By Phil Brown, Adirondack Explorer; October 26, 2017 In an appearance in Warren County, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that…

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Iowa Pacific’s hometown of Chicago: Developer seeks federal ruling in North Side rail feud

By Alby Gallun, Crain’s Chicago Business; October 17, 2017 The firm that wants to redevelop the Finkl steel site and…

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Iowa Pacific in New York State: First tank train cars arrive for storage in Adirondacks

By Don Lehman, The Post Star; October 18, 2017 Saratoga & North Creek Railway’s first shipment of rail tank cars…

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Iowa Pacific in Oregon: ‘Christmas Town’ trip coming, despite Polar Express cancellation

From Hood River News; October 12, 2017 Though the annual Polar Express at Mt. Hood Railroad has been called off,…

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Iowa Pacific: New Christmas train trip to be based at Stony Creek ranch in New York State

By DON LEHMAN, The Post Star; October 11, 2017 STONY CREEK — Saratoga & North Creek Railway’s new holiday train…

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Iowa Pacific in Oregon: Polar Express canceled

From Hood River News; October 10, 2017 After several months of ongoing negotiations, Rail Events Inc. has announced several U.S.…

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After Iowa Pacific’s departure: Texas State Railroad displays artifacts, museum in works

Written by JACQUE HILBURN-SIMMONS, Tyler Morning Telegraph; October 9, 2017 RUSK – In the late 1800s, prisoners from Rusk Penitentiary…

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Iowa Pacific in the United States: Polar Express won’t return this winter

By Eric Anderson, Albany Times-Union; October 6, 2017 Rail Events, the Durango, Colo.-based licensor of Polar Express holiday trains, said…

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Iowa Pacific on Chicago’s Goose Island: Who is the ‘railroad troll?’ A Goose Island conflict

By Alby Gallun, Crain’s Chicago Business; October 3, 2017 Goose Island’s “railroad troll” has backed down—kind of—but only for a…

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Iowa Pacific in the UK: Popular Weardale Railway festive train ride The Polar Express replaced as company settles $3m legal dispute over royalties

By Katie MacFarlane, Reporter, The Northern Echo; October 3, 2017 A HERITAGE railway which became embroiled in a $3m legal…

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Utica, New York Observer-Dispatch: Plan to junk rail cars in Adirondacks must be scrapped

An editorial opinion from the Utica Observer-Dispatch; September 29, 2017 Anyone who has ever been to North Creek — Gore…

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