Railway Age Regional Railroad of the Year

Railway Age’s 2026 Short Line Railroad of the Year is Union County Industrial Railroad. Pictured: Parent company North Shore Railroad Company & Affiliates on Feb. 18 ran its U.S. Semiquincentennial locomotive on UCIR. (Justin Wagner Photograph, Courtesy of UCIR)

February 24, 2026
Short Lines & Regionals

Railway Age Names 2026 Short Line, Regional Railroads of the Year

Railway Age proudly recognizes Union County Industrial Railroad (UCIR), a North Shore Railroad Company affiliate, and Georgia Central Railway (GC), a Genesee & Wyoming subsidiary, as our 2026 Short Line and Regional Railroads

January 12, 2016
News

For Reading & Northern, a record year

Regional railroad Reading & Northern Railroad achieved record-breaking carload volumes and revenue in 2015.