Tacoma Rail Archives

July 09, 2025
Short Lines & Regionals

Safety First

RAILWAY AGE, JULY 2025 ISSUE: SLSI has been serving the industry for 10 years with SCAs and educational training programs, providing the roadmap for short line and regional railroads to improve their safety culture.

Alan Matheson of Tacoma Rail (left) and Christopher Coulter of HNTB Corporation. (Photographs courtesy of the respective companies.)

October 03, 2024
News

People News: Tacoma Rail, HNTB

Alan Matheson is the new Superintendent at Tacoma Rail, which serves 43 customers on 43 miles of track in two operating divisions within Pierce County, Wash. Also, Christopher Coulter rejoins infrastructure firm HNTB Corporation as Group Director of Aviation and Rail/Transit.

May 24, 2023
Short Lines & Regionals

Tacoma Rail Sells Mountain Division to Rainier Rail

Tacoma Municipal Belt Line (DBA Tacoma Rail) has completed a years-long divesture of its Mountain Division, selling the bulk of it to Rainier Rail LLC (reporting mark RNIR). Rainier Rail is in

Cutting the celebratory ribbon at Millersburg are, from left, ConGlobal CEO Brandt Ring, Governor Kate Brown, Linn County Commissioner and Board Vice Chair for the Linn County Economic Development Group Roger Nyquist, Julie Brown, ODOT Director Kris Strickler Kris Strickler and UP Senior Director of Public Affairs Aaron Hunt Aaron Hunt.

December 20, 2022
Intermodal

Mid-Willamette Valley Intermodal Center Opens in Oregon

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) on Dec. 15 celebrated the grand opening and completion of the $35.5 million, 64-acre truck-to-rail Mid-Willamette Valley Intermodal Center.

September 14, 2017
C&S/IT

Tacoma Rail, W&LE tap HTI for PTC

Tacoma, Wash.-based short line Tacoma Rail and Ohio-based regional Wheeling & Lake Erie have selected Herzog Technologies, Inc. (HTI) to provide Positive Train Control (PTC) Hosting services.