Operating the railroad the company quickly developed a formula for a series of successful takeover the short line railroad including:

Many GP16s remain in active service today on short line railroads around the country, far exceeding their 15-year projected lifespan.

Today it is part of the Genesee & Wyoming group of short line railroads.

These are augmented by several dozen short line railroads.

The name has been resurrected by a modern short line railroad based in Jackson, Missouri.

Therefore, many of their branch lines were sold off as short line railroads in the '80s and '90s.

The Magma was the last industrial short line railroad to use steam power.

Many other short line railroads exist scattered throughout the region.

There are, however, short line railroads which continue to use these whistles.

Valsetz also shut down the short line railroad, which had become more expensive to operate than a fleet of logging trucks.