Hurricane Irene swept across New England impacting communities and the New England Central Railroad (NECR), which runs between the Canadian border near St. Albans, Vt., and New London, Ct. 'Crews have been working to rebuild sections of the railroad hit with flooding, washouts and downed trees.

All NECR customers are once again being served by the railroad although the end-to-end NECR route has not been re-opened. 'Attention is now focused on the six miles of rail line near Roxbury, Vt., that remain closed. The route near Roxbury and end-to-end service on NECR should be back to normal on September 24.

'After having prepared and managed the high-speed rail project so well, this is way more than we bargained for,' said Paul Lundberg, RailAmerica senior vice president and chief operations officer. 'We appreciate our colleagues' creativity and persistence on getting the hurricane-recovery job done quickly and safely.'