Jump to content

Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m clean up using AWB
Monkbot (talk | contribs)
Bots
3,119,769 edits
m Task 18 (cosmetic): eval 4 templates: hyphenate params (1×);
 
(46 intermediate revisions by 30 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Infobox SG rail
{{Infobox rail
| railroad_name = Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad
| railroad_name = Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad
| marks = OCTR
| marks = OCTL
⚫
| logo_filename = Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad logo.svg
| image = OCTR3568.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| logo_size = 175
| locale = [[Crawford County, Pennsylvania|Crawford County]] and [[Venango County, Pennsylvania|Venango County]], [[Pennsylvania]]
| image_caption = M420 3568
| locale = [[Pennsylvania]]
| start_year = {{Start date|1986|7|18}}
| start_year = 1986
| predecessor_line = [[Conrail]]
| predecessor_line = [[Conrail]]
| gauge={{Track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}
| length = Owned: {{convert|13.5|mi|km}}<br />Rights: {{convert|3|mi|km}}
| hq_city = [[Titusville, Pennsylvania]]
| length = {{Convert|16.5|mi}}
| hq_city = [[Titusville, Pennsylvania|Titusville]], [[Pennsylvania]]
| website = http://octrr.clarion.edu/
| website = {{URL|http://octrr.org/}}
}}
}}
[[File:Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad crossing Oil Creek.jpg|thumb|OCTL crossing Oil Creek near Drake Well]]
'''The Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad''' is a mostly scenic tourist railway in [[Pennsylvania]] that runs from [[Oil Creek Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania|Oil Creek]] to [[Titusville, Pennsylvania]]. Its official [[reporting mark]] is OCTR. The OC&T RR is notable in that it operates the only working [[Railway Post Office]] in the [[United States]]. For income, it may carry a few freight cars at the end of the passenger cars. The trackage was formerly [[Conrail]] and was out of service in 1986 when it was purchased by the founders. The inaugural excursion came in July of that year. It travels through the [[Oil Creek State Park]] on its journey over {{convert|13.5|mi|km}} of track. It hauls over 1000 carloads of freight and 500,000 passengers each year. There are four stations along the line that have been used off and on to present day. They include Perry Street Station, Petroleum Center, Rynd farm Station, and Drake Well station. It has seven passenger cars converted from powered units and an open air car. It has three operating locomotives: M420 3568, S1 85 and S2 75 (the Atlas 50T 00 is not used). They also have a caboose marked O.C.T.R. 10R. They also have motels made up of cabooses no longer in service.
{{Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad}}
The '''Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad''' {{reporting mark|OCTL}} is a [[heritage railway|tourist railroad]] that runs from [[Titusville, Pennsylvania|Titusville]] to Rynd Farm north of [[Oil City, Pennsylvania|Oil City]] in the [[United States|U.S.]] state of [[Pennsylvania]]. The '''Oil Creek and Titusville Lines''' {{reporting mark|OCTL}} is the designated operator of the railroad, as well as the [[freight railroad|freight]] carrier on the line.


== Photo Link ==
== History ==
The Oil Creek and Titusville operates over tracks that were originally built as the [[main line (railway)|main line]] of the [[Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad]] in the 1880s; trackage in [[Titusville, Pennsylvania|Titusville]] was originally owned by the [[Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad]].<ref name="guide">{{Cite book |last=Lewis |first=Edward A |title=American Shortline Railway Guide |year=1996 |publisher=[[Kalmbach Publishing]] |location=[[Waukesha, Wisconsin]] |page=235 |isbn=0-89024-290-9}}</ref> The Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia was reorganized in 1887 into the [[Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (1887&ndash;95)|Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad]], which was eventually acquired by the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] in 1900. The Pennsylvania was merged with the [[New York Central Railroad]] in 1968 and became [[Penn Central Transportation Company|Penn Central]]. In 1976, Penn Central went bankrupt, along with several other railroads, and was combined into [[Conrail]].
http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/misc-o/occt3568nsa.jpg (of M420 3568)

In 1986, the line was acquired from Conrail by the Oil Creek Railway Historical Society, with the first tourist trains running on July&nbsp;18; freight operations began on September&nbsp;25, 1986.<ref name="guide"/> Briefly, from December&nbsp;2, 1995 to August&nbsp;1996, the Oil Creek and Titusville operated over the former Conrail main line between [[Meadville, Pennsylvania|Meadville]] and [[Corry, Pennsylvania|Corry]].<ref name="guide"/> The operation and ownership of that line reverted to Conrail before being turned over to the [[Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad (2001)|Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad]].

==Infrastructure==
The OC&T is notable in that it operates the only working [[Railway Post Office]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://octrr.clarion.edu/ |title=octrr.clarion.edu |access-date=2009-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430084252/http://octrr.clarion.edu/ |archive-date=2009-04-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in the [[United States]]. For income, it may carry a few freight cars at the end of the passenger cars. The trackage was formerly [[Conrail]] and was out of service in 1986 when it was purchased by the founders. The inaugural excursion came in July of that year. The railway travels through the [[Oil Creek State Park]] on its journey over {{convert|13.5|mi|km}} of track. It hauls over 1,000 carloads of freight and 15,000 passengers each year.

==Stations==
[[File:drakewellstation.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Rail station along the line.]]
Four stations along the line that have been used off and on to present day: Perry Street, Petroleum Centre, Rynd Farm, and Drake Well. It has seven passenger cars converted from powered units and an open-air, [[gondola (rail)|gondola]] car. It has three operating locomotives: [[MLW M-420]] #3568, and [[Alco S-2]]'s #75 and #85 (the [[Atlas Car and Manufacturing Company|Atlas]] 50T 00 is not used).

The railway also has a [[caboose]] marked O.C.T.R. 10R, plus the Caboose Motel, made up of several cabooses no longer in service.<ref>{{cite web |title=Caboose Motel |url=https://www.octrr.org/caboosemotel |website=Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad |access-date=2020-03-11}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Image
! No.
! Model
! Builder
! Built
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| [[File:OCTR3568.jpg|100px]]
| 3568
| [[MLW M-420|M-420]]
| [[Montreal Locomotive Works]]
| 1976
| ex [[St. Thomas and Eastern Railway]]<ref name="springirth 121">{{Cite book |last=Springirth |first=Kenneth C |title=Railroads of Northwestern Pennsylvania |year=2010 |series=Images of Rail |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |location=[[Charleston, South Carolina]] |isbn=0-7385-7347-7 |page=121}}</ref><br />exx [[Canadian National Railway]]<ref name="springirth 121"/>
|-
|
| 85
| [[ALCO S-2 and S-4|S-2]]
| [[American Locomotive Company]]
| 1950
|ex South Buffalo Railway 85
|-
| [[File:OC&T 75 at Drake Well.jpg|100px]]
| 75
| [[ALCO S-2 and S-4|S-2]]
| [[American Locomotive Company]]
| 1947
|ex South Buffalo Railway 75
|}

== See also ==
{{Portal|Trains|Railways|Pennsylvania}}
* [[List of heritage railroads in the United States]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[http://octrr.clarion.edu/]


== External links ==
⚫
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oil Creek And Titusville Railroad}}
{{Commonscat|Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad}}
⚫
[[Category:Pennsylvania railroads]]
* [http://www.nylerr.com/OCTL.php Oil Creek and Titusville Lines]
⚫
[[Category:Railway companies established in 1986]]
* [http://octrr.org/ Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad]


{{Pennsylvania railroads}}


[[Category:Heritage railroads in Pennsylvania]]
{{US-rail-museum-stub}}
⚫
[[Category:Pennsylvania railroads]]
⚫
[[Category:Railway companies established in 1986]]
[[Category:Transportation in Crawford County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Transportation in Venango County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Titusville, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1986 establishments in Pennsylvania]]

Latest revision as of 02:19, 19 January 2021

Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad
Overview
HeadquartersTitusville, Pennsylvania
Reporting markOCTL
LocaleCrawford County and Venango County, Pennsylvania
Dates of operationJuly 18, 1986 (1986-07-18)–
PredecessorConrail
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length16.5 miles (26.6 km)
Other
Websiteoctrr.org
OCTL crossing Oil Creek near Drake Well
Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad
Legend
Fieldmore Springs / East Titusville
 Perry Street
(Titusville)
South Franklin Street (PA 8)
Oil Creek
Crawford County–Venango County
Oil Creek
 Drake Well
Oil Creek State Park trail
Oil Creek
 Petroleum Centre
Oil Creek
Rynd Farm
Western NY & PA
To Oil City

The Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad (reporting mark OCTL) is a tourist railroad that runs from Titusville to Rynd Farm north of Oil City in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The Oil Creek and Titusville Lines (reporting mark OCTL) is the designated operator of the railroad, as well as the freight carrier on the line.

History[edit]

The Oil Creek and Titusville operates over tracks that were originally built as the main line of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad in the 1880s; trackage in Titusville was originally owned by the Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad.[1] The Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia was reorganized in 1887 into the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad, which was eventually acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1900. The Pennsylvania was merged with the New York Central Railroad in 1968 and became Penn Central. In 1976, Penn Central went bankrupt, along with several other railroads, and was combined into Conrail.

In 1986, the line was acquired from Conrail by the Oil Creek Railway Historical Society, with the first tourist trains running on July 18; freight operations began on September 25, 1986.[1] Briefly, from December 2, 1995 to August 1996, the Oil Creek and Titusville operated over the former Conrail main line between Meadville and Corry.[1] The operation and ownership of that line reverted to Conrail before being turned over to the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad.

Infrastructure[edit]

The OC&T is notable in that it operates the only working Railway Post Office[2] in the United States. For income, it may carry a few freight cars at the end of the passenger cars. The trackage was formerly Conrail and was out of service in 1986 when it was purchased by the founders. The inaugural excursion came in July of that year. The railway travels through the Oil Creek State Park on its journey over 13.5 miles (21.7 km) of track. It hauls over 1,000 carloads of freight and 15,000 passengers each year.

Stations[edit]

Rail station along the line.

Four stations along the line that have been used off and on to present day: Perry Street, Petroleum Centre, Rynd Farm, and Drake Well. It has seven passenger cars converted from powered units and an open-air, gondola car. It has three operating locomotives: MLW M-420 #3568, and Alco S-2's #75 and #85 (the Atlas 50T 00 is not used).

The railway also has a caboose marked O.C.T.R. 10R, plus the Caboose Motel, made up of several cabooses no longer in service.[3]

Image No. Model Builder Built Notes
3568 M-420 Montreal Locomotive Works 1976 ex St. Thomas and Eastern Railway[4]
exx Canadian National Railway[4]
85 S-2 American Locomotive Company 1950 ex South Buffalo Railway 85
75 S-2 American Locomotive Company 1947 ex South Buffalo Railway 75

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Lewis, Edward A (1996). American Shortline Railway Guide. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. p. 235. ISBN 0-89024-290-9.
  2. ^ "octrr.clarion.edu". Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
  3. ^ "Caboose Motel". Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  4. ^ a b Springirth, Kenneth C (2010). Railroads of Northwestern Pennsylvania. Images of Rail. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 121. ISBN 0-7385-7347-7.

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oil_Creek_and_Titusville_Railroad&oldid=1001296794"