Ashland Railway
The Ashland Railway ( AAR reporting as mark: ASRY) is an American Short Line - Railway Company in Ohio . The company is based in Ashland . It is owned by David Crane. The Ashland Railway had ten employees in 2007.
The company operates the former 51-kilometer-long Erie Railroad route from Mansfield to West Salem and the former 40-kilometer Baltimore and Ohio Railroad route from Mansfield to Willard . Transitions exist in Mansfield to the Norfolk Southern Railway , in Plymouth to the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway and in Willard to the CSX .
The route of the Erie Railroad was operated by Conrail until February 20, 1986 . Subsequently, the Ashland Community Improvement Corporation took over the route and transferred the management to the Ashland Railway. The route to Willard was taken over on November 15, 1990 by CSX Transportation.
The most important transport goods are paper, plastic granulate, toys, grain and other consumer goods. The ten locomotives (GP 9, GP 38, NW 2M and SW 1500) from EMD transport around 7,000 freight cars annually.
In addition, from 1986 to 2009, the company owned the rights of use on the 21-kilometer, disused route from Lakehurst to Woodmansie in New Jersey .
literature
- Edward A. Lewis: American Shortline Railway Guide . 5th edition. Kalmbach Publishing Co., Waukesha, WI 1996, ISBN 0-89024-290-9 .