Ohio Central Railroad

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Ohio Central Railroad System
Reporting marks	OHCR, OSRR, CUOH, MVRY, OHPA, WTRM, YARR, YB, POHC, AOR
Locale	Ohio, Pennsylvania
Dates of operation	–present
Track gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters	Coshocton, Ohio

The Ohio Central Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Ohio and western Pennsylvania.

Headquartered in Coshocton, Ohio, the system operates 500 miles of track divided among 10 subsidiary railroads. Most of the system's routes were divested from Class I railroads and connect industries to the Class I railroads.

The Ohio Central Railroad operates on track owned by other entities, including a line from Newark, Ohio to Mount Vernon, Ohio owned by CSX Transportation^[1] and the old Panhandle Route, owned by the State of Ohio.^[2]

[edit] Railroads in the system

Ohio Central Railroad (Reporting mark OHCR)
Ohio Southern Railroad (Reporting mark OSRR)
The Columbus and Ohio River Rail Road (Reporting mark CUOH), operating on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Panhandle Route
Mahoning Valley Railway (Reporting mark MVRY)
Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad (Reporting mark OHPA)
Warren and Trumbull Railroad (Reporting mark WTRM)
Youngstown and Austintown Railroad (Reporting mark YARR)
Youngstown Belt Railroad (Reporting mark YB)
Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad (Reporting mark POHC), formerly the Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad, a 42-mile line from Arden to Neville Island, Pennsylvania. The Ohio Central purchased this line from RailAmerica, Inc., in December 2000 for $7.7 million.^[3] In 2005, the State of Pennsylvania awarded $2.1 million to repair flooding damage along this line.^[4]
Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad (Reporting mark AOR)^[5]

[edit] References

^ "Mount Vernon News." September 20, 2006. Mount Vernon News.
^ "Ohio Central RR hopes to lease Panhandle line." October 2007. Coshocton Tribune.
^ RailAmerica, Inc., news release, December 29, 2000
^ Pennsylvania Office of the Governor press release (via LexisNexis), February 24, 2005
^ Corporate website

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