Talk:R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines

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STB dockets

Some early history in footnotes of 32240
AB_371_1_X (1992): C&M to abandon and Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad to discontinue operation of C&M, C&M Junction (0.0) - East Bickford (17.4)
32240 (1995): Bradford Industrial Rail (G&W) to acquire from Conrail Bradford Line, Bradford - East Bradford, 3.73 mi, plus overhead trackage rights on Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad, Bradford - Salamanca - related to 32256
32256 (1995): Conrail to control and operate Clearfield and Mahoning Railway from Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad
32838 (1996): RJCP to acquire "Clearfield Cluster" (230.4 mi) from Conrail, plus overhead trackage rights on C&M, Clearfield (25.8) - CB Junction (19.4) - Curwensville (18.0)
32854 (1996): Corman to control C&M (acquired from Conrail effective 1996-01-26)
32861 (1996): RJCP to lease from C&M East Bickford (17.4) - Clearfield (25.8)
33365 (1997): lease cancelled, trackage rights extended Curwensville (18.0) - East Bickford (17.4)
AB_491_0_X (1997): RJCP to abandon Blacklick Secondary, Ebensburg Junction (6.4) - Nanty Glo (16) (history of line); Cambria and Indiana Railroad filed OFA for 4.05 mi
AB_491_1_X (2001): RJCP to abandon Wallaceton Branch:
- Wallaceton Secondary, Bigler (9.2) - Wallaceton (11.7)
- Mills Industrial Track, Wallaceton (11.2) - Osceola Mills (24.5)
- Bigler Industrial Track (31.4 - 31.8)
- Moshannon-Clearfield Industrial Track (0.0 - 4.0)
- Trout Run Branch (0.0 - 2.2)
- Big Run Branch (0.0 - 0.3)
34744 (2005): R.J. Corman Railroad Property to lease to RJCP Loup Creek Branch, Thurmond (0.0) - Mt. Hope (12.0), formerly operated by R.J. Corman Railroad/Bardstown Line
35116 (2008): RJCP to rebuild Wallaceton Junction (11.76) - Winburne (22.56), Winburne (64.5) - Gorton (55.2)
35143 (2008): RJCP to acquire from NS Snow Shoe Industrial Track, Winburne (64.5) - Gillintown (45.5)
AB_491_2_X (2008): RJCP to abandon Hillman Branch, McGees (0) - Hillman (7)

--NE2 09:34, 6 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lines

(from a 1995 Conrail track chart)

Black Lick Running Track, Cresson (0.0) - Park (2.3): 2.3; Black Lick Secondary, Park (2.3) - Beulah (16.0): 13.7
Cambria and Clearfield Railroad (PRR), 1859-1862; Ebensburg and Black Lick Railroad (PRR), 1893-1895
- Irvona Industrial Track, Cresson (0.7 - 2.0): 1.3; Irvona Secondary, Cresson (2.0) - Flinton (22.5): 20.5
  Cresson and Clearfield County and New York Short Route Railroad (PRR), 1884-1886
- Cresson Secondary, Ebensburg Junction (6.4) - Ostend (39.1): 32.7
  Cambria and Clearfield Railroad (PRR), 1887-1893
  - La Jose Industrial Track, La Jose (0.0) - Ames (0.4): 0.4
    Cambria and Clearfield Railroad (PRR), 1897-1898

Cherry Tree Secondary, CB Junction (0.0) - Cherry Tree (35.8), Cherry Tree (38.5) - Dixonville (55.7): 53.0
Curwensville and Bower Railroad (NYC), 1904; Beech Creek Railroad (NYC), 1892; Pittsburgh and Eastern Railroad (NYC), 1896-1905; Cherry Tree and Dixonville Railroad (NYC/PRR), 1904-1906
- Mahaffey Running Track, Mahaffey Junction (112.3) - Ostend (113.1): 0.8
  Beech Creek Railroad (NYC), 1892
- Hillman Industrial Track, McGees Mills (0.0) - Bowersville (7.0): 7.0
  Clearfield and Jefferson Railway (PRR), 1886-1888
  - Bear Run Industrial Track, Sidney (0.0) - end (3.5): 3.5
    Cambria and Clearfield Railway (PRR), 1911-1912
- Kin Industrial Track, Kinport (35.8-38.4): 2.6
  Cambria and Clearfield Railroad (PRR), 1892-1893

WBV Industrial Track, Clearfield (0.0 - 3.5): 3.5; WBV Secondary, Clearfield (3.5) - Keating (53.5): 50.0
Beech Creek Extension Railroad (NYC), 1902; Susquehanna and Clearfield Railroad (NYC), 1884
- Shoe Industrial Track, Clearfield (0.0 - 1.3): 1.3; Wallaceton Secondary, Clearfield (1.3) - Wallaceton (11.7): 10.4
  Beech Creek, Clearfield and South Western Railroad (NYC), 1885-?
  - Bigler Industrial Track, Bigler (31.4) - Woodland (34.9): 3.5
    Tyrone and Clearfield Railway (PRR), 1867-1869
  - Mills Industrial Track, Wallaceton (11.2) - Osceola Mills (21.8), Osceola Mills (22.0) - Banian Junction (24.5): 13.1
    Tyrone and Clearfield Railway (PRR), 1867-1869; Tyrone and Clearfield Railroad (PRR), 1856-1863; Tyrone and Clearfield Railway (PRR), 1869-1887
    - Moshannon-Clearfield Industrial Track, Coal Run Junction (0.0) - end (4.0): 4.0
      Moshannon and Clearfield Railroad (PRR), 1880-1883
  - Snow Shoe Industrial Track, Wallaceton (11.7) - Snow Shoe (22.5): 10.8 (abandoned?)
    Beech Creek, Clearfield and South Western Railroad (NYC), 1884-1885
    - Phillipsburg Industrial Track, Munson (0.0) - end (5.2): 5.2 (abandoned?)
      Beech Creek, Clearfield and South Western Railroad (NYC), ?
    - Winburne Industrial Track, Winburne (0.0) - end (1.9): 1.9 (abandoned?)
      ? (NYC)

C&M Curwensville Industrial Track, Curwensville (17.2) - CB Junction (19.3): 2.1; Clearfield Industrial Track, CB Junction (19.3) - Beech (25.5): 6.2; WBV Industrial Track, Beech (25.5) - Clearfield (25.7): 0.2

This adds up to 241.5 (not counting the C&M); it should be 230.4. They probably didn't get a few of the minor lines that were (possibly?) up for abandonment. --NE2 00:31, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]