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Did you know... that the former Youngstown and Southern Railway, Ohio's last interurban, was out of service for five years after being illegally sold to a scrap dealer?

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STB dockets

32711 (1995): OHPA to lease from P&LE Properties, Inc.
1996: Railroad Ventures, Inc. acquired lines without authority; embargoed due to lease cancellation; agreement reached but then embargoed due to washout
33336 (1997) rejected: Railroad Ventures, Inc. to acquire from Youngstown and Southern Railway (sic) Youngstown (0.0) - Darlington (35.7)
33385 (1997): Railroad Ventures, Inc. to acquire from Youngstown and Southern Railroad Struthers (0.0) - Darlington (35.7) and Smith Ferry Branch (1 mi) near Negley; overhead trackage rights, Struthers-Youngstown (2.65 mi)
AB_556_1_X (1999) rejected: to abandon entire lines; service had not been restored
AB_556_2_X (1999): to abandon entire lines; Columbiana County Port Authority filed OFA
33817 (1999): Arkansas Short Line Railroads, Inc. to remain in control of Central Columbiana and Pennsylvania Railway
33818 (1999): Central Columbiana and Pennsylvania Railway to lease and operate Youngstown (0.0) - Darlington (35.7) (note that Youngstown-Struthers was separately owned, partly by OHPA)
33880 (2000): Columbiana County Port Authority to acquire from bankrupt Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Properties, Inc. Struthers (0.0) - Darlington (35.7) and easement Youngstown-Struthers
34229 (2002): OHPA to acquire from CSX line in Lowellville (0.89 mi)
2004: Central Columbiana and Pennsylvania Railway filed for bankruptcy
34632 (2004): OHPA to lease from CCPA
34934 (2006): Eastern States Railroad to lease from CCPA
34961 (2006): Indiana Boxcar Corporation to remain in control of Youngstown and Southeastern Railway
34962 (2006): Youngstown and Southeastern Railway to sublease from Eastern States Railroad (including Youngstown-Struthers)

[1], [2], [3] has some details.

[4], [5], [6], [7] has some history. I'm confused as to what OHPA actually operates, if anything. --NE2 17:45, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notes

A single line goes from Darlington to a junction near the Center Street bridge. The line it junctions with ends just to the northwest, and goes southeast to another junction near Haselton Yard, where one line continues southeast to the NS Youngstown Line beyond the yard, and the other goes northwest alongside the yard to a bunch of industrial trackage and a connection into the yard near its northwest end. At the end of the industrial trackage is a CSX connection near SR 7.

The history of those lines is:

Y&S, Darlington to near Powersdale Avenue (35.7 mi plus 1.0 mi at Negley)
PRR Canfield Branch (with Y&S trackage rights), near Powersdale Avenue to near Center Street
LE&E, near Center Street to near Walton Avenue; P&LE Youngstown Branch, near Walton Avenue to Youngstown Line - is this now OHPA?
Newer, at least partially B&O, near Haselton Yard to near SR 7 - though the industrial trackage includes part of the PRR Canfield Branch

Owned by the Y&S, P&LE subsidiary
Owned by Conrail as a branch from Hazelton Yard (0.0) to the Y&S near I-680 (2.5) until ca. 1996, then abandoned first between the yard and near Powersdale Avenue (1.2) - the rest may have been leased to the Y&S
Owned by the LE&E, P&LE subsidiary, and the P&LE?
Owned by various property owners

--NE2 01:11, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]