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2015 Freight Railroad Reference Guide

Keystone State Railroad Association’s (KSRRA) mission is to provide a single trade association for all freight railroads that operate in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by advocating in a unified voice, before government and the public the interests, rights, funding needs, transportation policies and other concerns of its Railroad, Non-Operating Railroad Owners, and Associate Members. KSRRA strongly encourages economic and business growth within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

We serve freight rails’ interest before federal, state and local government, business leaders, and the public. KSRRA seeks to capitalize the Keystone State’s rich railroad history to highlight the profound economic and social transformation trains have made and continue to make in the Commonwealth.

John Burch, Executive Director121 State Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101 • (717) 234-5424 • [email protected]

Products transported are critical for localcommunities and the American economy

Intermodal

Coal

Grain

Plastics, Fertilizers,and Other Chemicals

Stone, Gravel, Sand

And much more!

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Autos

Lumber

Pennsylvania Freight Rail Lines

Major FreightRailroads

Additional FreightRailroads

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• 4,900 miles operated in Pennsylvania

• Highly skilled, family sustaining jobs

• Four Class I RRs (CN, CP, CSX, NS)

• Two Class II RRs (BPRR, WLE)

• 51 Class III RRs

• 57 total freight RRs in PA, most of any state in the nation

Sources: AAR 2013 Railroad Facts Booklet and 2014 Edition of the Short Line and Regional Railroad Facts and Figures Book.

Freight Railroad Definitions

As of 2013

• Class I freight railroads: annual revenues $467.1 million and above

• Class II (“Regional”) railroads: annual revenues between $37.4 million and $467.1 million

• Class III (“Short Line”) railroads: up to $37.4 million in annual revenues

Source: AAR Railroad Facts Book – 2014 Edition. These thresholds are adjusted annually for inflation.

Only 7 Class I freight railroadsoperating in U.S.

Over 550 separate U.S. regionaland short line

freight railroads

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Regional & Short Line Freight Railroad Characteristics

• First Mile / Last Mile

• Often localized, short haul oriented and customer service focused

• Car Load Business

• Multiple Class I Connections

• Entrepreneurial in Nature

• Link to the National Rail Network

Class I Freight Railroad Characteristics

• Economics based on long-haul, high-density freight movement.

• Network demands high efficiency and investments for increasing capacity.

• Evolved from a series of mergers.

• Work closely with local communities, MPOs, economic development agencies on land use development.

Freight Railroads Are ExtremelyFuel Efficient

• Move a ton of freight 473 miles per gallon. • Four times more fuel efficient than trucks, on average.

• Since 1980, roughly double the freight on same amount of fuel.

Freight Railroads Reduce Highway Congestion • In 2011 alone, highway congestion cost $121 billion in wasted time (5.5 billion hours) and wasted fuel (2.9 billion gallons).

• Lost productivity, cargo delays, and other costs add tens of billions of dollars to this tab.

• Since a typical rail car replaces 3-4 trucks, railroads help relieve highway gridlock.

Snapshot: Freight Railroads in Pennsylvania

• Number of Freight Railroads 57 • Freight Railroad Miles 4,900 • Freight Railroad Employees 6,977 • Average Wages & Benefits $101,390 • Railroad Retirees 33,128

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Freight Moving Out of Pennsylvania • Coal 36,856,000 tons (68.8%) • Intermodal 3,626,000 tons (6.8%) • Stone, Sand, Gravel 3,586,000 tons (6.7%) • Metals 3,094,000 tons (5.8%) • Petroleum, Coal prod. 1,616,000 tons (3.0%) • Other 4,754,000 tons (8.9%)

Freight Moving Into Pennsylvania

• Coal 21,188,000 tons (35.1%) • Chemicals 5,832,000 tons (9.7%) • Stone, Sand, Gravel 5,347,000 tons (8.8%) • Food Products 4,748,000 tons (7.9%) • Metals 3,824,000 tons (6.3%) • Other 19,491,000 tons (32.3%)

Did you know... That one freight train can carry as much freight as several hundred trucks. It would have taken approximately 10.7 MILLION additional trucks to handle the 192.5 million tons of freight that moved in Pennsylvania in 2011.

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Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc.

Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc. (BPRR) is a regional freight railroad serving communities east to west from Driftwood to New Castle and north to south from Buffalo, New York to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Employees: 199

Track Miles: 646

Commodities Shipped: Brick and cement, automotive, chemicals, coal, food and feed products, forest products, metallic ores and minerals, and steel and scrap

Interchange Connections: Allegheny Valley Railroad, Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian National, CSX Transportation, Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad, Norfolk Southern, Rochester & Southern Railroad, and Western New York & Pennsylvania Railway.

Counties Served: Erie, Warren, McKean, Elk, Cameron, Jefferson, Clearfield, Indiana, Armstrong, Butler, Allegheny, Beaver and Lawrence

PA General Assembly Senators: Michele Brooks (50), Joseph Scarnati III (25), Elder Vogel Jr. (47), and Donald White (41); Representatives: Chris Dush (66), Brian Ellis (11), Matt Gabler (75), Jaret Gibbons (10), Daryl Metcalfe (12), Tedd Nesbit (8), Joseph Petrarca (55), Jeffrey Pyle (60), and Dave Reed (62)

Primary Contact Name:Charles HunterAVP, Government Affairs802‐527‐[email protected]

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Central New York Railroad (CNY), The New York,Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYS&W)

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NYS&W and CNY are a regional railroad system with over 400 miles of tracks serving Central New York, Northeastern Pennsylvania and Northern New Jersey including the Port District of New York/New Jersey.


Track Miles: 27 miles in Pike County, 15 miles in Susquehanna County, 42 miles total. Entire System is 452 miles of track.

Commodities Shipped: We serve over 50 Customers and transport a wide range of commodities such as feed ingredients, asphalt, lumber and other building materials, chemicals, aggregates, plastics, grain, food products, paper products, motor vehicles, metals, and construction and demolition debris.

Interchange Connections: CSX, Norfolk Southern, CP. CNY is the only interchange for the Stourbridge Railroad of Pike & Wayne Counties

Counties Served: Susquehanna and Pike

PA General Assembly Senators: Lisa Baker (20) Representatives: Michael Peifer (139); Sandra Major (111)

Primary Contact Name:Melanie BoyerManager, GovernmentRelations and Public AffairsAddress: 1 Railroad AvenueCooperstown, NY 13326607-547-2555, ext. 250Email: [email protected]

Consolidated Rail Corporation (CONRAIL)

Conrail provides switching and terminal services in the Port of Philadelphia and Southeastern Pennsylvania on behalf of itsowners CSX and Norfolk Southern.


Track Miles: 135

Commodities Shipped: Paper, steel, chemicals, coal, ethanol and other miscellaneous commodities.

Interchange Connections: CSX, Norfolk Southern, SMS, ESPN

Counties Served: Philadelphia, Delaware and Bucks

PA General Assembly Senators: vacant (5); Dominic Pileggi (9) Representatives: Thaddeus Kirkland (159); John Taylor (177)

Primary Contact Name: Jonathan Broder Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer 1717 Arch Street, Suite 1310 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-209-5020 [email protected]

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“the” Delaware Lackawanna Railroad

“the” Delaware Lackawanna Railroad is a shortline freight railroad serving communities from Scranton, east to Portland and north to Carbondale, in Northeastern Pennsylvania on trackage owned by Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority.


Track Miles: 88

Commodities Shipped: Aggregates, military materials, food products and consumables, lumber, building products, plastic, propane and wheat.

Passenger rail: Steamtown National Historic Site rail excursions Electric City Trolley Museum

Interchange Connections: Norfolk Southern, Canadian Pacific

Counties Served: Lackawanna, Monroe, Wayne, Northampton

PA General Assembly Senators: John Blake (22), Mario Scavello (40), Lisa Baker (20) Representatives: Frank Farina (112), Sid Michaels Kavulich (114), Mike Carroll (118), Marty Flynn (113), Rosemary Brown (189), David Parker (115), Jack Rader Jr. (176), Joe Emrick (137), Michael Peifer (139)

Primary Contact Name: David J. Monte Verde President 1 Mill Street, Suite 101 Batavia, NY 14020 7164742014 [email protected]

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The Everett Railroad Company

Incorporated in 1954, The Everett Railroad Company provides rail freight service to southern Blair County.


Track Miles: 22

Commodities Shipped: Paper, Woodpulp, Limestone Slurry, Chemicals, Propane, Lumber, Dairy Feed Ingredients, Clays & Ores.

Interchange Connections: Norfolk Southern at Hollidaysburg, PA.

Counties Served: Blair

PA General Assembly Senator John Eichelberger (30); Representative Judy Ward (80)

Primary Contact Name:Alan W. Maples, President424 2nd AvenueDuncansville, PA 16635(814) [email protected]

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Lehigh Valley Rail Management, LLC

LVRM has two operating divisions in Bethlehem PA and Johnstown PA serving redeveloped properties that were former Bethlehem Steel plant sites. LVRM provides switching, transload and railcar storage capabilities that allow shippers to use multiple modes of transportation in their supply chains. LVRM’s Bethlehem operation provides rail service to existing customers and future tenants in the Bethlehem Commerce Center as well as owning and operating a large intermodal facility located on that site. LVRM’s Johnstown operation serves numerous customers in and around the City of Johnstown and Cambria County.


Track Miles: 88

Commodities Shipped: Intermodal Containers, Road Railer, Steel, Lumber, Plastics, Industrial Gases.

Interchange Connections: LVRB, Bethlehem PA: Canadian Pacific Railway (CPRS), Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) LVRJ, Johnstown PA: CSXT and NS

Counties Served: Northampton (LVRB) ; Cambria (LVRJ)

PA General Assembly Hon. Steve Samuelson (135); Hon. Bryan Barbin (71) Senator Lisa Boscola (18); Senator John Wozniak (35)

Primary Contact Name:Patrick SabatinoManager313 E. Broad StreetBethlehem, PA 18018610-694-3484 Email: [email protected]

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Norfolk Southern Corporation

Serving Pittsburgh, Erie, Altoona, Harrisburg, Philadelphia and the Lehigh Valley, Norfolk Southern is the largest freight railroad operating in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Employees: 5,000

Track Miles: 2,300

Commodities Shipped: Coal, Intermodal, Metals and Construction Materials, Agricultural Products, Chemicals

Interchange Connections: 50+

Counties Served: Norfolk Southern operates in 48 Pennsylvania counties

Primary Contact Name: Rudy Husband Resident Vice President 4600 Deer Path Road Harrisburg, PA 17110 717-541-2250 Email: [email protected]

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North Shore Railroad

The North Shore Railroad Company is the private operator of five railroad properties owned by the SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority (Juniata Valley Railroad, Lycoming Valley Railroad, Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad, North Shore Railroad, and Shamokin Valley Railroad) and the Union County Industrial Railroad.


Track Miles: 239

Commodities Shipped: Plastics, chemicals, coal, food and grain products, forest products, steel, scrap metals, frac sand, pipe, turbines, railroad ties, and railcar components

Interchange Connections: Norfolk Southern, Canadian Pacific Railway, Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad, Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad

Counties Served: Blair, Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Union

PA General Assembly PA House of Representative Districts: 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 107, 108, 109, 171 and PA Senate Districts: 23, 25, 27, 30, 34

Primary Contact Name:North Shore Railroad CompanyGary ShieldsPresident & CEO356 Priestley AvenueNorthumberland, PA 17857570.473.0943Email: [email protected]

SEDA-COG Joint Rail AuthorityJeff StoverExecutive Director201 Furnace RoadLewisburg, PA 17837570.524.4491Email: [email protected]

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Oil Creek & Titusville Lines

Oil Creek & Titusville Lines, Inc. (OCTL) is a short line railroad serving Titusville, PA from a connection with the Norfolk Southern and Western New York & Pennsylvania railways at Rouseville, PA.


Track Miles: 17

Commodities Shipped: Forest products, chemicals

Interchange Connections: Norfolk Southern, Western New York & Pennsylvania Railway

Counties Served: Crawford, Venango

PA General Assembly Senators: Michele Brooks (50), Scott E. Hutchinson (21), Representatives: Kathy L. Rapp (65), R. Lee James (64)

Primary Contact Name: Robert O. Dingman, Jr. President 47 West Main Street, P.O. Box 309 Gowanda, NY 14070 (716) 532-5242 Email: [email protected]

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The Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad Company

The Class III Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad Company (POHC) is a short line freight railroad serving Neville Island south through McKees Rocks, Carnegie, Canonsburg and ending in Arden, Pennsylvania. The geographically positioned railroad is in the heart of the Marcellus Shale play.


Track Miles: 36

Commodities Shipped: Chemicals, minerals, plastics and steel

Interchange Connections: CSX Transportation, Pittsburgh, Allegheny & McKees Rocks and Norfolk Southern

Counties Served: Allegheny and Washington

PA General Assembly Senators: Camera Bartolotta (46), Wayne Fontana (42), Matt Smith (37), Randy Vulakovich (38) Representatives: Daniel Deasy (27), Nick Kotik (45), John Maher (40), Robert Matzie (16), Brandon Neuman (48)

Primary Contact Name:Charles HunterAVP, Government [email protected]

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Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad

The PSWR hauls scrap steel and steel products in Midland, PA. The PSWR strives to provide quality services to our existing Customer base and hopes earn the right to grow with them and any new Customers who want to locate on the PSWR.


Track Miles: 12

Commodities Shipped: Steel

Interchange Connections: Norfolk Southern at Midland

Counties Served: Beaver

PA General Assembly Senators: Camera Brtolotta (46), Elder Vogel (47): Representatives: Jim Christiana (15), Robert Matzie (16), Jim Marshall (14), Jaret Gibbons (10)

Primary Contact Name: Jeff Van Schaick AVP – Government Affairs 950 10th street Midland PA 15059 580-713-3973 Email: [email protected]

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RJ Corman Railroad

RJ Corman’s PA line and Allentown Line are Short Line Railroads serving communities in Clinton, Clearfield, Cambria, Indiana and Lehigh Counties.


Track Miles: 290

Commodities Shipped: Coal, sand, salt, brick, lumber, road paving products, shale gas related products, rock dust, scrap metal, fertilizer, grain, ethanol, DDG’s, and CO-2.

Interchange Connections: Norfolk Southern; Keating on the Buffalo Line, Cresson on the Pittsburgh Line for the PA. Line in Clearfield and East Penn Jct. for the Allentown Line in Allentown.

Counties Served: Clinton, Clearfield, Cambria, Centre, Indiana and Lehigh Counties.

PA General Assembly Senators: Sen. Jake Corman (34), Joseph Scarnati (25), John Wozniak (35) and Donald White (41) Representatives: Frank Burns (72), Matt Gabler (75), Michael Hanna (76), Dave Reed (62) and Thomas Sankey (73)

Primary Contact Name: Timothy Potts Business Development ManagerP.O. Box 751Clearfield, PA 16830814-768-7555 Email: [email protected]

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SMS Rail Service, Inc.

Providing ‘on-demand’ 24/7 rail freight service to industry within thePenn Warner Industrial Complex in Morrisville,Pa


Track Miles: 5

Commodities Shipped: Newsprint, lumber, chemicals ( haz and non-haz), paper, plastics Interchange Connections: NSRR/CSXT – CONRAIL in Bucks County

Interchange Connections: NSRR/CSXT – CONRAIL in Bucks County

Counties Served: Bucks County

PA General Assembly Senator Chuck McIlhinney (10) Representative John Galloway (140)

Primary Contact Name: John McCreavy Dir. Business Development P.O. Box 711 Bridgeport, NJ, 08014 609-868-1342

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Wellsboro & Corning Railroad, LLC

Wellsboro & Corning Railroad, LLC (WCOR), a Class III short line freight railroad, operates between Wellsboro, Pennsylvania and Corning, New York handling a variety of industrial products primarily used in the natural resources industry.


Track Miles: 31

Commodities Shipped: Sand, water, fertilizer, pipe, drilling residue, cement, plastics and chemicals

Interchange Connections: Canadian Pacific Railway and Norfolk Southern

Counties Served: Tioga County

PA General Assembly Sen. Joseph Scarnati, III (25) and Rep. Matthew E. Baker (68)

Primary Contact Name: Charles Hunter AVP, Government Affairs 802-527-3434 [email protected]

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Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad

The WNYP main line extends for 190 miles from Hornell, on New York’s southern tier to Meadville in northwestern Pennsylvania. A branch 90 miles long extends from Machias, NY to North Driftwood, PA., cresting the Allegany Mountains at Keating Summit. This branch intersects the Hornell-Meadville line at Olean, the location of the company’s operations headquarters and locomotive maintenance facility. Other branches serve industries in the Oil City, PA area and a refinery at Farmers Valley, PA. Monday through Friday WNYP operates four crews per day out of the Olean, NY terminal and one crew per day out of Meadville, PA. On Saturday and Sunday one to two crews operate out of Olean, NY.


Track Miles: 162.4

Commodities Shipped: Plastics, chemicals, LPG, scrap, plate steel, steel rebar, steel fence posts, fracking sand, glass making sand, lumber, fertilizer, aggregates, pipe, heavy crude oil

Interchange Connections: NS-Meadville, PA; NS-Driftwood, PA; NS-Hornell, NY; OCTL-Rouseville, PA; B&P-Corry, PA; B&P-Salamanca, NY

Counties Served: McKean, Cameron, Potter, Erie, Crawford, Venango

PA General Assembly Senators: Scott Hutchinson (21); Joseph Scarnatti (25); Sean Wiley (49); Michele Brooks (50) Representatives: Curtis Sonney (4); Parke Wentling (17); Lee James (64); Martin Causer (67)

Primary Contact Name: Carl P. Belke President & Chief Operating Officer 3146 Constitution Avenue Olean, NY 14760 (908) 625-7776 Email: [email protected]

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Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company

The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company (W&LE) is one of the largest Class II regional railroads in the U.S. with a service area running from Toledo, Ohio to Hagerstown, Maryland. The W&LE handles over 130,000 carloads per year, 35,000 of which originate or terminate in Pennsylvania. The W&LE has experienced tremendous growth in the handling of traffic related to the Marcellus Shale play.

Pennsylvania Employees: 400+

Track Miles: 189 (including trackage rights)

Commodities Shipped: Petroleum Products; Forest Products; Furnace Coke; Industrial Minerals; Chemicals; Scrap Iron; Steel Products

Interchange Connections: Allegheny Valley Railway (Bruceton, PA); CSX Transportation (Connellsville, PA); Norfolk Southern (Clairton, PA); Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad (Everson, PA); Union Railroad (Clairton, PA, and Mifflin, PA)

Counties Served: Allegheny, Fayette, Washington and Westmoreland

PA General Assembly Senators: Bartolotta (46), Brewster (45), Fontana (42), Smith (37), Stefano (32) and Representatives: Christiana (15), Daley (49), Deasy (27), Gergeley (35), Harhai (58), Kortz (38), Kotik (45), Maher (40), Miller (42), Ortitay (46), Saccone (39), Warner (52)

Primary Contact Name:Alec JarvisVice President – Law & Government Relations100 East First StreetBrewster, Ohio, [email protected]

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Alfred Benesch & Company

ArcelorMittal

Atlantic Track

Atlas Railroad Construction, LLC

Burns White, LLC

Clough, Harbour & Associates LLP

CR Construction Company

Dawood Engineering, Inc.

Finkbeiner & Associates, Inc.

Hatch & Kirk Inc.

HDR, Inc.

Hulcher Services Inc.

Jannotti Rail Consulting, Inc.

John Waters Consulting, Inc.

McCarthy Rail Insurance Managers

National Railroad Safety Services, Inc.

Nauman, Smith, Shissler & Hall, LLP

Orgo-Thermit, Inc.

Pion, Nerone, Girman, Winslow& Smith, P.C.

Port of Pittsburgh

Railroad Constructors, Inc.

Stone Consulting Inc.

KSRRA Associate Members

Non-Operating Railroad Members

Pennsylvania Northeast Railroad Authority

SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority

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