Re: (erielack) ERIE IN EASTERN OHIO(2)

["RBehre8599_@_aol.com"]

In a message dated 01/18/2000 11:52:51 PM EST, "kdegroff_@_csi.com" writes:

<< It seems that in the early 90s CSX was in the midst of a later-killed
 plan to single track the B&O between Willard and New Castle (to match
 the 60/40 single/double track arrangement west of Willard that existed
 back then.  They only got one segment of double track reduced 
 (Warwick-Barberton) when the project was stopped.  Now with the whole 
 line west of Willard re-double-tracked, this 'bonehead decision' is the
 only segment of single track remaining on the B&O across the state of 
 Ohio.  Now, after the CR split, that small piece of single track has 
 become an admitted operational problem.   >>

To clarify, I believe PC/CR had trackage rights between Arlington Street, 
Akron and JO Tower (about 1 mile). The Akron Branch diverged from the PC 
Cleveland/C&P line at Hudson, joined the B&O at Arlington Street/Akron, and 
shared trackage from here for about a mile to JO Tower (about 1 mile) where 
it got onto its' own trackage again to access their South Akron yard and 
service the various industries in place at the time (JO was also where the 
parralleling B&O and EL crossed at a downtown diamond) down to Lambert.  From 
here to Warwick (about 9 miles), the PC & B&O shared trackage down to Warwick 
where the Akron branch left the B&O for the remaining distance down to 
Orrville, where it joined the PRR main.  My understanding is that B&O 
owned/maintained one track, and PC/CR owned/maintainted the other. When the 
Akron Branch was up for abandonment, CSX passed on acquiring CR's Lambert to 
Warwick track for reasons I'm not aware of.  Unfortunately today, it is a 
major operational bottleneck, but I've heard that CSX intends to put in the 
second track to have a smoother operation...

Rich Behrendt/ELHS #384

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