Re: (erielack) E-L Main Cortland, Oh.

["Bill K." <pontiac_@_dreamscape.com>]

This is a majorly long URL, but it's a link to a Yahoo map where I was
looking at some of this line and following it westward.  You'll note if this
comes up that not only is the track still marked EL, it's labeled both "El
Railroad" and "E and L".   The line marked E and L is the Mahoning Division
(to Cleveland) and the line marked El is the mainline/2nd District line from
Cortland and west to Kent, etc.   Further towards Cortland it's marked
Conrail, though... go figure.

http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?BFCat=&Pyt=Tmap&addr=&city=Cortland&state=O
H&slt=41.325699&sln=-80.730797&mlt=41.254400&mln=-80.806000&zip=&country=us&
mag=8&cs=7&BFClient=&BFKey=&poi=&poititle=&map.x=8&map.y=313

Bill K.
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Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 9:21 PM
Subject: (erielack) E-L Main Cortland, Oh.


> Fellow Listers,
>     NS has once again used the 2nd District mainline between Warren and
> Cortland for storing a string of intermodal cars, as they did last Winter.
> Hopefully, this Spring, the ore trains will be running again to WCI Steel
via
> this trackage. These are the only trains to use this trackage.
>     WCI is in financial trouble due to the dumping of foreign steel. WCI
has
> decided not to reline the Warren blast furnace do to tight finances.
Sometime
> in the future the furnace will HAVE to be relined. If not, and the furnace
is
> shut down, it will be the end of iron making in the Mahoning Valley,  and
> probably the end of the old 2nd Dist. for the most part (except for Ohio
> Central's switching operations around North Warren).
>     It should be noted that at one time, the Warren  blast furnace, was
the
> largest in the world.
>     I should also note that NS has been replacing ties and adding some new
> ballast along the line during the Fall.
>
> Rick Fleischer
> Cortland, Oh.
>

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