RE: (erielack) Re: Youngstown Steel Door (YSD Industries) to close

["Michael Connor" <mjconnor_rr_@_hotmail.com>]

Walter
The Y&A never was an electric railway.  It came into the Erie (Cleveland & 
Mahoning Valley Ry) family in the 1870's and originally reached a little 
further south to coal mines.  It was effectively dormant from about 1900 
until c. 1920 when the line was rehabilitated (and somewhat realigned in 
places) primarily to serve the new Youngstown Steel Door plant and a general 
area industrial development focus--we think of it as America's first 
Industrial Park.  The crossing of the B&O at Yanda (as the B&O called it) is 
unique in that the Erie (Y&A) is senior.  The B&O at that location is the 
second B&O main line alignment through the Mahoning Valley.  The Y&A died a 
second time under Conrail, no surprise, and was saved by being sold to the 
Economic Development Rail Corporation, a subsidiary of the Mahoning Valley 
Economic Development Corporation.  ERDC (MVEDC) contracted with the 
Youngstown & Austintown Railroad, Incorporated (an affiliate of the Ohio 
Central Railroad System) to operate the line which the Y&A has been doing 
since the 1980's.  Since being freed from Conrail the line's physical plant 
has been much improved and new patrons developed.  C. 1990 a one stall 
engine house was built and connected to the Erie RR-era yard office though 
the crew that serves the line now usually comes out of the OCRS's facilities 
nerar Center Street.
       The infamous Yanda crossing was included in the Dispatcher CTC 
control and now the route is lined up from Jacksonville.  That was done when 
the B&O Interlocking at Ohio Works was closed in the mid-1990's.
       The Y&A has come from the grave twice and with a light but 
diversified traffic base shiould survive the YSD closing.
MJC


>From: "Dad" <wsmith5957_@_hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Dad" <wsmith5957_@_hotmail.com>
>To: "Nathan S. Clark, Jr." <Internate1_@_msn.com>
>CC: "Erie Lackawanna Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>
>Subject: (erielack) Re: Youngstown Steel Door (YSD Industries) to close
>Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:41:18 -0400
>
>Yeah, I've been up the Austintown branch a few times. In 1960, we'd get a 
>switch engine & caboose at Breir Hill, pick up a few gons or boxcars - 
>whatever was to go out there & head out of the east end of Brier Hill & in 
>a short distance cross over to the south side of the mainliine & weevil 
>down a little grade to the B&O maiinline (I forget how we crossed the PRR). 
>What a hustle to cross the B&O - the whole crew would be at the switches 
>with a B&O switchkey & the old conductor would finally get permission. 
>Switches would be unlocked & opened & the old yard engine would let out a 
>roar & clatter across this busy RR. we'd continue through the woods & 
>finally cross a 4-lane hiway near the austintown plaza. I wondered if this 
>line might have been a trolley line at one time (like the Y&S). I don't 
>suppose there's much left today.
>Regards,
>Walter E. Smith
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Nathan S. Clark, Jr.
>   To: I.Howard Smith(H)
>   Cc: Jay Kivowitz
>   Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 12:29 AM
>   Subject: IHS: Youngstown Steel Door (YSD Industries) to close
>
>
>   I. HOWARD:
>
>   The Canadian owners of the former Youngstown Steel Door plant over in 
>Austintown is shutting down.  Since 1924, they have been manufacturing box 
>car doors, ends and roofs; hopper car outlet gates; autorack side screening 
>and roofs; and stamped grating products in the Mahoning Valley.  Record 
>levels of freight are now moving by rail, but one of the old line suppliers 
>has succumbed.
>
>   Did you ever switch this facility up on the Y&A Branch in your EL days?
>
>   ---Nate
>
>   ________________________________
>
>   Global Railway to close YSD Industries unit
>
>   Mon Oct 17, 2005 09:13 AM ET
>
>   TORONTO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Global Railway Industries (GBI.TO: Quote, 
>Profile, Research) said on Monday it would close the operatios of its YSD 
>Industries unit, two weeks after it warned the railcar door division would 
>not be profitable in the third quarter.
>   The Calgary-based company said the closure would occur in January 2006 
>and it will write off about C$1.1 million of deferred developments as well 
>as about C$1.5 million in operation costs related to the plant.
>
>   "The decision to close YSD is in the best interest of the company and 
>resulted from the continuing monthly losses being incurred by YSD," Global 
>Railway said in a statement.
>
>   ($1=$1.18 Canadian)
>
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