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RE: (erielack) Youngstown (2)

> From west of Girard it is abandoned and removed as far as Belmont St Niles > (MP 58.90). It is in service as the Ohio Central from Belmont Street west > through Niles to about MP 57.50 (+/-). The OC serves a lumber company in Niles > as well as the General Electric Lamp Plant and possibly one or two other > industries just west of the GE plant. The Ohio Central accesses this Niles > portion using trackage rights over NS from Girard to Niles on the Lordstown > Secondary Track (PRR).
Would it be feasible for OHCR to rebuild the EL from Girard to Niles if there ever was a need? What type of distance are we talking between those two points?
 
Call me a dreamer, but I've often wondered about a partial "West End Revival" of sorts. With the growth of WNYP and the fact that the Meadville Line is now a through route, if, and only if, WNYP were ever successful in leasing the remainder of the MEadville Line, as I sort of recall hearing about a ways back, would it be that far-fetched to rebuild from Pymatuning to Latimer, a distance of about 10 miles? My reasoning for this is, to my knowledge, the EL is intact from Latimer all the way through to just about Akron. Would it be possible to operate the line from Akron to Hornell as a through route? I know portions of the old Freedom Secondary are out of service and the Akron end hasn't seen a train in about 20 years, but look at other revivals. CSXT would have a second alternative to the east when the Chicago Line or River Line gets to capacity or there is a derailment. 
 
Just thinking out loud but would a scenario like this ever be viable? 
 
Jim Rowland
 
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