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(erielack) NS leases 98 miles of Pennsylvania and New York track to WNY&P

http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=2287

NS leases 98 miles of Pennsylvania and New York track to WNY&P
August 6, 2007

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Norfolk Southern announced today that it had leased
98 miles of line in Pennsylvania and New York to short line Western
New York & Pennsylvania Railroad. The WNY&P is an Alco-powered Class
III short line based in Falconer, N.Y.

The segments included in the lease are the NS' Buffalo Line between
North Driftwood, Pa., and Machias, N.Y.; the Farmer's Valley
Secondary between Clermont and Farmer's Valley, Pa.; and a small
portion of the Olean Secondary in Olean, N.Y. The lease became
effective Aug. 3.

Under the lease, the WNY&P interchanges traffic with Norfolk Southern
at North Driftwood and Meadville, Pa. The WNY&P is responsible for
all rail operations on the leased lines, including track and signal
maintenance, as well as customer service. Norfolk Southern will
remain responsible for any environmental issues related to the June
30, 2006, derailment and sodium hydroxide spill in McKean County. The
WNY&P was created in 2001 to reestablish service on the 190-mile
former Erie Lackawanna line between Hornell, N.Y., and Meadville, Pa.

Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey


       
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