(erielack) Fwd: [BuffaloLine] WNY&P Interchange at Hornell being built

[Dale and Ev SBC <gobills_@_ncweb.com>]

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>Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:24 pm (PST)
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>Sept. 28 news from RAILWAY TRACK & STRUCTURES Magazine:
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>Interchange marks upswing in WNY&P rail traffic
>More trains will be rumbling through Hornell, N.Y., in the near
>future, according to local newspapers.&#8232;&#8232; Construction of a new
>interchange track for the Western New York and Pennsylvania and
>Norfolk Southern railroads is well under way, and everything is on
>schedule, according to WNYP president William Burt.&#8232;&#8232; 
>Around 15 local
>NS and WNYP employees began working on the project three weeks ago,
>according to Burt, and construction should be completed in the next
>two weeks or so. The track will connect up with the NS runaround
>track on the site of the old Erie Railroad eastbound yard, commonly
>known as the South Yards, off Ice House Road.
>After the interchange track is finished, it should allow an increase
>in traffic between current WNYP lines and NS lines to the east.&#8232;&#8232;
>"It's going to make a difference getting more rail business to
>Hornell," said Hornell Industrial Development Agency Executive
>Director Jim Griffin of the new interchange and siding, adding the
>businesses in the park will have increased rail access, both east and
>west of Hornell.&#8232;&#8232; According to Griffin, the IDA is also 
>building a
>switch and a siding to the South Yards Industrial Park with a
>$150,000 grant from the state, which may not only help the current
>manufacturers in the park, but also attract new companies to the park.
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>WNYP signed a lease on August 3 allowing it to run freight trains
>from Machias, N.Y., south through Olean and to Driftwood, Pa. Burt
>said this new lease will increase the amount of traffic on the
>company's entire system, necessitating the Hornell 
>interchange.&#8232;&#8232; The
>145-mile railroad from Hornell to Corry, Pa., was formerly the main
>line of the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad. The line is owned by the
>Southern Tier Extension Railroad Authority.

Dale 


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