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RE: (erielack) Canal Branch

To go back to the origional question though, how were locals handled in relation to the canal branch?


> The Canal Branch connected to Girard Siding at Girard, west of I-80. 
> Girard Siding ran from Mosier Yard (west end) to VO (east end). At VO you 
> could cross into Brier Hill Yard by using the extension tracks or you could 
> pull into #1 or #2 South Yard and access YS&T Brier Hill Works. 
> 
> There was no YS&T Lead so to speak. There is presently a connecting track 
> that runs from near Furnace Lane in Girard to the OLD YS&T area but it 
> connects to the Horn Track. The Horn Track leads out to the former PRR. That 
> "YS&T Lead" that you question was a track that I believe we found out was 
> owned by the YS&T and was used so they could access Columbia Iron & Metal to 
> acquire scrap without having the EL, B&O or PRR be involved. (MJC--you 
> may have additional information on this????)
> 
> Much of the track around the mills, especially the Canal Branch near the 
> Joint Yard in the Ohio Works and also the track Horn Track and tracks leading 
> to what is now V&M Star Steel and Syro Steel had questionable ownership 
> when Conrail sold the Brier Hill Cluster to Ohio Central c. 1996.
> 
> SMT
 		 	   		  

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