The Johnsonburg, Kane, Warren and Irvine Railroad was a railroad company in Pennsylvania, United States, formed on May 24, 1982, by Sloan Cornell who also owned the
Knox and Kane Railroad
The Knox and Kane Railroad (K&K) was a short-line railroad in Pennsylvania that operated between Knox, in Clarion County, to Kane and then on to Mount Jewett, in McKean County.
History
Early years
The track and right of way was bought fr ...
. The JKWI was the designated operator of the Irvine, Warren, Kane & Johnsonburg Railroad, that was a partnership of
Brock Railroad (a wholly owned subsidiary of Warren Car Company),
Irvine Railroad (a wholly owned subsidiary of National Forge Company) and
Struthers Wells Inter-American Corporation (a subsidiary of Struthers Wells), all three being Pennsylvania corporations, and had acquired from
Conrail the following railroad line segments: MP 58.52 to MP 66.7 (Irvine to
Warren
A warren is a network of wild rodent or lagomorph, typically rabbit burrows. Domestic warrens are artificial, enclosed establishment of animal husbandry dedicated to the raising of rabbits for meat and fur. The term evolved from the medieval A ...
) and MP 92.5 to MP 111.0 (
Kane to
Johnsonburg
Johnsonburg is a borough in Elk County, Pennsylvania, northeast of Pittsburgh and south of Buffalo, New York, in a productive farming and lumbering region. Paper mills were once common in the borough, with the Domtar mill still operating. In 19 ...
).
Operation of the Irvine to Johnsonburg trackage began on July 16, 1982, while registration of the business entity IWK&J RAILROAD COMPANY with the
Pennsylvania Department of State
The Pennsylvania Department of State is a cabinet-level state agency in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The department is headed by the secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Responsibilities
* Campaign finance reporting
* Charities
...
followed on October 18, 1982,
Pennsylvania Department of State
(2008). Search for IWK&J RAILROAD COMPANY. Retrieved November 29, 2008
The property was sold to Hammermill Paper
The International Paper Company is an American pulp and paper company, the largest such company in the world. It has approximately 56,000 employees, and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Te ...
, which began operations under the Allegheny Railroad
The Allegheny Railroad was an American railroad company operating in northwestern Pennsylvania.
The Allegheny Railroad began operations on September 3, 1985. It operated of line between milepost 2.8 located at Erie, Pennsylvania and milepost 1 ...
name on September 3, 1985.
Locomotive Roster
Photo gallery
Image:JKWI Railroad 238201.jpg, Eastbound at Dahoga, PA. November 26, 1984. ''Ron Stafford Photo''.
Image:JKWI Railroad 238202.jpg, Eastbound at Wilcox, PA. November 26, 1984. ''Ron Stafford Photo''.
Image:JKWI Railroad 238203.jpg, Westbound at the KKRR overgrade crossing east of Kane, PA. November 26, 1984. ''Ron Stafford Photo''.
Image:JKWI Railroad 238204.jpg, Westbound at Wilcox, PA. March 26, 1985. ''Ron Stafford Photo''.
References
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Defunct Pennsylvania railroads
Spin-offs of Conrail