Juniata Terminal Co. is a locomotive leasing and railcar storage company. The company takes its name from the facility in Philadelphia from which it operates. The company owns a number of restored diesel locomotives, including a pair of former Conrail

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s which have been meticulously overhauled and painted in the Pennsylvania Railroad wide-stripe paint scheme. These two units often pull the company's private passenger cars, and can be seen on special excursions with Amtrak equipment. As of 2019, these units are not in operation due to a decision by the owner not to retrofit them with

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(PTC). Traffic on most

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main lines were required to be equipped with PTC by 2019 in accordance with the

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History

The three-track Juniata Terminal facility was built in 1928 by the Pennsylvania Railroad as the Philadelphia L-C-L less-than-carload freight terminal.

References

Railway service companies of the United States Companies based in Philadelphia Rolling stock leasing companies Transportation companies based in Pennsylvania {{Transport-company-stub