The Ohio Terminal Railway is an American
short-line railroad owned by Katahdin Rail Services that operates of track in
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in the state of
Ohio.
Operations
The Ohio Terminal Railway line runs along the
Ohio River
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in
Monroe County, Ohio from
Powhatan Point south to
Hannibal
Hannibal (; xpu, 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋, ''Ḥannibaʿl''; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Puni ...
, where it serves the Hannibal Industrial Park. The railroad interchanges with the
Norfolk Southern Railway
The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31 ...
in
Clarington.
The Ohio Terminal Railway is a subsidiary of Katahdin Rail Services.
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History
The tracks that the Ohio Terminal Railway operates on was originally a branch line of the Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was named ...
that served the Ormet aluminum plant in Hannibal.[ The line changed hands to Penn Central and then to ]Conrail
Conrail , formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. The trade name Conrail is a portmanteau based on the company's legal name. It continues to do busin ...
. In 1996, Ormet Railroad Corporation took over operations of the line from Conrail.[ In April 2013, the Ohio Terminal Railway began operations on the line. On April 18, 2021, Katahdin Rail Services took over operations of the railroad from Carload Express.][
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References
{{Ohio railroads
Ohio railroads
Railway companies established in 2013