The Olympia and Belmore Railroad is a

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headquartered in

Centralia, Washington Centralia () is a city in Lewis County, Washington, United States. It is located along Interstate 5 near the midpoint between Seattle and Portland, Oregon. The city had a population of 18,183 at the 2020 census. Centralia is twinned with Ch ...

, USA. The railroad operates a line leased from the BNSF Railway which runs between Olympia and Belmore. The company began operations in 2016. It is a subsidiary of

Genesee & Wyoming Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) is an American short line railroad holding company, that owns or maintains an interest in 122 railroads in the United States, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom and formerly Australia. It operates ...

History

The Genesee & Wyoming formed the company in 2016 to lease a BNSF Railway line between Olympia and Belmore. The line primarily carries traffic from Olympia's port facilities.

Tacoma Rail Tacoma Rail is a publicly owned Class III shortline railroad. It is owned by the city of Tacoma, Washington and operated as a public utility. It is one of three operating divisions of the municipally-owned Tacoma Public Utilities service, but unl ...

had leased the line from 2004 to 2016 but chose not to renew.

References

External links

Olympia and Belmore Railroad official webpage - Genesee and Wyoming website

Olympia and Belmore RR information page, Union Pacific RR
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