Wellsboro and Corning Railroad
41°47′18″N 77°18′10″W / 41.788360°N 77.302786°W
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The Wellsboro and Corning Railroad (
The line was formerly part of the
History
Most of the WCOR was once part of a main line from the
Conrail retained the line when it began operations in 1976, but later abandoned it south of Wellsboro Junction, through Pine Creek Gorge (also known as the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania), turning the line into a minor branch. Growth Resources of Wellsboro bought the line in December 1992,[4] and the WCOR began operating in January 1993.[5] The Tioga Central Railroad, which had operated freight in Tioga County, New York until May 1992 (when the Owego & Harford Railway took over),[4] began operating tourist trains in May 1994.[6]
Marcellus Shale and railroad operations
The railroad's geographic orientation covers one of the largest and most active portions of the Marcellus Shale formation, which is being actively explored for natural gas. This has resulted in customers referring to the railroad as the "Main Line to the Marcellus". Working closely with sister company IWG Logistics, the family-owned and operated companies provide complete railroad, transloading, logistics, and railcar repair services.
The railroad had its busiest year in more than two decades in 2009, fueled by demand from a booming natural gas industry in the region, which uses sand in
See also
Railways portal
References
- ^ Gayle Morrow, Wellsboro Gazette, Wellsboro & Corning on the right track, January 11, 2008
- ^ RailAmerica completes acquisition Railway Age April 10, 2012
- ^ Interstate Commerce Commission, 27 Val. Rep. 1 (1929): Valuation Docket No. 1022, The New York Central Railroad Company and its Leased Lines
- ^ Kalmbach Publishing, 1996, pp. 329-330, 361
- ^ Railroad Retirement Board, Employer Status Determination: Wellsboro & Corning Railroad Company, 1993
- ^ Railroad Retirement Board, Employer Status Determination: Tioga Central Railroad, Inc., October 30, 2002
- ^ Natural gas boom brings riches to a rural town, April 5, 2010