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Appalachian and Ohio Railroad

The Appalachian and Ohio Railroad (AO) is a short-line railroad in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Originally the Cowen and Pickens Subdivisions of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the railroad was a part of CSX until it was bought by Watco Companies, which began operating the railroad on March 25, 2005.[1] Watco only held the line for a short time before selling it to Four Rivers Transportation on May 15, 2006.[2]

The railroad operates 158 miles of track between Grafton and Cowen.[3] It has no branches, except for a short line that connects Alexander to the main line at Hampton.[4]

The AO's main customers are coal mines, although it carries smaller amounts of chemicals and wood.[5] Among the six coal mines it serves is the Sago Mine, site of the Sago Mine disaster in 2006.[6]

It connects with four other railroads:[7]

  • CSX, at Grafton
  • Beech Mountain Railroad (BEEM), at Alexander
  • Elk River Railroad (ELKR), at Burnsville
  • West Virginia Central Railroad (WVC), at Tygart

Of these railroads, only CSX and WVC operate currently; the ELKR closed in 1999, and the BEEM closed in 2000.[8]

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Historic (fallen flag) DAKR, DTRR, ESHR, NFD, PSR, TIRL, TXTC, WICT

References

  1. ^ A&O, Watco, 2005. Accessed 2007-07-22.
  2. ^ A & O Railroad, Appalachian and Ohio Railroad, 2006. Accessed 2007-07-22.
  3. ^ A & O Railroad, Appalachian and Ohio Railroad, 2006. Accessed 2007-07-22.
  4. ^ System map, Appalachian and Ohio Railroad, 2006. Accessed 2007-07-22.
  5. ^ A & O Railroad, Appalachian and Ohio Railroad, 2006. Accessed 2007-07-22.
  6. ^ A & O Railroad, Appalachian and Ohio Railroad, 2006. Accessed 2007-07-22.
  7. ^ A & O Railroad, Appalachian and Ohio Railroad, 2006. Accessed 2007-07-22.
  8. ^ An Introduction to the Railroads of the Region, Northern WV's Railroads, 2002. Accessed 2007-07-22.

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