My Freelanced Railroad

[Jack Napier]

Drawing inspiration from the fact that so much of the PRR was abandoned by Conrail, I used this fact to my advantage to create a Regional Railroad. The Pittsburgh and Allegheny Eastern was created from parts of the Pennsylvania west of Pittsburgh. It's original line was the Pittsburgh-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati route, but soon the Pennsy's Columbus-Akron-Cleveland line was added, and the NYC's Dayton-Indianapolis line followed. The NYC route from Dayton to Toledo was added in 1979. Original power for the railroad was 50 old Conrail GP7/9's, SD35's, GP30's, GP35's, and F7's. Now the main power of the PAE is a batch of 23 SD40-2's of BN and Union Pacific Heritage. 15 Ex.SP GP40-2's were later added to the roster, along with 12 ex.Canadian National GP38-2's (Ex.GTW/DW&P, Nee. Rock Island). 7 SW1500's manage yardwork with matching slugs, and 10 SD50's have been purchased from Norfolk Southern. SD40-3's from Alstom have also begun to earn their keep on a previously doomed rail network.

Here is The System Map:
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And Two Ex.BN SD40-2's: 9156 and 9166

[Jack Napier]

Nope. It's still a work in progress.

[antlorch]

Whats going on with the progress of the PAE ?

[chessie8553]

Great minds think alike - almost. A long time ago (I may have been 16 or 17) I had envisioned a pair of affiliated shortlines based in the Western P.A. region. These were the proposed roads:

* Pittsburgh Allegheny & Western
* Allegheny & Monongahela Valley

I even had a holding company name picked out, but it escapes me at the moment. Alas, the proposed rail system never saw the light of day and no physical evidence exists.

[Jack Napier]

Aug 1, 2008 10:02:35 GMT -5 antlorch said:

Whats going on with the progress of the PAE ?

Nothing Much. The railroad's progress has stalled due to a lack of resources, and it may have been hit by a tidal wave of G&W orange.

[Jack Napier]

I meant that the GNWR will be a major interchange partner of my railroad. (I may change the name in the near future.) Who knows, I could drop the entire concept.

[Randy Earle]

Local Pennsy lines abandoned: The line from Ashtabula Harbor south to Warren Ohio. The line from Thornton Jct in East Springfield Pa south through scenic Linesville Pa to Hickory Pa.

[antlorch]

I second that, don't drop it i like it.......