Lehigh Railway

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Lehigh RailwayOverview

Headquarters| Owego, New York, U.S.
Reporting mark| LRWY
Locale| Wyoming and Bradford counties in Pennsylvania
Dates of operation| 2009-
Technical
Track gauge| 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length| 56 miles (90 km)

The Lehigh Railway (reporting mark LRWY) is a shortline railroad in Wyoming County and Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It connects to the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad in Mehoopany and to Norfolk Southern in Athens, just south of Sayre. It operates a total of 56 miles of track along the Susquehanna River.[1] Since 2020, the railroad has been operated by the R.J. Corman Railroad Group as its Lehigh Line.

The railroad was formed in 2009 to lease and operate Norfolk Southern's Lehigh Secondary from Mehoopany to Athens, which is the northern branch of the LV Main Line from Wilkes-Barre to Sayre.[2] This is not to be confused with NS's Lehigh Line, which runs from Manville, New Jersey, to M&H Junction, Pennsylvania, via Allentown, Pennsylvania. Major commodities hauled by the Lehigh Railway include drilling supplies, frack sand, chemicals, building products, and agricultural products. The total number of cars transported in 2013 numbered over 7700.[citation needed]

The Lehigh Railway was headquartered at 25 Delphine Street in Owego, New York, as part of a holding company for three shortline railroads in the Twin Tiers along with the Meridian Southern Railway in Mississippi.

The railroad was purchased along with its two sister companies on August 19, 2020,[3] by R.J. Corman Railroad Group.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Rail News - R. J. Corman to acquire three short lines, transload service provider. For Railroad Career Professionals". Progressive Railroading. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
2. ^ "Lehigh Railway | NEPA Trains". nepatrains.org. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
3. ^ "R. J. Corman Railroad Group announces acquisition of Owego and Harford Railway, Lehigh Railway, Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway, and TranZ". Railway Track and Structures. 2020-08-19. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
4. ^ "R. J. Corman Completes Short Line, Transload Acquisitions". Railway Age. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2022-05-31.

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* Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad
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* East Erie Commercial Railroad
* East Penn Railroad
* Everett Railroad
* Gettysburg and Northern Railroad
* Juniata Valley Railroad
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* Lehigh Railway
* Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway
* Landisville Railroad
* Lehigh Valley Rail Management: Bethlehem Division
* Lycoming Valley Railroad
* Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad
* McKeesport Connecting Railroad
* Maryland Midland Railway
* Mittal Steel Railways
* Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad
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* Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad
* Pennsylvania Northeastern Railroad
* Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad
* Pennsylvania and Southern Railway
* Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad
* Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad
* R.J. Corman Railroad/Allentown Lines
* R.J. Corman Railroad/Pennsylvania Lines
* Stourbridge Railroad
* Steelton and Highspire Railroad
* SMS Rail Lines
* Strasburg Rail Road
* Shamokin Valley Railroad
* Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad
* Towanda–Monroeton Shippers Lifeline
* Tyburn Railroad
* Union County Industrial Railroad
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