Railroad Name: | Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad |
Marks: | PIR |
Locale: | McKees Rocks, Bridgeville, Canonsburg, and Washington |
Start Year: | 1996 |
End Year: | 2000 |
Successor Line: | Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad |
Hq City: | McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania |
The Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad was a Class III short-line railroad operating about 42 miles of track over the Chartiers Branch in southwest Pennsylvania. It was owned by RailTex, which bought the line from Conrail in 1996. In 2000, after the purchase of RailTex by RailAmerica, the railroad was sold to the Ohio Central Railroad System and renamed the Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad. It is owned by Genesee & Wyoming.
Number | Model | |
2340 | SW1200RS | |
2342 | SW1200RS |