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Carload Express completes implementation of Computer Aided Train Dispatching for all system main lines.
Carload Express starts up the 162-mile Delmarva Central Railroad, serving Delaware and the eastern shore of Maryland. Carload Express was selected during a competitive bid process to operate the former Norfolk Southern network south of Porter, Del.
Carload Express begins Tractive Effort Booster Unit (“TEBU”) program on Allegheny Valley Railroad and Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad, whereby a GP40-2 locomotive is paired with a TEBU to provide eight total powered axles, resulting in increased traction and fuel efficiency compared to using two locomotives.
Carload Express receives the high score in a competitive selection process to operate the SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority’s (“JRA”) rail system in central Pennsylvania. While the JRA voted 7-3 in favor of awarding the contract to Carload Express, the JRA deems the vote ineffective due to the presence of six…Read More
Carload Express reactivates, operates and maintains a 13-mile line in the Ohio River valley that had been out of service for 12 years, as the Ohio Terminal Railway.
SWP begins serving Fayette Rail Freight terminal in Smithfield, PA now operated by Hi Crush Partners. The terminal pioneered unit trains of frac sand in the Marcellus Shale play and remains the largest of its kind in Pennsylvania.
AVR begins multi-year, $10 million renovation of Glenwood Yard switching operations in Pittsburgh.
Allegheny Valley Railroad restores and begins interchange service with the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway at Bruceton, Penn.
Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad begins serving the new Hunter Panels manufacturing plant at Fairchance, Penn., in the Fayette Business Park, restoring daily service to the south end the railroad.
Allegheny Valley Railroad repairs and restores 7 miles of P&W subdivision after sustaining $3.2 million in damage from Hurricane Ivan.
Allegheny Valley Railroad expands north and west with 43 miles of former CSXT operations on the P&W and W&P subdivisions in western Pennsylvania.
Allegheny Valley Railroad connects with CSXT and begins interchange with CSXT at Glenwood Yard in Pittsburgh, Penn.
Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad begins serving Westmoreland Rail Freight terminal, outside of New Stanton, Penn., and operated by Savage Safe Handling.
Carload Express begins direct management of its subsidiary railroads at the holding company level.
Trimax finances Allegheny Valley Railroad’s acquisition of Conrail’s Valley Cluster in Pittsburgh, PA; Conrail’s first “Conrail Express” franchise. The name Conrail Express was the brand applied by Conrail’s carload business group to its new shortline franchise model.
Trimax funds the start-up and operation of the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad, which was competitively selected to operate Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corporation’s (WCIDC) and Fay-Penn Industrial Development Corporation’s (FPIDC) joint 66-mile railroad in western Pennsylvania.
