AC,I'll bet he has a lot of interchange traffic to other railroads in order to move those 90,000 carloads a year..
I have studied the railroad plant for over 50 years..I worked as a brakemen for 9 1/2 years..I come from a family of railroaders dating back to 1885...
Did you know in order to interchange cars the railroads had to agree first on a common track width.That's basic knowledge and should tell us that interchange of cars dates back to the early years of railroading and has continue to this day.
Again,the W&N has a solid customer base far better then my Huron River.
See below
Huron:
Continental Grain.
Lakeside Frozen Foods.
Ohio Steel Drums.
Huron Lumber
River Terminal Inc.
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Oberlin
Oberlin Grain
Reed's Scrap Metals
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Grafton
Carrs BP Oil Distribution
General Foods
Carr's Warehousing & Distribution
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Medina
Agrow Fresh Produce
SugarDale Foods.
Rittman Steel Tubes
86 Lumber
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Paxton
Paxton Fuel & Oils
North Star Co-op.
Carter Lumber
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Barberton
Barberton Sheet Metals
Wilson Cement Products
Bond home Improvement
DFI Chemicals
Dad's Treats Dog Food Inc
Welby Inc.
Nexus Distribution
Superior Cardboards
Patton's Warehousing.
Saxton Scrap Iron
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Commodities haul: Gain,Food stuffs, meats, whey,sugar,corn syrup,corn starch,steel,scrap,plastic pellets,scrap rubber,lumber,roofing,cardboard stock chemicals and other Commodities..
Total of cars handle yearly: 14,400 cars
The HR is based on a REAL short line.