Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad
- Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad
Infobox SG rail
railroad_name=Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad
logo_filename=
logo_size=
old_gauge=
marks=PIR
locale=McKees Rocks, Bridgeville, Canonsburg, and Washington
start_year=1996
end_year=2000
hq_city=McKees Rocks, PennsylvaniaThe Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad reporting mark|PIR 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, Inc., the railroad was sold to the Ohio Central Railroad and renamed the Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad.
Interchanges
*McKees Rocks
**Pittsburgh, Allegheny & McKees Rocks Railroad (PAM)
**CSX
*Duff Junction
**Norfolk Southern
Roster
References
* [http://kc.pennsyrr.com/guide/chartiers.html Hobo's Guide to the Pennsy:Chartiers Branch]
* [http://www.lundsten.dk/railfan_pa/poc/index.html Western Pennsylvanian Railroads:Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad]
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