Appalachian and Ohio Railroad
- Appalachian and Ohio Railroad
The Appalachian and Ohio Railroad reporting mark|AO is a class III railroad operating in West Virginia.
Originally the Cowen and Pickens Subdivisions of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the railroad was a part of CSX until it was bought by Watco Companies, which began operating the railroad on March 25, 2005. [ [http://www.watcocompanies.com/Railroads/A&O/A&O%20main%20page.htm A&O] , Watco, 2005. Accessed 2007-07-22.] Watco only held the line for a short time before selling it to Four Rivers Transportation on May 15, 2006.[ [http://www.a-orailroad.com A & O Railroad] , Appalachian and Ohio Railroad, 2006. Accessed 2007-07-22.] ]The railroad operates 158 miles of track between Grafton and Cowen.[ [http://www.a-orailroad.com/systemao.pdf System map] , Appalachian and Ohio Railroad, 2006. Accessed 2007-07-22.] ]The AO's main customers are coal mines, although it carries smaller amounts of chemicals and wood.[ Among the six coal mines it serves is the Sago Mine, site of the Sago Mine disaster in 2006.]It connects with four other railroads:
*CSX, at Grafton
*Beech Mountain Railroad (BEEM), at Alexander
*Elk River Railroad (ELKR), at Burnsville
*West Virginia Central Railroad (WVC), at TygartOf these railroads, only CSX and WVC operate currently; the ELKR closed in 1999, and the BEEM closed in 2000. [ [http://www.wvrail.railfan.net/wvregion.html An Introduction to the Railroads of the Region] , Northern WV's Railroads, 2002. Accessed 2007-07-22.] Locomotive Roster
The A&O railroad uses EMD locomotives to move the empty and loaded cars to and from customers. They currently have two SD90's (#s 125 and 130), four GP38-3's (#s 2631, 2634,2638, and 2662), two GP38-2's (#s 2665 and 2670), one GP40-2 mother (#2113) and a GP40 slug (#2114). All Watco motive power, including seven SD50's and five GP38's went to other Watco operations. [Komanesky, John and Moyers, Brad (2007). Appalachian and Ohio Railroad Locomotives, [http://www.thedieselshop.us/App&Ohio.HTML] Accessed 2007-12-09.]
References
External links
* [http://www.a-orailroad.com Railroad website]
* [http://www.thedieselshop.us/App&Ohio.HTML Locomotive roster]
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