Pan Am Southern

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railroad_name=Pan Am Southern
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locale=New England, New York
start_year=2008
end_year=
hq_city=North Billerica, MA (PAR), Norfolk, VA (NS)

On May 15, 2008, Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) announced that it had come to an agreement with Pan Am Railways (PAR) to "create an improved rail route between Albany, N.Y., and the greater Boston, Mass., area called the 'Patriot Corridor'." [cite press release |title= Pan Am Railways and Norfolk Southern Create the Patriot Corridor to Improve Rail Service and Expand Capacity in New York and New England |publisher= Norfolk Southern Corp. |date= 2008-05-15 |url= http://www.nscorp.com/nscportal/nscorp/Media/News%20Releases/2008/news051508_2.html |format= |language= |accessdate= 2008-05-15 |quote= ] cite web |url= http://www.nscorp.com/nscportal/nscorp/pdf/patriot_corridor.pdf |title= Introducing the Patriot Corridor |accessdate=2008-05-16 |coauthors= Norfolk Southern Railway and Pan Am Railways |date= 2008-05-16 |format= PDF |publisher= Norfolk Southern Corp.] [cite news |author= The Associated Press |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= 2 railroad freight companies combine effort |url=http://www.telegram.com/article/20080515/APF/805151408 |work= AP Business News |publisher= Worcester Telegram & Gazette |date=2008-05-15 |accessdate=2008-05-16 ]

Pending STB approval, each of the two companies will own 50% of a new company to be known as Pan Am Southern, LLC (PAS). PAR's trackage between Ayer, Massachusetts and Mechanicville, New York will be transferred to PAS and will continue to be operated and maintained by PAR's Springfield Terminal Railway subsidiary. NS will transfer to PAS cash and property valued at $140 million.

Planned improvements to the route include track and signal upgrades, and expansion of terminals, including construction of new automotive and intermodal terminals.

Planned lines are as follows: [Surface Transportation Board, [http://stb.dot.gov/Decisions/readingroom.nsf/a61149d826717532852574a40035c805/7107747adb79dfc985257472004a5d61?OpenDocument NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, PAN AM RAILWAYS, INC., ET AL.-JOINT CONTROL AND OPERATING/POOLING AGREEMENTS-PAN AM SOUTHERN LLC] , June 26, 2008]
*Rotterdam Junction and Schenectady, New York to CPF 312 (east of Willows, Massachusetts), partially via trackage rights over CP and MBTA (Fitchburg Line)
**Branches from North Adams to Adams, Massachusetts, in Gardner, Massachusetts, from Ayer to Harvard, Massachusetts, from Ayer to West Groton, Massachusetts via MBTA trackage rights, and from Willows to Littleton, Massachusetts via MBTA trackage rights
*White River Junction, Vermont to New Haven, Connecticut, partially via trackage rights over NECR and Amtrak (New Haven-Springfield Line)
**Branches from Berlin to Derby, Connecticut partially via MNCR (Waterbury Branch) trackage rights, from Plainville to Southington, Connecticut, and from North Haven to Cedar Hill, Connecticut via CSX trackage rights

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