rganized in 1986, the Ashland Railway purchased from Conrail branchline trackage from Mansfield to West Salem, located in northern central Ohio. This segment was a small portion of the Erie Railroad mainline from New York to Chicago, and was originally the 6 foot gauge Atlantic & Great Western. The Ashland later purchased from CSX Transportation a former Baltimore & Ohio segment from Willard southeast to Mansfield, connecting to its first route. Total route in two segments: 56 miles. Today interchange is with CSX Transportation at its major Willard yard, with Wheeling & Lake Erie at Plymouth, and with Norfolk Southern in Mansfield. Traffic includes plastics, lumber, utility poles, produce, pulpboard, printing paper, scrap paper, coiled steel, steel pipe, scrap metal, and grain. A major industrial site and railport facility is maintained north of Mansfield. Company offices and locomotive servicing are based in Mansfield.