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New Castle Industrial Railroad
Formed in 1991, the New Castle Industrial Railroad is a switching shortline serving industrial and railroad rebuilding sites in and around New Castle, Pennsylvania. The operation utilizes industrial switching trackage left over from four Class 1 railroads that once served the area. Today, interchange is with CSX, Norfolk Southern, and the Buffalo & Pittsburgh -- a Genessee & Wyoming regional line terminating in New Castle.
Motive Power
New Castle Industrial #41
New Castle, Pa / Apr 2013 / RWH
New Castle Industrial #41
- builder:Electro Motive Division
- model:SW1500
- type:B-B yard switcher
- built:Oct 1968, EMD #7128-13
- series:807 produced 1966-74
- engine:EMD 645 (12 cyls, 1500 hp)
- notes:
- blt St. Louis - San Francisco #327
to Burlington Northern #32
to Burlington Northern Santa Fe #3412
New Castle, Pa / Apr 2013 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Apr 2013 / RWH
New Castle Industrial #77
New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
New Castle Industrial #77
- builder:Electro Motive Division
- model:GP9
- type:B-B road switcher
- built:June 1954, EMD #19554
- series:3436 produced 1954-59
- engine:EMD 567C (16 cyl. 1750 hp)
- notes:
- ex Bangor & Aroostook #77
New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Feb 2013 / RWH
New Castle Industrial #4032
New Castle, Pa / Jul 2012 / RWH
New Castle Industrial #4032
- builder:Electro Motive Division
- model:GP9RM
- type:B-B road switcher
- built:Dec 1956
- series:3436 produced 1954-59
- engine:EMD 567C (16 cyl. 1750 hp)
- notes:
- blt Canadian National #4517
ex Ohio Central #4032
New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
Jul 2012 / RWH
Locations
New Castle Industrial engine house
New Castle, Pa / Jun 2009 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Jul 2012 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Jul 2012 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Jul 2012 / RWH
Sometimes persistence pays off. For four years I've been occasionally driving by the New Castle Industrial engine house, 15 minutes from my house, hoping for a) sunny skies and b) a shot with a locomotive near the building. I've always been impressed that this little road took the time to build a great look blue metal shop and included their name on it for the public to see. It's a nice touch for a pike the plies the otherwise rundown industrial sections of this former steel town. Well, this summer my persistence paid off. Railfan pal Ben Wells and I rolled up on the shop on a sunny July afternoon and found classy Geep rebuild #4032 idling just outside, paused from daytime switching duties. Well done, NCIR.
New Castle, PA / Apr 2013 / RWH
Lagniappe
The Beaver-Lawrence Railway Historical Society -- a former NRHS chapter involved in a number of restoration projects -- hosts an annual summertime caboose ride day in cooperation with the New Castle Industrial Railroad. Society-owned and privately-held cabooses are gathered in short train sets for a brisk ride from West Pittsburgh norht across the Shenango River, and return.
New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
Penn Central #18216
transfer caboose / New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
Pennsylvania #478034
caboose / New Castle, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH
Links / Sources
- Diesel Shop listing for New Castle Industrial
- Beaver-Lawrence Railway Historical Society