Shortline
Ashland Railway
Ashland Railway began operations in 1986 and operates in Richland, Ashland, Huron, and Wayne counties. We are a 56-mile short line railroad serving North Central Ohio in a region known as "Mid-Ohio." Located between Cleveland, Columbus, and Akron/Canton along the I-71 corridor, we provide essential rail service to the communities of Ashland, Mansfield, Willard, Shelby, Plymouth, and West Salem. Ashland Railway interchanges with Class 1 railroads Norfolk Southern and CSX Transportation as well as regional short line Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway. Coupled with our affiliated companies, Skye Trucking and Mansfield Railport, we offer customers a complete logistics package.
Organized 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.
Ashland route map / web
RWH
Motive Power
Ashland #30
Mansfield, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
Ashland #30
to Penn Central #7056, Conrail #7576
to Southwestern Pennsylvania #7576
to Allegheny Valley #1801
to Ashland #30
Ashland #31
Mansfield, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
Ashland #31
to Penn Central #7057, Conrail #7559
to Allegheny Valley #1802
to Ashland #31
Ashland, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
Nankin, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
Ashland, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
Ashland, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
Ashland, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
Windsor, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
Windsor, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
Ashland #33
Mansfield, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
Ashland #33
to Penn Central #7433, Conrail #7433
to Ashland #33
Dec 2010 / RWH
Mansfield, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
Mansfield, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
RWH
Mansfield, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
All time Ashland Railway locomotive roster
Locations
Lagniappe
Board Meeting
Dec 2010 / RWH
Pulling Hard at 257
Dec 2010 / RWH
All Business
Ashland, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
Eastbound!
Ashland, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
Twilight on the old Erie
near Ashland, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
Nankin Winter
Nankin, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
One More Throw
Ashland, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
Snow Orders
Polk, Oh / Dec 2010 / RWH
Links / Sources
- Ashland Railway company website
- Wikipedia article on Ashland Railway
- Diesel Shop roster for Ashland Railway
- Edward A. Lewis, American Shortline Railway Guide - Fourth Edition (Kalmbach, 1991) 25