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Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad

pohc_state The Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad operates 42 miles of former Pittsburgh, Chartiers & Youghiogheny and Pennsylvania Railroad trackage southwest of downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The line interchanges with the CSX on Neville Island, the Norfolk Southern at Duff Junction, and the Pittsburgh, Allegheny & McKees Rocks at McKees Rocks. The POHC was developed by the Ohio Central System in 2000 when it purchased the line from RailAmerica, but it is now owned by Ohio Central parent Genesee & Wyoming group.

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See also our complete Ohio Central System scrapbook in Shortlines

Motive Power

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Pittsburgh & Ohio Central #1545

McKees Rocks, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH

Pittsburgh & Ohio Central #1545

  • builder:Electro Motive Division
  • model:SW1500
  • type:B-B yard switcher
  • built:Feb 1971, EMD #37060
  • series:807 produced 1966-74
  • engine:EMD 645 (12 cyls. 1500 hp)
  • notes:
  • blt Penn Central #9502, then Conrail
    to Reading & Northern #1545
    to Ohio Central #1545
    • builder
    Pittsburgh & Ohio Central #1545

    McKees Rocks, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH

    Pittsburgh & Ohio Central #1545

    McKees Rocks, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH

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    McKees Rocks, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH

    Locations

    McKees Rocks, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH

    Pittsburgh & Ohio Central #1545

    McKees Rocks, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH

    Lagniappe

    Pittsburgh & Ohio Central #1545

    Transitional Power

    OC and G&W Hi-rail trucks / McKees Rocks, Pa / Aug 2009 / RWH

    Links / Sources

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