In that it serves customers other then GE and thus a common carrier?
A little time on Google leads me to say yes.
Total trackage is about 10 miles, including yards.
Still looking to ship that stone?
If it is incorporated as a common carrier, then yes it is. It appears it was founded in 1907.
STB/ICC say it is.
Yes! [bow]
Well who are there customers other then GE? Seem to remember a lumber yard and scrap dealer on there line. Looking for a phone number for them
The situation is not that unusual. There have been any number of common carrier terminal railroads that primarily switched steel mills. Common carrier status allowed the switching road to get a cut of the rate for whatever was switched into or out of the mill.
It’s as real as CSX.
Does not the General Electric Plant at Erie ( Locomotive builder) operate a ‘Test Track’ for their products, adjacent to that facility ? Is this railroad (EECRR) part of that operation as well? Seems like it might be a natural fit?
East Erie Commercial is GE’s test track. …and a common carrier. But mostly a test track.
I have seen EEC boxcars on Norfolk Southern trains here in Pittsburgh quite often. Although to be honest, I don’t see them as often lately as I use to.
they serve a number of customers including a couple of plastic plants, they switch out a Coke plant, they serve the dejohn ship building and few other customers. It’s phone number is in the Erie yellow pages. I think know they run emd locos and csx units.
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Well who are there customers other then GE? Seem to remember a lumber yard and scrap dealer on there line. Looking for a phone number for them
they serve a number of customers including a couple of plastic plants, they switch out a Coke plant, they serve the dejohn ship building and few other customers. It’s phone number is in the Erie yellow pages. I think know they run emd locos and csx units.
They only serve GE, used to have a coal yard on 10th st, but that’s long gone.
Interchanges with CSX & NS
The New York City Transit Authority’s South Brooklyn Railroad is similar.
Had at one time many custolmers, now just the Authority itself.