GRAFTON, W.Va. – Employees of Watco Companies Inc. were notified in an internal memo on April 20 that CSX has asked the Appalachian & Ohio Railroad – featured in the May 2006 issue of TRAINS Magazine – to turn over operations to Four Rivers Transportation Inc. Watco, based in Kansas, had been negotiating – unsuccessfully, […]
Railroad: Short Lines/Regionals
Post-World War II East Broad Top timeline
East Broad Top 2-8-2 No. 12 pulls into Orbisonia station for another load of riders on Oct. 14, 1960, during the narrow-gauge’s reopening weekend. Don Wood photo June 24, 1951 Last of seven chartered railfan trips, dating to 1936, operates on EBT. Jan. 1, 1952 C. Roy Wilburn, who eventually would lead the railroad’s day-to-day […]
