Here are three photographs of trains in Northeast Ohio on Sept. 30, 2022.
We see RJ Corman 3001 southbound south of Canal Fulton. The same train is later shown entering Massillon.
Finally, Norfolk Southern 5321 and its train are sitting in Orrville. This local works Smucker’s and an industrial park.
Photographs by Robert Farkas
It’s time for an R.J. Corman two for Tuesday. The date is March 24, 1997, and GP16 No. 1824 is working on the Corman’s Cleveland Subdivision. In the top image it is shown sitting in Warwick while in the bottom image it leads a southbound train at Canal Fulton. The 1824 was built for the Atlantic Coast Line in February 1951 as a GP7. By the time it reached the Corman it had been rebuilt into a GP16.
Photographs by Robert Farkas
Here are two photos including long-gone ex-Baltimore & Ohio color position light block signals.
In the top image R.J. Corman RP20BD No. 5400 and its train are on Corman trackage in Clinton after interchanging with CSX on June 25, 2012.
The CPL on the right is for westbounds. I believe the CPL to its left is for RJ Corman trains to enter CSX tracks.
In the bottom image, after passing the eastbound signal at CP Lambert on the CSX New Castle Subdivision, Akron Barberton Cluster SW1500 No. 1502 is heading east on June 26, 2012. Notice 1502’s old number from Conrail on the number boards on the front.
Article and Photographs by Robert Farkas
The Ohio Rail Development Commission has approved supporting four grant applications to the Federal Railroad Administration.
The four projects are seeking a collective $52 million in federal Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement grant funding.
The four projects include a $4.3 million project by R.J. Corman to rebuild track near Dover and Clinton. The track rehabilitation would eliminate slow orders and restore FRA Class II track speeds.
In the Cincinnati region, Norfolk Southern, CSX, and Genesee & Wyoming, are cooperating to review and establish priorities for projects that would reduce congestion in the vicinity of /Queensgate Yard.
The Kanawha River Railroad and NS are seeking $32.5 million to rebuild a rail route between Columbus and Cornelia, West Virginia.
NS owns the track but rail operations are conducted by the KRR, a subsidiary of short line holding company Watco.
The project will eliminate slow orders and restore Class II track speeds across the line.
In western Ohio, the Napoleon Defiance & Western is seeking $13.2 million to complete rehabilitating track between Defiance and Napoleon.
The project would bring the entire line back to a state of good repair.
R.J. Corman has donated a Ford F350 hi-rail mechanic’s truck to The Bluegrass Railroad Museum in Versalilles, Kentucky.
The truck will be used by the museum to support its operations of providing what it termed “an interactive experience of historic railroading in Kentucky.”
The museum specializes in collecting historic railroad artifacts related to railroads that operated in Kentucky. It also operates tourist trains.
The Corman truck will replace the museum’s 50-year-old railroad speeders and be used to conduct track inspections and maintenance-of-way chores.
Corman said in a news release that the truck has the capacity to store numerous tools and parts for on-site repairs, something that the old speeders could not do.
JRCC 3001 and RJ Corman 4119 are leading a Corman southbound train on March 18, 2022, southbound train. This is the first time I have seen JRCC 3001. Two of the images show the train leaving Clinton. A third photo shows it north of Canal Fulton. We believe the reporting marks are in error and that someone transposed the letters “R” and “J.”
Photographs by Robert Farkas
R.J. Corman 9003 is awaiting Conrail’s permission to cross over at CP Mace in Massillon on Sept. 30, 1996, on the Fort Wayne Line.
Photograph by Robert Farkas
Fred Mudge has been appointed to a seat on the board of directors of R.J. Corman Railroad Group.
Mudge is a former board member who served as chairman and interin president and CEO of the railroad.
In a news release, Corman said Mudge earlier served the company for nearly 20 years.
Mudge also is a former secretary of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, and previously served as president and CEO of Logan Aluminum, a flat-rolled aluminum manufacturer. In addition, he spent 32 years at Arco Metals.
The sun can’t shine every day and when clouds roll in, as they often do in Northeast Ohio, some railfan photographers go trackside anyway. Here are two cloudy day photos made on June 9, 2022, of a southbound R.J. Corman train. In the top image, the train, with units 3001 and 1410 is in Clinton. The bottom photo shows the same train south of Canal Fulton.
Photographs by Robert Farkas
Here are two from Warwick made on June 3, 2022. The top image of CSX 6248 is eastbound with what looks to be a local. The bottom image shows R.J. Corman No. 3001 running southbound past the former Warwick Tower, which is now used by maintenance of way crews. When I first saw this unit a few weeks ago, it was wrongly lettered “JR Corman.”
Photographs by Robert Farkas
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