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The Appalachian and Ohio Railroad (AAR reporting marks AO) is a class III railroad operating in West Virginia.

Originally the Cowen and Pickens Subdivisions of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the railroad was a part of CSX until it was bought by Watco Companies, which began operating the railroad on March 25, 2005.1 Watco only held the line for a short time before selling it to Four Rivers Transportation on May 15, 2006.2

The railroad operates 158 miles of track between Grafton and Cowen.2 It has no branches, except for a short line that connects Alexander to the main line at Hampton.3

The AO's main customers are coal mines, although it carries smaller amounts of chemicals and wood.2 Among the six coal mines it serves is the Sago Mine, site of the Sago Mine disaster in 2006.3

It connects with four other railroads:3

Of these railroads, only CSX and WVC operate currently; the ELKR closed in 1999, and the BEEM closed in 2000.4

Locomotive Roster

The A&O railroad uses EMD locomotives to move the empty and loaded cars to and from customers. They currently have two SD90's (#s 125 and 130), four GP38-3's (#s 2631, 2634,2638, and 2662), two GP38-2's (#s 2665 and 2670), one GP40-2 mother (#2113) and a GP40 slug (#2114). All Watco motive power, including seven SD50's and five GP38's went to other Watco operations.5

References

  1. ^ A&O, Watco, 2005. Accessed 2007-07-22.
  2. ^ a b c A & O Railroad, Appalachian and Ohio Railroad, 2006. Accessed 2007-07-22.
  3. ^ a b c System map, Appalachian and Ohio Railroad, 2006. Accessed 2007-07-22.
  4. ^ An Introduction to the Railroads of the Region, Northern WV's Railroads, 2002. Accessed 2007-07-22.
  5. ^ Komanesky, John and Moyers, Brad (2007). Appalachian and Ohio Railroad Locomotives, [1] Accessed 2007-12-09.

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