by hotbike
Hello folks,
I came across this article today, and I don't understand how CSX would have to get permission from Conrail to replace a bridge. What follows is a link, and an excerpt from the article, and then my reply to the newspaper which printed the article, which encapsulates my best understanding of the situation. I am completely baffled.
Can anyone shed some light on this topic? Is Ohio DOT making this up?
http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/5068857?page=0
Excerpt from Article:
"By Mike Sever | Staff Writer
The century-old Rock Spring Road bridge in Charlestown is going to get a little older.
Portage County commissioners this week accepted a $200,000 grant from the Ohio Public Works Commission toward replacement of the humpbacked, wood-truss span. The total cost was estimated at $700,000 in 2007. CSX Railroad got federal stimulus money for an upgrade of its system which includes a new, higher Rock Spring Road bridge.
But replacement plans are being held up by a small strip of land that is owned by Conrail.
“It runs alongside the CSX track under the bridge. One of the (new bridge) piers would sit on Conrail land,” said Portage County Engineer Michael Marozzi. He said CSX needs an easement from Conrail in order to build the new bridge and so far the two have not come to an agreement.
Marozzi said the problem would never have arisen if his advice had been followed. He said he had recommended that the Ohio Department of Transportation administer the project but CSX insisted on doing it.
Marozzi said ODOT has the authority to take an easement by eminent domain while CSX does not..."
"There MUST be more to this story...
Back in 1999, CSX bought Conrail. Actually, Conrail was sold for ten Billion dollars, and CSX and Norfolk Southern split Conrail up. Conrail was made up of the Pennsylvania RR, the New York Central RR, and some other smaller RR's, like the Jersey Central, the Reading, the Lehigh Valley, and the Eire-Lackawanna RR. The maps were changed, and CSX got roughly the New York Central east of Cleveland, and the NY Central west of Cleveland. (Norfolk Southern got the PRR east of Cleveland and the NYC west of Cleveland) .
However, the previous owners of Conrail were very shrewd, and they kept Conrail alive in the form of Conrail Shared Assets Area, Conrail SAA. Also , when the $ Ten Billion $ dollar sale went through, the stock was transferred, but Conrail kept many of the underlying Bonds. Also, the Conrail SAA trackage is located in three places, Detroit, Philidelphia, and Northern New Jersey, neither of which is located in Ohio. Something is wrong with this story. And if the line goes to Baltimore, then it would be part of the B&O , Baltimore and Ohio, which was NEVER part of Conrail.
Someone please explain."
I came across this article today, and I don't understand how CSX would have to get permission from Conrail to replace a bridge. What follows is a link, and an excerpt from the article, and then my reply to the newspaper which printed the article, which encapsulates my best understanding of the situation. I am completely baffled.
Can anyone shed some light on this topic? Is Ohio DOT making this up?
http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/5068857?page=0
Excerpt from Article:
"By Mike Sever | Staff Writer
The century-old Rock Spring Road bridge in Charlestown is going to get a little older.
Portage County commissioners this week accepted a $200,000 grant from the Ohio Public Works Commission toward replacement of the humpbacked, wood-truss span. The total cost was estimated at $700,000 in 2007. CSX Railroad got federal stimulus money for an upgrade of its system which includes a new, higher Rock Spring Road bridge.
But replacement plans are being held up by a small strip of land that is owned by Conrail.
“It runs alongside the CSX track under the bridge. One of the (new bridge) piers would sit on Conrail land,” said Portage County Engineer Michael Marozzi. He said CSX needs an easement from Conrail in order to build the new bridge and so far the two have not come to an agreement.
Marozzi said the problem would never have arisen if his advice had been followed. He said he had recommended that the Ohio Department of Transportation administer the project but CSX insisted on doing it.
Marozzi said ODOT has the authority to take an easement by eminent domain while CSX does not..."
"There MUST be more to this story...
Back in 1999, CSX bought Conrail. Actually, Conrail was sold for ten Billion dollars, and CSX and Norfolk Southern split Conrail up. Conrail was made up of the Pennsylvania RR, the New York Central RR, and some other smaller RR's, like the Jersey Central, the Reading, the Lehigh Valley, and the Eire-Lackawanna RR. The maps were changed, and CSX got roughly the New York Central east of Cleveland, and the NY Central west of Cleveland. (Norfolk Southern got the PRR east of Cleveland and the NYC west of Cleveland) .
However, the previous owners of Conrail were very shrewd, and they kept Conrail alive in the form of Conrail Shared Assets Area, Conrail SAA. Also , when the $ Ten Billion $ dollar sale went through, the stock was transferred, but Conrail kept many of the underlying Bonds. Also, the Conrail SAA trackage is located in three places, Detroit, Philidelphia, and Northern New Jersey, neither of which is located in Ohio. Something is wrong with this story. And if the line goes to Baltimore, then it would be part of the B&O , Baltimore and Ohio, which was NEVER part of Conrail.
Someone please explain."
