R.J. Corman West Virginia Line: Taking a Chance on a Turnaround

This article describes how the R.J. Corman Company transformed a 16-mile short line railroad’s infrastructure in only 90 days and won the 2007 Short Line & Regional Railroad of the Year award. The project included rehabilitating 12 miles of existing track of what had previously been the West Virginia Southern, a former switching carrier that was renamed RJCV after R.J. Corman acquired it in July 2005. The company installed a 125-member work team in Pax, West Virginia, and cleared right-of-way and reconstructed an abandoned four miles of track including a 1,100-foot tunnel. The line carries coal from Pioneer Fuel Company’s new coal loading facility at Pax.

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• Publication Date: 2007-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Maps; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 26, 28, 30
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 208
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coal; Maintenance of way; Railroad tracks; Rehabilitation (Maintenance); Short line railroads; Welded rail
• Geographic Terms: West Virginia
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01050240
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 2007 2:40PM