Governor Wolf Announces New State Investments in Rail Projects, Supporting 375 Jobs

Governor Wolf Announces New State Investments in Rail Projects, Supporting
375 Jobs

4/24/2017-HARRISBURG

Today, Governor Tom Wolf announced new project approvals through the State
Transportation Commission totaling more than $40 million in funding that
will
support an estimated 375 jobs in rail freight projects statewide.

"Keeping our extensive rail freight system in good shape is a common-sense
way
to ensure a sound foundation for the state's economy," said Governor Wolf.
"Pennsylvania is ranked first when it comes to operating railroads, and we
are
committed to working with this vital industry to serve the state's business

community and keep our job picture bright."

The State Transportation Commission voted today to approve $40 million for
nine
projects through the Rail Transportation Assistance Program (RTAP) and 25
projects through the Rail Freight Assistance Program (RFAP).

Following is a county-by-county list of approved rail freight projects:

RTAP Projects:

Allegheny County
• Allegheny Valley Railroad Co., $1,032,168 to rehabilitate the 36th Street

Trestle bridge to increase capacity by eliminating weight restrictions.
• Norfolk Southern Corp., $20 million to alter 14 bridges by raising
overhead
clearances or lowering track to accommodate doublestack train cars.
• U.S. Steel Corp., $279,830 to rehabilitate approximately one mile of
track,
install two switches, and improve drainage.

Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clearfield, Elk, Indiana, Jefferson,
Lawrence, McKean, and Warren counties
• Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad Co., $1,861,142 to rehabilitate about 220
miles
of track by rail grinding and replacing more than 2,700 ties and 35,000
feet of
rail.

Cambria, Centre, and Clearfield counties
• R.J. Corman Railroad Co., Pennsylvania lines, $1,071,485 to rehabilitate
65
miles of track including ties and ballast.

Dauphin County
• Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad, $220,500 to rehabilitate about five
miles
of track, a wye and a turnout.

Susquehanna County
• Central New York Railroad, $3 million to rehabilitate the Starrucca
Viaduct
and Bridge.

Washington and Westmoreland counties
• Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway, LLC, $1,799,000 to install 14 miles of
continuous welded rail.

York County
• York Railway Co., $735,875 to repair three bridges and rehabilitate about
14
miles of track.

RFAP Projects:

Allegheny County
• Tube City IMS, LLC, $700,000 to rehabilitate over one mile of track
including
ties, ballast, turnout reconfiguration, and surfacing.
• Union Railroad Co., $700,000 to rehabilitate over four miles of track
including about 4,750 new ties and ballast.

Allegheny and Washington counties
• Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co., $700,000 to replace the deck timbers on

four bridges.

Blair County
• D Holdings, $700,000 to rehabilitate about 3,200 feet of track and five
turnouts and pave an existing loading dock at a transload facility.

Bradford County
• Lehigh Railway LLC, $244,125 to install a turnout on an existing siding
at
the Rock Station fracking sand facility.

Bucks County
• Tyburn Railroad LLC, $420,000 to construct more than 1,000 feet of new
track
and install a crossover.

Bucks, Chester and Montgomery counties
• East Penn Railroad LLC, $594,912 to install 2,500 new ties and complete
five
miles of surfacing on the Wilmington Northern line and install 4,000 new
ties
on the Quakertown line.

Chester County
• Arcelor Mittal Plate LLC, $274,179 to replace seven turnouts and
reconstruct
327 feet of track throughout the company's Coatesville steel plant.
• Mittal Steel USA Railways, $308,315 to reconstruct 790 feet of track and
replace six turnouts throughout the company's Coatesville property.

Clearfield County
• American Rock Salt, $700,000 to rehabilitate 4,500 feet of existing
track,
construct 1,000 feet of new track and install a new conveyor at an existing

Clearfield County transload facility.

Cumberland County
• Gettysburg & Northern Railroad Co., $107,250 to rehabilitate and install
a
new turnout to an existing dead-end stub track siding to create a
2,400-foot
turnaround track.

Lackawanna and Luzerne counties
• Redevelopment Authority of Luzerne County, $175,000 for repairs to seven
bridges including tie alignment and replacement, tree removal and walkway
replacement.

Lackawanna and Monroe counties
• Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad Co., $639,249 to replace bridge timbers and
back
wall ties on the two Carbondale Main bridges and repair spalling and
cracking
on a bridge on the Pocono Mainline.

Lancaster County
• Landisville Railroad LLC, $700,000 to rehabilitate nearly two miles of
track,
including surfacing, installation of eight turnouts, tie replacement and
resurfacing of a public road crossing.

Lawrence County
• The Hill Railroad Car Co., $243,177 to relocate a turnout and install new

ties and rail on the 1,350-foot South Sample spur.
• Kasgro Rail Corp., $344,347 to replace and strengthen yard track at the
company's manufacturing and repair facility.
• New Castle Industrial Railroad, $266,952 to realign and rehabilitate less

than one mile of track including new ties, plates and two switches.

McKean County
• Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad, $700,000 to rehabilitate more
than
17 miles of track, including 7,500 new crossties, re-timbering of two
mainline
turnouts, reconstruction of a two-track highway crossing and ballasting and

surfacing.

Mifflin County
• SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority, $145,021 to rehabilitate less than one
mile of
the West Park track including ditching and drainage.
• Standard Steel LLC, $303,450 to replace three turnouts and 1,500 feet of
track at the steel plant.

Philadelphia
• Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, $609,161 to rehabilitate the rail
approaching and alongside the Tioga III warehouse at the Tioga Marine
Terminal.

Pike County
• Central New York Railroad, $210,000 to repair and strengthen various
components of a four-span steel deck truss bridge over the Delaware River
to
New York.

Somerset County
• JIDC, $176,656 to repair spalling on bridge abutments and piers and
replace
300 ties on a siding.

Venango County
• Oil Creek Titusville Lines, $69,825 to repair a two-span, through-truss
bridge at Petroleum Centre.

Wyoming County
• Proctor & Gamble Paper Products, $249,900 to improve the company's rail
yard,
including new rail and ties, stone ballast and resurfacing.

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