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Trains keep regional economy rolling along
variety of freight types and needs throughout the area are vital to supporting the county’s economy.” Much of that rail activity in Indiana County comes from its coal mines. “Coal has been and contin- ues to be the dominant prod- uct,” said SaraWalfoort,man- ager of freight planning for the Southwestern Pennsylva- nia Commission. But other materials are transported in and out of In- diana County, by rail and other means. Based on combined 2011 figures gathered by SPC, the Indiana Commodity Group sent out 2.1 million tons of nonmetallic minerals, 1.3 million tons of coal, half a million tons of secondary traffic (movements of consol- idated consumer goods be- tween warehouse and distri- bution centers), 400,000 tons of farmproducts and 300,000 Continued from Page 6
tons of scrap/wastematerial. The top five destinations for things shipped from the county are Westmoreland County; the city of Norfolk, Va.; and Blair and Cambria counties. Things brought into the county included 14.5 million tons of coal, 900,000 tons of nonmetallic minerals, but also 500,000 tons of petrole- um or coal products, 300,000 tons of secondary traffic and 200,000 tons of food or kin- dred products. The top five inbound trade partners are Cambria and Armstrong counties, the Clarksburg-Morgantown area of northern West Vir- ginia, andMonongalia Coun- ty in West Virginia, which in- cludes Morgantown, and Greene County in the south- west corner of Pennsylvania. Norfolk Southern touts being a principal carrier of coal, automobiles and auto- motive parts.
Citing aTexas A&MUniver- sity report, Walfoort said 16 rail cars can serve the pur- pose of 70 to 100 trucks in carrying a product. Norfolk Southern has near- ly 19,500 miles of rail in 22 states from coast to coast, in- cluding 2,400 miles in Penn- sylvania and some services in Indiana County. The Center for Economic Operations said 15 trains op- erate on that line each day. Norfolk Southern says it runs four trains per day through the Indiana area. The railroad has invested more than $44 million in a rail construction project to serve the Keystone Power Plant near Shelocta. According to a map posted by the Pennsylvania Depart- ment of Transportation, Nor- folk Southern’s Conemaugh Route rolls along the Kiskiminetas and Cone- maugh rivers on its way from Pittsburgh to Johnstown.
Connections include a spur line breaking off from Salts- burg north through Clarks- burg and Shelocta to Creek- side.
CSX Transportation Inc. also operates in Indiana County. According to the Center for Economic Opera- tions, it is the largest railroad
in the eastern United States with a 21,000-mile rail net- work linking commercial markets in 23 states, the
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