Conrail Shared Assets Operations

Conrail (Unofficially: Conrail Shared Assets Operations)
Reporting mark CRCX
Locale three separate networks, in the Detroit, MI, Philadelphia, PA, and Newark, NJ areas
Dates of operation June 1, 1999–present
Predecessor Consolidated Rail Corp.
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Headquarters Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Website www.conrail.com

Conrail Shared Assets Operations is the commonly used name for modern-day Conrail (reporting mark CRCX). Conrail is an American railroad company. It operates three networks—the North Jersey, South Jersey/Philadelphia, and Detroit Shared Assets Areas, where it serves as a contract local carrier and switching company for its owners, CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. When most of the former Conrail's track was split between these two railroads, the three shared assets areas (a total of about 1,200 miles of track) were kept separate to avoid giving one railroad an advantage in those areas. The company operates using its own employees and infrastructure, but owns no equipment outside MOW equipment.

North Jersey Shared Assets Area

The North Jersey Shared Assets Area stretches from the North Bergen Yard in North Bergen, New Jersey south into Jersey City and Newark, and beyond to Manville (Port Reading Junction) and Trenton, much of which is operated over Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and New Jersey Transit lines through trackage rights. Primary connections are to CSX's River Subdivision north to Albany, New York at North Bergen, NS's Southern Tier Line northwest to Buffalo, New York at Croxton Yard in Jersey City, NS's Lehigh Line west to Allentown, Pennsylvania and CSX's Trenton Subdivision southwest to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Manville, and the Conrail South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets Area at Trenton. Oak Island Yard is the principal yard for the region with smaller ones at Bayonne, Greenville (Jersey City), Linden, Manville, Metuchen, Newark, Old Bridge and Port Reading (Woodbridge).[1][2]

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Passaic and Harsimus Line "P&HL" - formerly Northeast Corridor at Waverly, New Jersey, now Oak Island Yard to Jersey City

South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets Area

The New Jersey Department of Transportation anticipated in 2010 increased freight activity in South Jersey that has led to capital improvement and expansion projects for this designated area.[3]

The South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets Area is operated out of Pavonia Yard in Camden, New Jersey, with smaller yards in Marcus Hook, Paulsboro, Millville, Morrisville, Frankford Junction, Burlington, Port Richmond and South Philadelphia.

Delair Bridge

The south track at the Delair Lift Bridge (part of the Delair Branch) is used by Conrail; the north track is used by New Jersey Transit's Atlantic City Line.

Detroit Shared Assets Area

The Detroit Shared Assets Area consists of:

  • Detroit Line - From junction with Norfolk Southern Detroit Line in Gibraltar, Michigan at MP 20 to junction with Conrail North Yard Branch at CP-West Detroit.
  • North Yard Branch - From junction with Conrail Detroit Line at CP-West Detroit to junction with Conrail Sterling Secondary at CP-North Yard.
  • Sterling Secondary & Utica Industrial Track - From junction with the Conrail North Yard Branch at CP-North Yard to the end of the Utica Industrial Track at MP 27.
  • Michigan Line (runs parallel to Michigan Avenue, US Hwy 12) - CP-Townline in Dearborn (junction with Amtrak Michigan Line) to CP-Bay City Jct.
  • Lincoln Secondary - From junction with CSXT Toledo Terminal Subdivision at Carleton to Ecorse Junction in Detroit. Trains can operate track authority EC-1 forms issued by the CSX RL Dispatcher located in Calumet City, Illinois.

CP-West Detroit, Delray, CP-YD, and River Rouge Yard lie close to each other on the Utica/MP 20 line, giving the whole a rough K-shape. Various spurs and industrial tracks branch off from this trackage. Mileage in both directions is measured from the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel.

Locomotives

Conrail Shared Assets utilizes the following types of locomotives, all supplied by CSX and Norfolk Southern.

References

  1. ↑ "Conrail Operations". Conrail.com. 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  2. ↑ http://www.choosenj.com/getattachment/Quality-of-Life/Healthcare-(1)/New-Jersey-Transportation.pdf.aspx Archived 2014-12-19 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Southern New Jersey Freight Transportation and Economic Development Assessment Survey (PDF) (Report). New Jersey Department of Transportation. December 2010. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  • Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail Home Page)
  • Conrail Historical Society
  • Decision FD-33388 (Surface Transportation Board final decision about the Conrail split)
  • Various Conrail Stuff - Maps of Conrail Breakup
  • Detroit Shared Assets Area by Jeff Knorek
  • Conrail Shared Assets Photo Gallery : Page 1 of 2 - by Stan's RailPix
  • Conrail (Pages 1 – 25 from 2004 book)
  • "Marketing Department Inspection Trip" (PDF). Conrail. October 11, 1984. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
  • "Conrail Shared Assets Operation (CSAO)". http://centralnjfan.
  • Abandoned Railroad Inventory and Policy (PDF) (Report). Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. September 1997. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
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