19.August, Nicholasville KY – R. J. Corman Railroad Group, LLC finalized an agreement to acquire Owego and Harford Railway (OHRY), Lehigh Railway (LRWY), and Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway (LS), as well as TranZ, a transload service provider operating on the short line railroads.

The three short line railroads haul a variety of freight including sand, drill cuttings, scrap, feed products, fertilizer, pipe, plastic, propane, chemicals, and wood products.

TranZ operates a bulk transfer station on the Lehigh Railway in Wyalusing, PA.

• Owego and Harford Railway is a 26.7-mile railroad in New York that operates on a long-term lease from Tioga County Industrial Development Agency (TCIDA).
• Lehigh Railway, which began operations in 2009, operates on 56 miles of track in North-Central PA owned by Norfolk Southern Railway Company.
• Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway operates over 60 miles of track in Northeastern PA and leases the property from the Luzerne County Redevelopment Corporation under a multi-year operating agreement.

Altogether the three lines transport over 14,000 carloads annually, interchanging with Norfolk Southern and Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad.

{R.J. Corman press release, 19.Aug.2020}

Susquehanna Valley PA/NY