Funding sought for railroad

By Dylan McCament, News Staff Writer

 

Saturday, November 04, 2006

 

MOUNT VERNON — Finding the funding to save the ailing railroad between Mount Vernon and Newark was the goal of a meeting held Thursday at the Knox County Service Center. Officials from the Ohio Railroad Development Commission think it will cost over $3.49 million to fully rehabilitate the 25-mile line.

 

State, city and county officials met with representatives from the Ohio Rail Development Commission, the Ohio Department of Development and Ohio Central Railroad Systems, the Coshocton-based company that has a long-term lease on the line. Discussion centered around creating a plan to obtain the money from different sources and focus it on the rehabilitation of the line...

 

 

http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/06/11/04/02.html

The ORDC commissioners today approved a $200,000 grant to begin replacement of old ties along the Mount Vernon Line. 

http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2006/12/04/daily16.html 

 

State grants $1.7M for railroad renovations

Business First of Columbus - 1:49 PM EST Wednesday

 

The state is giving the Ohio Rail Development Commission $1.7 million to renovate a 26-mile stretch of rail line that serves Ohio Central Railroad Inc.'s two largest shippers, forest product giant Weyerhaeuser Co. and the Central Ohio Farmers Co-Op Inc.

 

The commission said the rehabilitation of the stretch of railroad, operated by Ohio Central, between the Knox County town of Mount Vernon and Newark in Licking County will retain 200 workers the companies employ in the areas...