ELKR Gassaway WV 4-3-22
The death of a railroad. With around 550 shortline railroads in the US, there is pretty much always something coming or going. Many are marginal operations, hanging on the needs of a single customer or simply earning revenue storing cars. The Elk River did both-- working a small Appalachian Railcar Services facility and mostly storing cars in the yard at Gassaway and along their line. Time ran out for this line in 2022, and the yard began to be removed in March. The motive power is now staged all together facing an uncertain future as the yard disappears around it.
ELKR Gassaway WV 4-3-22
The death of a railroad. With around 550 shortline railroads in the US, there is pretty much always something coming or going. Many are marginal operations, hanging on the needs of a single customer or simply earning revenue storing cars. The Elk River did both-- working a small Appalachian Railcar Services facility and mostly storing cars in the yard at Gassaway and along their line. Time ran out for this line in 2022, and the yard began to be removed in March. The motive power is now staged all together facing an uncertain future as the yard disappears around it.