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Now part of the large GNWR system, the Pittsburgh & Ohio Central incorporates trackage formerly belonging to the PRR's Chartiers branch, as well as the 
Pittsburgh, Chartiers & Youghiogheny. The Chartiers Branch began operation in the early 1870s, linking Washington, PA with the PRR line in Carnegie. Traffic along the line gradually faded as coal mining in the area ceased and heavy industry died, but the route remaine dopen through the Penn Central era before finally being sold by Conrail in 1996. it operated as the Pittsburgh Industrial railroad until gaining its current name upon acquisition by the Ohio Central. The railroad is headquartered at McKees Rocks, PA in the former Pittsburgh, Chartiers & Youghiogheny facility - trackage rights over CSX permit the line to reach industrial customers on Neville Island via a bridge over the back channel of the Ohio River.


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