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Watco owns and/or operates 45 short line railroads in North America and Australia, with more than 8,000 miles (13,000 km) of track connecting to Class I railroads. It is one of the largest short line owner-operators in the U.S.
The Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (reporting mark WSOR) is a Class II regional railroad in Southern Wisconsin and Northeastern Illinois currently operated by Watco. It operates former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) and Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW) trackage, mostly acquired by the state of ...
The Blue Ridge Southern Railroad (reporting mark BLU) is a Class III shortline railroad operating over 91.8 miles (147.7 kilometres) of track in Western North Carolina.The railroad is owned by Watco of Pittsburg, Kansas, and operates three lines that connect in the Asheville area that were previously owned by Norfolk Southern.
The Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad (reporting mark DREI) is a Class III [1] American regional railroad that is a subsidiary of Watco operating in eastern Illinois and western Indiana. [ 2 ]
Operates South Charleston Railroad, West Central Ohio Port Authority; Kanawha River Railroad (KNWA) (Watco) Lake Terminal Railroad (LT) Lorain Northern Railroad (LNOR) Mahoning Valley Railway (MVRY) (owned by GWI) Napoleon, Defiance & Western Railroad (NDW), (Pioneer Lines) Newburgh and South Shore Railroad (NSR)
Also in 2007, the WT&L bought the BNSF line between Plainview and Dimmitt, [7] which Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad subsidiary Fort Worth & Denver South Plains Railway had completed in 1928. [8] In May 2015, Watco purchased the WT&L from Iowa Pacific, with the railroad planned to be renamed the Lubbock and Western Railway. [9]
The Austin Western Railroad (reporting mark AWRR) is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Round Rock, Texas. [1] AWRR is a subsidiary of Watco . It is the contracted operator of 126 miles (203 km) of ex-Southern Pacific trackage, now owned by Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority .
The Great Northwest Railroad (GRNW) is located in North Central Idaho, and runs a mainline of approximately 77 miles (124 km). Known as the Camas Prairie Railroad until 1998 and then Camas Prairie Railnet , Watco purchased the line in 2004 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and renamed it the GRNW.