Maumee and Western Railroad

corporaldan Feb 10, 2009

  1. KC8TCQ

    KC8TCQ New Member

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    Yeah they did, I have some good pictures from the cleanup/recovery of the rolled over engine, the derailment occoured just as the ice storm was getting started. We had to clean up the spilled fuel from the engine.
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  2. KC8TCQ

    KC8TCQ New Member

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    They come into Napoleon at least once a day, sometimes twice. There are several customers here in town in the industrial park, 2 cold storage facilities, a chemical storage facility, a plastic molding plant, and a drainage tile plant. Usually they are only pulling 4-5 cars at a time, sometimes they have a "super train" (for them) of 15-20 cars.
     
  4. BnOEngrRick

    BnOEngrRick TrainBoard Member

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    I remember back 10 yrs ago when there was an engine stationed in Napoleon strictly for switching reefers when those cars ran hot and heavy. Mostly frozen vegetables for Campbell's V8 plant.
     
  5. corporaldan

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    So does anyone have any idea how much revenue freight they handle a year?
     
  6. eaglerecon

    eaglerecon New Member

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    Well after looking through several documents on the internet I've found that they don't say. These are two closet documents to telling anything about their income.

    http://www2.dot.state.oh.us/ohiorail/Project%20Briefings/March%202005/MAWApprovedBrief.htm

    http://www.puco.ohio.gov/emplibrary/files/docketing/AnnualReports/2003/Railroads%5CMaumee%20and%20Western%20Railroad%20Corporation%202003.pdf
     
  7. eaglerecon

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    Alright after doing a little digging I think I can give you a rough estimate of revenue generated. According to this site <http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_n7s6p> Wabash Central generates 370,000$ a year. Then according to document B <http://www.rrb.gov/pdf/bcd/bcd08-46.pdf> the WBCR contributes 30% of GPB's(Apparently the operator of the MAW WBCR and CN & C)revenue and the MAW 45%. So by taking 370,000 dividing it .30 then multiplying it by .45 they appear to generate 555,000$ a year. Now there is probably something seriously wrong with these assumptions and calculations but for now its the best I can do.
     

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