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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation recently awarded a total of $24.5 million in grants to 39 railroads and rail shippers through the Rail Freight Capital Budget and Transportation Assistance and Rail Freight Assistance programs. Proceeds will be used to rehabilitate or construct freight-rail infrastructure.

The state will provide $15 million from the capital budget program and $9.5 million from the freight-rail assistance program.

The grants include:
• $3.2 million to Stourbridge Railroad to rehabilitate 23 miles of track and upgrade a bridge;
• $3 million to Norfolk Southern Railway to remodel part of Dillerville Yard, including track, utilities and structural work;
• $1.7 million to the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad Inc. to construct a siding and reactivate a bridge over the Clarion River to connect to another railroad;
• $1.4 million to the Pittsburgh and Ohio Central Railroad to enhance yard capacity and efficiency by upgrading track and replacing turnouts;
• $1.3 million to USSC’s Real Estate Division for a second phase of track improvements for Mon Valley Works, including switch replacement and associated trackwork;
• $1 million to the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co. to rehabilitate concrete pedestals at 40 locations, replace bridge deck timbers, install bridge approach ties and improve bridge approaches;
• $761,530 to Duferco Farrell Corp. to rehabilitate track and turnouts, and construct an additional 1.5 miles of track;
• $700,336 to RJ Corman Railroad Group to rehabilitate track, replace bridge ties and complete concrete repairs;
• $700,000 to East Broad Top Railroad to rehabilitate track to restore a rail spur;
• $694,000 to PBS Coals to rehabilitate 10 miles of track; and
• $624,834 to Leetsdale Industrial to rehabilitate industrial park track.