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1/3/2020
The Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad Co. Inc. logged a record 9,690 carloads in 2019, a 2.5 percent increase compared with 2018, the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority reported yesterday.The railroad is the rail operator for all authority-owned lines in Lackawanna and Monroe counties."These numbers show the explosive economic growth and development that has taken place since the rail authority first acquired these rail lines that were facing abandonment and liquidation by the private railroads in the 1980s," said authority President Larry Malski in a press release.In addition, the railroad was successful in obtaining and is administering $2.9 million in Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) grants through year-end 2021 on the authority's rail infrastructure. Projects include the installation of new ties, rail and ballast; surfacing; and the upgrade of two bridges.The Carbondale Rail Transload also was recently awarded a PennDOT grant for further upgrades and expansion of its facilities in Carbondale in the amount of $297,528."This new industry has become our second largest rail shipper, and is indicative of the new rail dependent industries that have created new jobs and economic development in Lackawanna and Monroe counties," Malski said.