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Railfans in the area, and there are a lot of them, may be interested to know that the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad has discontinued service on their track between Jamestown, NY and Saegertown, PA. There’s been very little freight rolling on those rails, last year there were only three freight cars moved for customers and without business it makes no sense to maintain the service.
Beyond the loss of “a handful” of jobs for Meadville-based railroad employees, the move is expected to have little impact, company President Bob Babcock said, as customers in Meadville and Saegertown will continue to be served from tracks extending south and west.
The tracks will remain in place, they have not been abandoned, if business comes back they could be used again.
Among the last traffic to come south on the track into Meadville was the Western New York & Pennsylvania C630M, a locomotive built at Montreal Locomotive Works under license from the American Locomotive Co. in July 1968, according to Bernie Hanmore, president of French Creek Valley Railroad Historical Society. The railroad donated the locomotive to the society and brought it into Meadville from Olean, New York, earlier this year.