Northern Ohio & Western

Company History: NOW operates a 25 mile former Pennsylvania Railroad route between Tiffin and Woodville, Ohio (once part of PRR’s line between Toledo and Mansfield which was abandoned south of Carrothers in 1959.) It is part of the OmniTRAX family of shortlines. NOW took over operation of the line from Indiana Hi-Rail in 1995. Traffic includes lime, limestone and pressed board.

Successor/Parent History: OmniTRAX, Inc is one of North America’s largest private railroad and transportation management companies with interests in railroads, terminals, ports and industrial real estate. OmniTRAX operates a network of 21 regional and short line railroads that cover 12 states in the US and 3 provinces in Canada. The company’s railroads have interchanges with BNSF, CN, CSXT, NS & UP, and transport commodities within the Agricultural, Aggregate & Industrial Mineral, Energy, Food, Crude Oil, Chemical, Lumber, Metal, Petroleum and Plastic industries.

Brief History: The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.