Napoleon Defiance & Western

Company History: The NDW was launched in the last week of 2012 by the Pioneer Railcorp family of shortlines to take over operation of the 53 mile line between Liberty Center, Ohio southwest to Woodburn, Indiana from the former operator Maumee & Western. This had been part of a Wabash mainline at one time but the swampy terrain over which it traverses led their successor Norfolk & Western to downgrade the line quickly. The new owners have been putting some work into the track and roadbed. Traffic includes aggregates, chemicals, foods, lumber, particleboard, plastics and pulpwood. If you go to Youtube and search for Worst Railroad Track in America, you will find videos of this line.

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