M&NJ to lease NS tracks in Orange County
Written by jrood
Middletown and New Jersey Railroad L.L.C., a subsidiary of Regional Rail L.L.C., will lease and operate 36 miles of track from Norfolk Southern Corp. M&NJ will operate a group of tracks known as the NS Campbell Hall Cluster in Orange County, New York. The deal includes associated trackage rights. Regional Rail also owns or operates 111 miles of rail line in eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware. The Campbell Hall Cluster include the Hudson Secondary, which runs from Campbell Hall to a connection with New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway in Warwick; the Walden Secondary, which runs from Campbell Hall to Walden; and the Maybrook Industrial Track between Campbell Hall and Montgomery. In a report in the Times Herald-Record, Al Sauer, M&NJ's regional vice president, said the new lines will allow M&NJ to expand rail services in southeastern New York, and that the lines are "well positioned to serve expanding warehouse and distribution operations in the area."
