Railroad firm seeks to buy line out of North Creek

Written by jrood

Iowa Pacific Holdings LLC, which has hopes to operate the Upper Hudson River Railroad next year, is looking to acquire an extension of the rail line that runs from North Creek to Essex County, NY. IPH is currently in talks with NL Industries Inc., which owns 28 miles of track between North Creek and Newcomb, and has been sitting unused since the late 1980s. President of Iowa Pacific Holdings, Ed Ellis, said the company only plans to purchase the line if it gets the contract to operate the train line in Warren County. The chief reason his company would like to make this deal is to get trains five miles closer to Barton Mines Co.'s complex in North River he said. "We don't have any immediate plans for it, other than to see the tracks remain in place." Ellis said. Warren County acquired 39 miles of the line from North Creek to Antone Mountain Road in Corinth in the mid-1990s, and looked at purchasing the northern portion of the line in 2004 but lack of funding terminated the deal.

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