Youngstown and Austintown Railroad
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Youngstown and Austintown Railroad is a short-line railroad that exists just west of Youngstown, Ohio
, USA. It is owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It connects with the Youngstown Belt Railroad
which is owned by the same company. The lines are very short and they service the steel industry
in Youngstown.
Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
, USA. It is owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It connects with the Youngstown Belt Railroad
Youngstown Belt Railroad
The Youngstown Belt Railroad is a part of the Ohio Central Railroad System, which was bought by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. in 2008, serving the area northwest of Youngstown, Ohio. It began operations in 1997, mainly on ex-Erie Railroad trackage owned by the affiliated Warren and Trumbull Railroad ,...
which is owned by the same company. The lines are very short and they service the steel industry
Steel mill
A steel mill or steelworks is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel.Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. It is produced in a two-stage process. First, iron ore is reduced or smelted with coke and limestone in a blast furnace, producing molten iron which is either cast into pig iron or...
in Youngstown.