Decatur Central Railroad
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| Reporting mark | DCC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates of operation | August 2016– | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Decatur Central Railroad (reporting mark DCC) is an American railroad that operates in central Illinois. It was founded in August 2016 as a joint venture between short-line railroad operator OmniTrax, which operates the railroad, and grain cooperative Topflight Grain, which owns the right-of-way and trackage.[1] The route, which runs between Cisco and Decatur, was previously operated by the Decatur Junction Railway.[2] The railroad began operation in January 2017.[2]
The railroad's primary market is local grain transportation, though it also serves an intermodal facility and can interchange traffic with the Canadian National Railway in Decatur.[2]
Locomotive roster
[edit]| Model | Road number |
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| EMD GP38-2 | GMTX 2214 |
| GMTX 2227 | |
| GMTX 2551 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Decatur Central Railroad joint venture". Railway Gazette. August 12, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- ^ a b c "OmniTRAX kicks off Decatur Central Railroad operations". Progressive Railroading. January 26, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- ^ Locomotive roster