The Johnsonburg, Kane, Warren and Irvine Railroad was a railroad company in Pennsylvania, United States. It was formed in 1982 to operate part of the

Philadelphia and Erie Railroad main line The main line of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad is a partially-abandoned railroad line in the state of Pennsylvania. It was constructed between 1852 and 1864 by the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, also known as the Sunbury and Eastern Railroa ...

which

Conrail Conrail , formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. The trade name Conrail is a portmanteau based on the company's legal name. It continues to do busine ...

would have otherwise abandoned. The company ceased operations in 1985 with the creation of the

Allegheny Railroad The Allegheny Railroad was an American railroad company operating in northwestern Pennsylvania. The Allegheny Railroad began operations on September 3, 1985. It operated of line between milepost 2.8 located at Erie, Pennsylvania and milepost 1 ...

History

In 1981,

proposed abandoning the

between

Erie, Pennsylvania Erie is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, fifth-most populous city in Pennsylvania and the most populous in Northwestern Pen ...

, and St. Marys, Pennsylvania. Three shippers who would be affected by the abandonment–Struthers Wells Company in

Warren Warren most commonly refers to: * Warren (burrow), a network dug by rabbits * Warren (name), a given name and a surname, including lists of persons so named Warren may also refer to: Places Australia * Warren (biogeographic region) * War ...

, National Forge in

Irvine Irvine may refer to: Places On Earth Antarctica *Irvine Glacier * Mount Irvine (Antarctica) Australia * Irvine Island * Mount Irvine, New South Wales Canada * Irvine, Alberta * Irvine Inlet, Nunavut Scotland *Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotlan ...

, and Warren Car Company in Starbrick–formed a new company, the Irvine, Warren, Kane and Johnsonburg Railroad, to acquire two line segments from Conrail: Irvine to Warren and

Kane Kane or KANE may refer to: Art, entertainment and media Fictional entities *Kane (comics), the main character of the eponymous comic book series by Paul Grist * Kane (''Command & Conquer''), Tiberium universe character in the ''Command & Conquer'' ...

to Johnsonburg. The

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) oversees transportation issues in the Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The administrator of PennDOT is the Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation, Michael B. Carroll. PennDOT ...

already owned the segment between Warren and Kane. To operate the line, the owners contracted with Sloan Cornell, who also owned the Knox and Kane Railroad. The Johnsonburg, Kane, Warren and Irvine Railroad began operating in July 1982. This operation lasted until 1985, when the

Hammermill Paper Company Hammermill Paper Company is an American paper manufacturer originally founded in 1898 as the Ernst R. Behrend Company. The company was purchased in 1986 by International Paper Company, where the namesake survived as a brand of paper. This brand w ...

acquired the lines of the Irvine, Warren, Kane and Johnsonburg Railroad, along with the rest of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad main line west of Emporium. The

, a subsidiary of Hammermill, began operating on September 3, 1985.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnsonburg Kane Warren Irvine Railroad Defunct Pennsylvania railroads Spin-offs of Conrail Railway companies established in 1982 Railway companies disestablished in 1985