Conrail Shared Assets Operations

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Conrail Shared Assets Operations

Reporting marks	CSAO
Locale	three separate networks, in the Detroit, MI, Philadelphia, PA, and Newark, NJ areas
Dates of operation	June 1, 1999 – present
Track gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Conrail Shared Assets Operations (AAR reporting marks CSAO) is an American railroad company. It operates three networks - the North Jersey, South Jersey/Philadelphia, and Detroit Shared Assets Areas, where it serves as a local carrier and switching company for CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. When most of the former Conrail's track was split between these two railroads, the three shared assets areas were kept separate to avoid giving one railroad an advantage in those areas.

1 North Jersey Shared Assets Area
- 1.1 Lines
2 South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets Area
- 2.1 Delair Bridge
3 Detroit Shared Assets Area
4 External links

[edit] North Jersey Shared Assets Area

The North Jersey Shared Assets Area stretches from the North Bergen Yard in North Bergen, New Jersey south into Jersey City and Newark, and beyond to Manville and Trenton, much of which is operated over Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and New Jersey Transit lines through trackage rights. Primary connections are to CSX's River Subdivision north to Albany, New York at North Bergen, NS's Southern Tier Line northwest to Buffalo, New York at Croxton Yard in Jersey City, NS's Lehigh Line west to Allentown, Pennsylvania and CSX's Trenton Line southwest to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Manville, and the Conrail South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets Area at Trenton.

[edit] Lines

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Passaic and Harsimus Line - Northeast Corridor at Waverly, New Jersey to River Line at CP Waldo, New Jersey
- Northern Running Track - Passaic and Harsimus Line at Marion Junction, New Jersey to CSX North Bergen Yard
  - National Docks Branch - Northern Running Track at Bergen Junction, New Jersey to ?
River Line - Passaic and Harsimus Line at CP Waldo, New Jersey to National Docks Branch at CP Nave, New Jersey

[edit] South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets Area

The South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets Area is operated out of Pavonia Yard in Camden, New Jersey.

Atlantic City Line - trackage rights along New Jersey Transit from Bordentown Secondary at Delair, New Jersey to Winslow Junction, New Jersey
Beesley's Point Secondary - Vineland Secondary at CP Brown in Camden, New Jersey to Winslow Junction, New Jersey, and trackage rights along New Jersey Transit to Beesley's Point Industrial Track at Palermo, New Jersey
- Beesley's Point Industrial Track - Beesley's Point Secondary at Palermo, New Jersey to Beesley's Point, New Jersey
Bordentown Secondary - Vineland Secondary at Pavonia Yard to Northeast Corridor at Millham in Trenton, New Jersey
Northeast Corridor - trackage rights along Amtrak (Northeast Corridor) from Northern New Jersey operations border at Princeton Junction, New Jersey to Zoo Tower in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Penns Grove Secondary - Salem Secondary and Vineland Secondary at Woodbury, New Jersey to Deepwater Point Running Track at Penns Grove, New Jersey
Robbinsville Industrial Track - Bordentown Secondary at Bordentown, New Jersey to Robbinsville, New Jersey
Trenton Line - Bordentown Secondary at Delair, New Jersey to CSX (Philadelphia Subdivision and Trenton Subdivision) at Park Junction, Pennsylvania
- Deepwater Point Running Track - Penns Grove Secondary at Penns Grove, New Jersey to Deepwater, New Jersey
Salem Secondary - Penns Grove Secondary and Vineland Secondary at Woodbury, New Jersey to Swedesboro, New Jersey
Vineland Secondary - Bordentown Secondary at Pavonia Yard to Millville, New Jersey

[edit] Delair Bridge

The south track at the Delair Lift Bridge (part of the Trenton Line) is used by Conrail; the north track is used by New Jersey Transit's Atlantic City Line (using trackage rights from Conrail).

[edit] Detroit Shared Assets Area

The Detroit Shared Assets Area consists of three main lines:

Utica to Milepost 20 (junction with Norfolk Southern Detroit Line)
CP-Townline (junction with Norfolk Southern Michigan Line) to CP-West Detroit
Carleton (junction with CSXT Toledo Terminal Subdivision to CP-YD

CP-West Detroit, Delray, CP-YD, and River Rouge Yard lie close to each other on the Utica/MP 20 line, giving the whole a rough K-shape. Various spurs and industrial tracks branch off from this trackage.