![]() ![]() The owner of the railroad, Sloane Cornell, was offering to sell the railroad for $4 million but came down in price to $3.5 million. The agreement to which the developer’s spokesperson is referring was a possible sale of the railroad. “They (the developer) had access to ties and rails but were held up in the movement of the materials to the K&K property due to the CCEDC not being able to come to some sort of agreement with the current owner of the railroad,” the developer’s spokesperson said. In addition, Ehrhart said the state Department of Transportation recommended Stone make estimates on value and damage.Ĭlarion County Commissioner David Cyphert said conservative estimates for fixing the line were at least $20 million. Ehrhart could not confirm whether Stone is friends with Knox & Kane Railroad owner Sloane Cornell but could confirm they know each other. Executive Director Brad Ehrhart said Harvey Stone, physical engineer with Stone Consulting of Warren, estimated the repairs for the CCEDC. The developer’s spokesperson said the estimated cost to rebuild the line was only from one company, which the developer believes belongs to a friend of the owner, but the developer submitted the names of other companies which rebuild railroads.Ĭlarion County Economic Development Corp. “(The developer) in e-mails and repeated phone calls to the CCEDC even stated that we were willing to help rebuild the tracks but we are not in a position to purchase the railroad and rebuild the line totally themselves,” the developer said in an e-mail to the Clarion News. ![]() The company was “led to believe that the CCEDC was trying to gain control of the railroad,” the spokesperson said. The private developer, the company’s spokesperson said, does not want to be publicly identified yet in case some sort of arrangement can be established with the owner of the line.Īccording to the developer’s spokesperson, his company had several meetings with the Clarion County Economic Development Corp. – A private railroad company official says his company was and still is interested in the Knox & Kane Railroad but has been hindered by red tape from the parties involved. On October 10 and 11, 2008, the railroad's rolling stock was auctioned off as part of a liquidation sale.I have heard that the RD26 is for sale. It will become New Haven 3025 and is due to steam back up this year. It was sold at auction to The Valley Railroad Company in Essex, CT and is under current restoration. On March 16th, 2008 arson fire that destroyed the engine house in Kane, PA that housed various locomotives and railroad parts.The K&K RR #58 a 1989 China Railways SY class steam locomotive 2-8-2 was extensively damaged in this fire. In the spring of 2006, the Knox & Kane ceased both freight and tourist service. In 1982 the road was bought by the K&K.Ī tornado in 2003 extensively damaged the Kinzua Bridge viaduct in Mt. It was taken over by the Pittsburgh and Western in late 1883, and then in 1902 by the Baltimore and Ohio. ![]() The road, originally was built by The Pittsburgh, Bradford and Buffalo Railway, was completed from Knox, PA through Marienville and Kane, and on to Mt Jewett in 1883. The Knox and Kane Railroad, (K&KRR), ran from 1982-2008 and was headquartered in Marienville, Pennsylvania in the Northwestern area of PA and was a standard gauge RR. It was taken in Marienville, PA in Feb of 2011. I believe to have been constructed in the early 1980's, but can't attest to it as the builder plate is now gone from it.Ī view of the curved rails the turntable once turned on. A caption of the former turntable of Knox and Kane Railroad.
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