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Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad

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and is approximately 26 miles in length. The primary commodities on the Shelton Sub are lumber, garbage, and propane gas cars. The loaded lumber comes from the Simpson Timber Railroad, which is part of the
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shortly after the PS&GH started operations. The NP then completed a line from Centralia to Elma and from Montesano to Grays Harbor bringing rail service to Grays Harbor in 1892.
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and is approximately 48 miles in length. Primary commodities are the same as the Shelton Subdivision with the addition of military and other U.S. Government traffic from
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The Elma Subdivision is the primary mainline for the Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad and is approximately 70 miles in length. The Elma Sub starts in
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now has unit grain, soy bean, soda ash, auto, garbage, and military trains in addition to their regular local traffic.
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for unloading. These run through trains are operated by PSAP crews. The PSAP hauled around 80,000 carloads in 2011.
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Much of the line was originally constructed by the Puget Sound & Grays Harbor Railroad in 1890. The
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saw a steady increase in business due to it being the only deep sea port near Seattle. The line from
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The railroad's main commodities are timber products, garbage, as well as chemicals. In 2011 The
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locomotive power are considered home on the PSAP as they run through on these unit trains to
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The company began operations on August 30, 1997, when the line was purchased from the
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with its only rail connection to the rest of the North American rail network.
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and Bangor while the Bremerton Subdivision continues northeast to
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Operations map of the Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad during
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St Lawrence & Atlantic / St-Laurent & Atlantique
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railroad that operates 158 miles of track serving the
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List of United States railroads by political division
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Garbage comes from the 345: 246:Arizona and California Railroad 1308:Washington & Idaho Railway 1273:Olympia & Belmore Railroad 1223:Columbia & Cowlitz Railway 1: 1384:Spin-offs of the BNSF Railway 1343:Former carriers in Washington 1293:Tri-City and Olympia Railroad 1268:Mount Vernon Terminal Railway 903:Pittsburgh & Ohio Central 873:North Carolina & Virginia 447: 313: 1369:Washington (state) railroads 1283:Pend Oreille Valley Railroad 1015:Toledo, Peoria & Western 953:Dansville & Mount Morris 908:Point Comfort & Northern 680:Columbus & Chattahoochee 635:Central Oregon & Pacific 630:Cascade & Columbia River 250:California Northern Railroad 7: 1233:Central Washington Railroad 1092:Youngstown & Austintown 918:Prescott & Northwestern 665:Chattooga & Chickamauga 264:approval in December 2012. 10: 1400: 923:Providence & Worcester 670:Chesapeake & Albemarle 553:Aliquippa & Ohio River 382:Simpson Investment Company 359:, Milepost 5, and ends in 235: 224:. 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Genesee & Wyoming
Centralia
Reporting mark
Washington
BNSF Railway
Track gauge
standard gauge
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RailAmerica
reporting mark
Class III
shortline
Kitsap Peninsula
Grays Harbor County
Centralia, Washington
State of Washington
BNSF Railway
Union Pacific Railroad
subsidiary
Genesee and Wyoming
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Arizona and California Railroad
California Northern Railroad
RailAmerica
Genesee and Wyoming Inc
STB
interchanges
BNSF Railway

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