Pearson & Sadieville RR

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Pearson & Sadieville RR

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Another creation of mine loosely based on a small switching layout I've been messing with.

The Pearson & Sadieville Railroad is a shortline operating roughly 30 miles of track in southwestern Indiana. The small railroad serves eight customers and rosters five EMD switchers. Pearson is the southern end of the railroad, where they have a small yard and engine shop. They also interchange with the WI&I here. The railroad then runs about 21 miles northeast to Sadieville where there is another small yard. The nine-mile branchline to Girard splits off at GR Junction two miles outside of Sadieville. The railroad operates today just as it has for the last 20 years. Little has changed since the startup in 1995 when two local businessmen purchased the track from the Western Illinois & Iowa Railway, who put it up for sale looking to rid themselves of the branchline. Since then, the line has remained profitable with a good partnership between the railroad and all online customers.

The P&SV roster consists of five veteran EMD switchers; one SW1, two SW9's, and two SW1200's. The SW1 is primarily kept in Pearson as the yard switch engine, while the other four SW's handle the rest of the railroad. Three cabooses are also kept on property, although only one of them is in service and is used as a shoving platform for the crew to use on the Pearson Industrial Spur. From 1997-2009, the railroad also ran weekend excursions during the summer months using two of the cabooses and two passenger cars with an engine on either end. This ended in the middle of summer 2009 when a derailment in the yard at Pearson damaged both of the coaches. Through a public fundraiser in 2014, funds were attained to repair the two cars, and the excursions are expected to start again in June 2015, although they will likely run without the cabooses like before.

P&SV Roster
EMD SW1 #10 (Former B&O #210)
EMD SW9 #92 (Former LV #292)
EMD SW9 #94 (Former UP #1834)
EMD SW1200 #122 (Former DRGW #138)
EMD SW1200 #126 (Former MP #1107)
Caboose #44
Caboose #46 (OOS)
Caboose #48 (OOS)
Pullman Lightweight Passenger Car #100 (City of Pearson) *Being restored*
Pullman Lightweight Passenger Car #102 (City of Sadieville) *Being restored*

Online Customer List
A&B Precast & Plastic - Sadieville - Receives loads of plastic pellets
Bay Valley Foods - Sadieville - Receives loads of corn syrup and soy, ships out loads of both refrigerated and non-refrigerated products
Berrian Ag Products - Girard - Receives loads of anhydrous ammonia
Ohio River Valley Forest Products - Pearson - Receives loads of kaolin and plastic pellets, ships loads of rolled paper and lumber
Kirkland Packaging - Kirkland - Ships loads of various packaged products
Midwest Cold Storage - Sadieville - Receives loads of various food products for distribution
Omni-Source - Pearson - Receives loads of scrap metal
United Farmers of Indiana - Sadieville - Ships loads of corn and soybeans
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