Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad (reporting mark ABB) was a switching railroad that was built to serve various industries around cities of Barberton and Akron in Ohio. The main purpose was to switch chemical cars for Pittsburgh Plate Glass, Babcox and Wilcox Companies as well as O.C. Barber's match works, all in Barberton. It was controlled by the Akron, Canton and Youngstown, Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsylvania and Erie railroads. It interchanged railroad cars with the Erie Railroad in Barberton, Pennsylvania RR in Barberton and Akron, Akron Canton & Youngstown at East Akron and Fairlawn and the Baltimore & Ohio RR in East Akron and Barberton. The railroad was always a freight only carrier.From 1942 to 1972, the ABB pulled their trains with four Baldwin switching locomotives. In 1964, they purchased an additional ALCO RS-3 locomotive from the Pennsylvania Railroad. These worn out locomotives were scrapped in 1972 when the railroad began using leased motive power. This lasted until October of 1982 when two EMD SW1500 locomotives were purchased from Conrail. These two units make the motive power on the current system. In 1994 the railroad was a sold to the Akron Barberton Cluster Railway which in turn is owned by the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway. Its main traffic includes plastic pellets for Landmark Plastics and Rubbermaid. There is a coal train three times a week and the railroad brings comics to the Akron Beacon Journal. (Newsprint delivery by rail was ceased in 2009. The spur off of the CSX main and all trackage to the Beacon Journal has been removed.)The (tracks themselves are owned by Akron METRO which also runs the Transit Agency. Future plans are to attract more industry and rebuild the Erie Lackawanna line for freight and passenger service to Kent State University. (METRO only Owns the former Erie line from Akron to Kent, and is inoperable at this time (2011) )The only former Erie line that ABCR runs on is from Kent, and Barberton, OH to Rittman,OH. }
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- Akron_and_Barberton_Belt_Railroad abstract "The Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad (reporting mark ABB) was a switching railroad that was built to serve various industries around cities of Barberton and Akron in Ohio. The main purpose was to switch chemical cars for Pittsburgh Plate Glass, Babcox and Wilcox Companies as well as O.C. Barber's match works, all in Barberton. It was controlled by the Akron, Canton and Youngstown, Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsylvania and Erie railroads. It interchanged railroad cars with the Erie Railroad in Barberton, Pennsylvania RR in Barberton and Akron, Akron Canton & Youngstown at East Akron and Fairlawn and the Baltimore & Ohio RR in East Akron and Barberton. The railroad was always a freight only carrier.From 1942 to 1972, the ABB pulled their trains with four Baldwin switching locomotives. In 1964, they purchased an additional ALCO RS-3 locomotive from the Pennsylvania Railroad. These worn out locomotives were scrapped in 1972 when the railroad began using leased motive power. This lasted until October of 1982 when two EMD SW1500 locomotives were purchased from Conrail. These two units make the motive power on the current system. In 1994 the railroad was a sold to the Akron Barberton Cluster Railway which in turn is owned by the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway. Its main traffic includes plastic pellets for Landmark Plastics and Rubbermaid. There is a coal train three times a week and the railroad brings comics to the Akron Beacon Journal. (Newsprint delivery by rail was ceased in 2009. The spur off of the CSX main and all trackage to the Beacon Journal has been removed.)The (tracks themselves are owned by Akron METRO which also runs the Transit Agency. Future plans are to attract more industry and rebuild the Erie Lackawanna line for freight and passenger service to Kent State University. (METRO only Owns the former Erie line from Akron to Kent, and is inoperable at this time (2011) )The only former Erie line that ABCR runs on is from Kent, and Barberton, OH to Rittman,OH".