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Four Local Fellows Buy a Train in Kennett Square
Four local men led by Cal Nichols and Richard Robey purchased the Octoraro Railway in 1976, investing 50,000 dollars to revive 47 miles of former Penn Central track and 29 miles leased from Reading. They aim to ship 1,600 carloads in 1978 and 2,500 by 1981, aided by regional rail subsidies under the Three R and Four R acts.
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Kennett Square
Madison
Ind
North Vernon
Grinder
West Virginia
Chesapeake
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Orient Express
Cal Nichols
Richard Robey
Mark Bennett
Steve Nate
Octoraro Railway
Penn
Illinois Central
Chicago
Octoraro
Conrail
Robey Nichols
Robey
ICC
Northeast
Gettysburg
Berwick Forge and Foundry
Pennsylvania
Michigan