Maumee & Western

Company History: The MAW was established after the 1997 collapse of Indiana Hi-Rail to resume operation on the former Wabash line between Woodburn, Indiana and Liberty Center, Ohio. The line became infamous for having some of the worst track still in use in the nation. The route cuts across the Great Black Swamp. This and the fact that no major work has been done to the track since it was a Wabash mainline in 1964 accounts for the track conditions (Wabash successor N&W downgraded the line in favor of a parallel Nickel Plate route.) The MAW was a sister road of the Connersville & New Castle. The line was sold in late 2012 to the Pioneer Railcorp family of shortlines who renamed it Napolean Defiance & Western.

Successor/Parent History: Pioneer Railcorp is a railroad holding company that owns short line railroads and several other railroad related businesses including a railroad equipment company and a contract switching services company. Railroad transportation is provided by the Company’s wholly-owned short line railroad subsidiaries ("Pioneer Lines".) Pioneer Lines rail system is primarily devoted to carrying freight and currently consists of 23 rail operations in 13 states with over 600 miles of track serving over 100 customers. .

Customers know Pioneer Lines and its dedication to providing reliable and dependable rail services through its North American railroad subsidiaries. Pioneer’s customers include some of the most successful corporations in America. The commodities moved by Pioneer Lines are primary products needed for the economy in good times and bad. Examples of these commodities are agricultural products such as cottonseed, corn, fertilizer, meal, peanuts, soybeans, and wheat, along with other products such as alcohol, baby food, charcoal, chemicals, flooring materials, frozen foods, heavy equipment, lumber, paper products, plastics, scrap metal, steel (finished,) and wood products (finished.)

Brief History: The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.