Panther Valley

Company History: PVAL was established in 1983 to be the designated operator of the 18 mile county owned former Conrail line from Packerton Junction in the Jim Thorpe area to Hauck, Pennsylvania. The owner of the railroad was accused of financial wrong-doing and sold the line to another party. The second owners made a valiant attempt to make a go of it but fell into bankruptcy in 1990. Another operator took over operations of the line at that point. Today the line is operated as part of the Reading & Northern.

Successor/Parent History: OmniTRAX, Inc is one of North America’s largest private railroad and transportation management companies with interests in railroads, terminals, ports and industrial real estate. OmniTRAX operates a network of 21 regional and short line railroads that cover 12 states in the US and 3 provinces in Canada. The company’s railroads have interchanges with BNSF, CN, CSXT, NS & UP, and transport commodities within the Agricultural, Aggregate & Industrial Mineral, Energy, Food, Crude Oil, Chemical, Lumber, Metal, Petroleum and Plastic industries.

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