Reporting mark GRW Headquarters Gary, Indiana Date of operation 2009 | Dates of operation 2009– Founded 1889 Locale Lake County, Indiana | |
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Predecessor Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Track gauge 4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge | ||
Gary railway switchers
The Gary Railway (reporting mark GRW) is owned and operated by Transtar, Inc., a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation. It currently runs along 63 miles of yard track throughout Gary, Indiana as a class III switching carrier for local steel supply. The Gary Railway is the successor to the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway after Canadian National Railway purchased the majority of the former EJE and finalized the deal on February 1 2009.
Currently the Gary Railway's primary customer is the U.S. Steel works in Gary, Indiana. However, it also serves four additional steel processing groups: ArcelorMittal USA, Tube City IMS, Brandenburg Industrial, and the Levy Company. The railway interchanges with Canadian National at Gary as well as several other Class I rail carriers connected along the lines of the former Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway.