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Are the railroad tracks which pass over US 224 on the east side of Ottawa ever used? This would be the rail line that served the old Phillips plant. Thanks!

jhnmummert wrote:Are the railroad tracks which pass over US 224 on the east side of Ottawa ever used? This would be the rail line that served the old Phillips plant. Thanks!

That would be the former Detroit Toledo & Ironton line around Ottawa, now known as the Ottawa Industrial Loop. It is currently used by the Indiana and Ohio Railroad to serve two industries, Silgan Plastics Corp and Steel Technologies, on the southeast side of Ottawa on an as needed basis.

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There's a small elevator that I'm told ships something infrequently. Alphalpha pellets or something like that perhaps.

AARR wrote:There's a small elevator that I'm told ships something infrequently. Alphalpha pellets or something like that perhaps.

No longer a switch off the main for them to receive rail service. Alfalfa Green is a conglomerate of dehydrated alfalfa pellet makers. If they ship by rail they will use the CPS location at Ottawa on CSX to load cars as they can load 15 and get a better rate at that location. Yarnells of Deshler and located west of town would be another company involved in Alfalfa Green.

Thanks for the update

JoJames wrote:

AARR wrote:There's a small elevator that I'm told ships something infrequently. Alphalpha pellets or something like that perhaps.

No longer a switch off the main for them to receive rail service. Alfalfa Green is a conglomerate of dehydrated alfalfa pellet makers. If they ship by rail they will use the CPS location at Ottawa on CSX to load cars as they can load 15 and get a better rate at that location. Yarnells of Deshler and located west of town would be another company involved in Alfalfa Green.