Eastern Railroad Discussion > Greenspring, WV - abandoned trackage

Looking at riding the Potomac Eagle train this summer and was poking around on Google Earth to get the lay of the land.  It looks like that line is also a freight hauler that interchanges with CSX at Greenspring.  At the junction, there are the remnants of some large operation and significant rail trackage - but now is just a ruin.

What was there, and when did it go away?  

Railroad tie plant?

Fritz in MD

It was a Koppers railroad tie treating plant.  It closed in 2015.

Yes, it was on the north side of the CSXT Mains and Scale Track.  Gerry
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fritzrr Wrote:
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> Railroad tie plant?
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> Fritz in MD

On 4/1/2002, I found NW2 #9575 an x-C&O switcher from 1949, switching the lead track to the Koppers plant off the CSX main about 1/2 mile west of Green Spring, WV. This was shot from a dirt public road that parallels the tracks here.
Kodacolor print by WW Jenkins

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Thanks all!

DirtyShirt Wrote:
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> It was a Koppers railroad tie treating plant.  It
> closed in 2015.

Indeed. Although the plant was originally built and operated by the B&O. Originally, it contained a maze of narrow-gauge (30 inch) trackage. Koppers began joint operation with the railroad around 1935, and bought the plant outright in 1973.
/Ted



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/22/22 15:42 by Theowhitey.