Ohio Railroad Contacts
The contacts listed below are the most current Business Development contacts for most of Ohio’s railroads.
These contacts are responsible for helping businesses locate or expand in Ohio to utilize their respective railroad’s services to ship and receive products. (The Industrial Development contacts listed ARE NOT responsible for any railroad issue other than new business development. For railroad issues other than industrial development, contact ORDC and we will provide you the appropriate contact information.)
If you have any questions regarding industrial development opportunities in your area, please contact the appropriate person listed below:
Akron Barberton Cluster Railway
Herb Shanklin
330-745-4431
Ann Arbor Railroad
Dan Lester
618-580-7558
daniel.lester@watcocompanies.com
Ashland Railway
Steve Nielsen
484-221-9730
Ashtabula, Carson, and Jefferson Railroad
Robert Callahan
440-576-1212
Canadian National
Shane Crain - Eastern Ohio
319-290-3924
Scott Anderson - Western Ohio
708-332-4705
Cincinnati Eastern Railroad
Chris Whitley
800-280-8906 x101
CSX Transportation
Adam Hess
317-267-4981
Flats Industrial Railroad
Pete Poremba
216-696-7951
Genesee & Wyoming Inc.
- Columbus & Ohio River
- Mahoning Valley
- Ohio Central
- Ohio & Pennsylvania
- Ohio Southern
- Warren & Trumbull
- Youngstown Belt
- Youngstown & Austintown
- Indiana & Ohio
- Central of Indiana
- Chicago, Ft. Wayne & Eastern
Ryan Fischer
412-310-3257
Grand River Railway
Thomas Nord
330-719-6860
Indiana Boxcar Corporation
- Youngstown & Southeastern
- Camp Chase Railway
Brendan Keener
765-825-0316
Indiana Eastern and Ohio South Central Railroads
George Andres
618-830-6124
Kanawha River Railroad
Chase Gunnoe
304-553-9409
chase.gunnoe@watcocompanies.com
Napoleon, Defiance & Western Railroad
Jodi Heath
260-222-7706
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Paul Jeffers
614-438-6913
Northern Ohio & Western Railway; Newburgh & South Shore Railroad; Cleveland and Cuyahoga Railway; Cleveland Port Railway
Doug Ernstes
513-882-6988
Republic Shortline Railroad
Garret Kloots
330-495-5246
RJ Corman Railroad
William Downey
859-304-1687
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
Jeff Sunderland
330-767-7286
