Worlds Worst Maintained Railroad ( Full Video)
Maumee Western Railroad Company (reporting mark MAW) was a Class III shortline railroad, located between Woodburn, Indiana and Liberty Center, Ohio. The MAW operated on a former Wabash Railroad mainline ( The Fifth District ), which ran Westward out of Toledo to Fort Wayne. After the merger between the Wabash and Norfolk Western Railroads, the line became a neglected branch under the auspices of the Norfolk Western, and was partly torn up between Toledo and Liberty Center, with that part of the right of way now acting as a railtrail. However, Norfolk Southern Railway (formed after the merging of Southern Railway and Norfolk Western Railroad in 1982) sold the rest of the remaining railroad tracks between Woodburn and Liberty Center to the Indiana HiRail Company in 1990. Indiana HiRail operated the line for several years with Alco locomotives until the company was liquidated in 1997. By that time, this once prosperous line seemed to be facing a possible abandonment. But, the Maumee Western Railroad
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