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{{Infobox SG rail | gauge={{Track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}
| railroad_name = Flats Industrial Railroad
| image = File:Flats Industrial Railroad (2).jpg
| marks = FIR
| locale = [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]],<br/>[[Cuyahoga County, Ohio|Cuyahoga County]], [[Ohio]]
| start_year = 1996<ref name=REG-FIR>{{Cite web
|title = Vol. 66, No. 221/Thursday, November 15, 2001/Notices STB Finance Docket No. 34108
|publisher = [[Federal Register]]
|url = http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=09000064803013c9&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110520124327/http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ContentViewer?objectId=09000064803013c9&disposition=attachment&contentType=pdf
|format=[[PDF]]
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = 2011-05-20
|format = [[PDF]]
}}</ref>
| predecessor_line = [[Conrail]]<ref name=REG-FIR/>
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|publisher=[[Bureau of Transportation Statistics]]
|url=http://www.bts.gov/publications/state_transportation_statistics/ohio/html/table_01_13.html
|access-date=2008-06-25
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011015104/http://www.bts.gov/publications/state_transportation_statistics/ohio/html/table_01_13.html
|archive-date=2008-10-11
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
| hq_city = 1757 Columbus Road, [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio|Cuyahoga County]], [[Ohio]] 44113
}}
The '''Flats Industrial Railroad''' {{reporting mark|FIR}} is a [[Class III railroad]] that provides short-line commercial/industrial switching service in [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio]], primarily with [[CSX Transportation]] and the [[Norfolk Southern Railway]].
 
== History ==
Trains have run in the [[Cuyahoga Valley]] since the 1880s. In 1880, the [[Valley Railway]] began operations, transporting coal to [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], and [[Canton, Ohio|Canton]] from the [[Tuscarawas River]] Valley and providing passenger service along the way. After a decade of operation, the Valley Railway became part of the [[Baltimore & Ohio Railroad]]. In the 20th century, competition from automobiles, trucks, and buses caused the decline of both freight and passenger service.
 
Right-of-way ownership shifted over the years from [[Valley Railway]] to [[Cleveland Terminal & Valley Railroad]] (CT&V), to the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]], to the [[Chessie System]].
 
=== Today ===
Flats Industrial Railroad acquired its rails and right-of-way within the [[Flats District (Cleveland)]] from former [[Conrail]]. As of 2009, the Class III Short Line railroad operates as the '''Flats Industrial Railroad Company (FIR/FIRS). '''. The railroad operates on weekdays, reportedly around 7:00 to 10:00AM in the morning. At one time, they used to have a sand trans-loading business to keep themselves busy while not switching at Cleveland's Cereal Food Processors elevator.They also used to serve fatty oils and synthetic esters producer, "Werner G. Smith." They interchange with the Norfolk Southern in a yard between Fulton Road and W.41 Street in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cloggsville Line, operated by Norfolk Southern, serves that yard. Company (FIR/FIRS).
 
FIR has one employee: a locomotive engineer.<ref name=RRB-TE2006>{{Cite web
|title=TOTAL EMPLOYMENT BY STATE AND LAST RAILROAD EMPLOYER - CALENDAR YEAR 2006
|publisher=[[Railroad Retirement Board]]
|url=http://www.rrb.gov/pdf/act/TotalEmployment2006.pdf
|format=[[PDF]]
}}</ref>
 
== Equipment ==
Flats Industrial Railroad initially operated one switching locomotive, later adding a second locomotive.{{Cref|B}}
 
{{inc-transport|date=June 2008}}
 
=== Locomotives ===
{| class = "wikitable sortable collapsible"
|+ |Flats Industrial Railroad - Locomotives
! |Number<br/>
! |Manufacturer<br/>
! |Model<br/>
! |Description<br/>
|-
| |12
| |[[Electro-Motive Diesel|EMD]]
| |[[EMD SW1001|SW1001]]
| |Diesel-Electric Switcher
|-
| |1222
| |[[Electro-Motive Diesel|EMD]]
| |[[EMD SW1001|SW1001]]
| |Diesel-Electric Switcher
|-
|} <!-- end of WikiTable -->
 
==Images and media==
{{inc-transport|date=June 2008}}
 
== Facilities ==
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{{Infobox bridge
|bridge_name = Flats Industrial Railroad<br/>vertical lift bridge
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|id =
|designer =
|design = Metal Riveted [[Truss bridge#Warren (non-polar) truss|Warren Through Truss]], Stationary, [[Vertical lift bridge]]
|material = Steel
|spans = 1
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|long =
}} <!-- end of Infobox Bridge -->
All locations are in [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio|Cuyahoga County]], [[Ohio]]:
{{Infobox rail line
|name = (former)<br/>ConRail/PennCentral<br/>Clark branch and DK yard
|color =
|logo =
|logo_width =
|image =
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|caption = '''Flats Industrial Railroad'''
|type = [[Industrial railway|Industrial]] [[Freight (rail)|Freight]] [[Short-line railroad]]
|system = '''Flats Industrial Railroad'''
|status =
|locale = [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio|Cuyahoga County]], [[Ohio]]
|start = ''CP Knob'' switch connection with CSX/NS
|end = 1. Train Avenue and Willey Road<br/>2. Carter and Scranton road<br/>3. Carter and Old River road<br/>4. FIR siding, Fall and French street<br/>5. FIR siding, Fall and French street<br/>6. FIR siding, Fall and French street<br/>7. flour mill, Merwin street<br/>8. flour mill, Merwin street<br/>9. flour mill, [[Cuyahoga River]]<br/>10. flour mill, [[Cuyahoga River]]
|stations =
|routes =
|open = 1996
|close =
|owner = '''Flats Industrial Railroad'''
|operator = '''Flats Industrial Railroad'''
|character = [[Class III railroad]]
|stock =
|linelength = {{Convert|4|mi|km|1}}<ref name=REG-FIR/>
|tracklength = {{Convert|4|mi|km|1}}<ref name=REG-FIR/>
|notrack = 1 to 3
|gauge = {{RailGauge|usstandard|al=on|allk=on}}
|speed =
|elevation = {{Convert|571|ft|m|1}} <!-- temporary placeholder, highest elevation probably mainline switch -->
|map =
|map_state = collapsed
}} <!-- end of Infobox rail line -->
{{Flats Industrial Railroad|collapsed=yes}}
{{Cleveland Union Terminal Branch|collapsed=yes}}
The '''Flats Industrial Railroad''' {{reporting mark|FIR}} is a [[Class III railroad]] that provides short-line commercial/industrial switching service in [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio]], primarily with [[CSX Transportation]] and the [[Norfolk Southern Railway]].
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
 
|+ |Flats Industrial Railroad - Facilities
== History ==
! |[[Geographic coordinate system|Coordinates]]<br/>
Trains have run in the [[Cuyahoga River|Cuyahoga Valley]] since the 1880s. In 1880, the [[Valley Railway]] began operations, transporting coal to [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], and [[Canton, Ohio|Canton]] from the [[Tuscarawas River]] Valley and providing passenger service along the way. After a decade of operation, the Valley Railway became part of the [[Baltimore & Ohio Railroad]]. In the 20th century, competition from automobiles, trucks, and buses caused the decline of both freight and passenger service.
! |Name<br/>{{Cref|A}}
 
! |Type<br/>
Right-of-way ownership shifted over the years from Valley Railway to the [[Valley Railway|Cleveland Terminal & Valley Railway]] (CT&V), to the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]], to the [[Chessie System]].
! |Address<br/>
 
! |Description<br/>
=== Today ===
|-
Flats Industrial Railroad acquired its rails and right-of-way within the [[Flats District (Cleveland)]] from former [[Conrail]]. As of 2009, the Class III Short Line railroad operates as the '''Flats Industrial Railroad Company'''. The railroad operates on weekdays, reportedly around 7:00 to 10:00AM. At one time, they used to have a sand trans-loading business to keep themselves busy while not switching at Cleveland's Cereal Food Processors elevator. They also used to serve fatty oils and synthetic esters producer, "Werner G. Smith." They interchange with the Norfolk Southern in a yard between Fulton Road and W.41 Street in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cloggsville Line, operated by Norfolk Southern, serves that yard.
| |{{Coord|41|29|30.75|N|81|42|0.5|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|display=inline,title|name=FIR HQ}} || Head || Quarters || 1757 Columbus Road, 44113 ||
 
|-
As recently as 2014, FIR had only two employees.<ref name=RRB-TE2006>{{Cite web |title= TOTAL EMPLOYMENT BY STATE AND LAST RAILROAD EMPLOYER - CALENDAR YEAR 2014 |publisher= [[Railroad Retirement Board]] |url= https://www.rrb.gov/pdf/act/TotalEmployment2014.pdf |access-date= 2016-06-18 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160812045516/https://www.rrb.gov/pdf/act/TotalEmployment2014.pdf |archive-date= 2016-08-12 |url-status= dead}}</ref>
| |{{Coord|41|29|31.5|N|81|41|59.25|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR lift bridge}} || Vertical Lift || [[Vertical lift bridge|bridge]] || over [[Cuyahoga River]] ||
 
|-
In April 2020, the railroad's primary customer, the Grain Craft flour mill on Merwin Avenue, announced it would be closing due to "challenging market dynamics and long-term supply chain obstacles."<ref>{{cite news |last=Sosland |first=Josh |date=2020-04-24 |title=Grain Craft closing flour mill in Cleveland |url=https://www.world-grain.com/articles/13604-grain-craft-closing-flour-mill-in-cleveland#:~:text=CHATTANOOGA%2C%20TENNESSEE%2C%20US%20%E2%80%94%20Grain,%2Dterm%20supply%20chain%20obstacles.%E2%80%9D |work=World Grain |access-date=2022-02-27}}</ref>
| |{{Coord|41|29|31|N|81|42|1|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR locomotive parking}} || [[Locomotive]] || parking || 1757 Columbus Road, 44113 || model ?
 
|-
== Equipment ==
| |{{Coord|41|29|30.75|N|81|42|1.25|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR W switch}} || W || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || 1757 Columbus Road, 44113 ||
Flats Industrial Railroad initially operated one switching locomotive, later adding a second locomotive, until 2021 when [[EMD SW1200|SW1200]] #1202 was sold to the Davenport Industrial Railroad in Davenport, Iowa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?2,5216902 |title=Flats Industrial Railroad rare move |access-date=2022-02-27}}</ref>
|-
 
| |{{Coord|41|29|27|N|81|41|45|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR E switch}} || E || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || Carter Road, Scranton Road ||
=== Locomotives ===
|-
*[[EMD SW1500]] #1222
| |{{Coord|41|29|25.5|N|81|41|44.25|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR EE switch}} || EE || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || Carter Road, Scranton Road ||
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|20.25|N|81|41|42.75|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR EEE switch}} || EEE || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || Lorain-Carnegie, Scranton Road ||
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|25.5|N|81|41|43.75|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR EEEN switch}} || EEEN || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || Carter Road, Scranton Road ||
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|28.75|N|81|41|45|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR EEENW EOL}} || EEENW || [[End of line|EOL]] || Carter Road and Old River Road || ruins to former Old River Road rail lift bridge and [[GCRTA]] W.10th tracks
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|34.5|N|81|41|42.75|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR EEENE EOL}} || EEENE || EOL || Carter Road and Scranton Road || rear of Carter and Scranton Road businesses
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|15.25|N|81|41|42.25|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR ES switch}} || ES || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || Scranton Road, University Road ||
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|13|N|81|41|41.75|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR ESS switch}} || ESS || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || Scranton Road and University Road ||
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|3.5|N|81|41|45.25|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR ESSS switch}} || ESSS || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || Scranton Road, Abbey Avenue ||
|-
| |{{Coord|41|28|53.25|N|81|41|52|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR ESSSE EOL}} || ESSSE || EOL || Willey Road, Train Avenue ||
|-
| |{{Coord|41|28|53|N|81|41|53|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR Willey Crossing}} || Willey || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || Willey Road, Train Avenue ||
|-
| |{{Coord|41|28|37.75|N|81|42|13|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR ESSSS switch}} || ESSSS || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || Train Avenue, West 30th. Street ||
|-
| |{{Coord|41|28|37|N|81|42|14.5|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR ESSSSN switch}} || ESSSSN || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || Train Avenue, Richner Avenue ||
|-
| |{{Coord|41|28|26|N|81|42|42.25|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR ESSSSNS switch}} || ESSSSNS || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || Train Avenue and Richner Avenue ||
|-
| |{{Coord|41|28|25.25|N|81|42|44.25|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR ESSSSS switch}} || ESSSSS || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || Train Avenue and Richner Avenue ||
|-
| |{{Coord|41|28|23.5|N|81|42|47.75|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR ESSSSSM switch}} || ESSSSSM || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || Train Avenue, Richner Avenue || ''CP Knob'' connection to (NS/NSR?) main line
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|32|N|81|42|5.75|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR WN switch}} || WN || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || Fall Street and Leonard Street ||
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|33.5|N|81|42|8|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR WNN switch}} || WNN || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || Fall Street and Leonard Street ||
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|35.5|N|81|42|12.5|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR WNNN EOL}} || WNNN || EOL || [[Cuyahoga River]] || flour mill
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|35.25|N|81|42|12.5|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR WNNS EOL}} || WNNS || EOL || [[Cuyahoga River]] || flour mill
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|32.75|N|81|42|9.25|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR WNS switch}} || WNS || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || Fall Street ||
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|33.25|N|81|42|11|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR WNSN EOL}} || WNSN || EOL || Merwin Street || flour mill
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|33|N|81|42|11|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR WNSS EOL}} || WNSS || EOL || Merwin Street || flour mill
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|29.75|N|81|42|3.75|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR WS switch}} || WS || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || French Street and Columbus Road ||
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|29.25|N|81|42|5.5|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR WSN switch}} || WSN || [[Railroad switch|Switch]] || Fall Street and French Street ||
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|27|N|81|42|8.5|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR WSNN EOL}} || WSNN || EOL || Fall Street and French Street || FIR siding
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|26.75|N|81|42|8.5|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR WSNS EOL}} || WSNS || EOL || Fall Street and French Street || FIR siding
|-
| |{{Coord|41|29|27.25|N|81|42|7.25|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|name=FIR WSS EOL}} || WSS || EOL || Fall Street and French Street || ? spare parts locomotive ?
|-
|} <!-- end of WikiTable -->
 
==Accidents==
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| publisher=[[Federal Railroad Administration]], [[United States Department of Transportation]]
| url=http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/Objects/bull2005-book.pdf
| format=[[PDF]]
| accessdate=2008-07-28
}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> InFrom 1996 to 2004 and 2006–2020, FIR did not report any accidents (train, highway-rail crossing, other incidents).<ref>{{Cite web
| title=Railroad Safety Statistics 2004 Annual Report
| publisher=[[Federal Railroad Administration]], [[United States Department of Transportation]]
| url=http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/Objects/bull2004-book.pdf
|accessdate=2008-07-28
| format=[[PDF]]
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422002918/http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/Objects/bull2004-book.pdf
| accessdate=2008-07-28
|archivedate=2008-04-22
|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080422002918/http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/Objects/bull2004-book.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-04-22}}</ref>
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
 
== See also ==
{{Portal|Trains}}
*[[Cleveland railroad history]]
*[[List of crossings of the Cuyahoga River]]
*[[List of Ohio railroads]]
*Connecting or neighboring railroads:
**[[Cleveland Commercial Railroad]]
**[[CSX Transportation]]
**[[Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad]]
**[[Cleveland Works Railway]]
**[[Norfolk Southern Corporation]]
**[[Newburgh and South Shore Railroad]]
**[[Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1916-1988)|Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway]]
 
== Notes ==
{{Refbegin}}
{{Cnote|A|Switch names are HQ-relative, should be Main-line relative.}}
{{Cnote|B|Both locomotives are visible on Google Earth and Maps imagery, there are many (copyrighted) pictures of each posted on other web sites.}}
{{Cnote|C|''CP'' as in ''CP Knob'' refers to "control point". FIR operates on what used to be the ''Clark Branch'' and the ''DK Yard''. The other bridge across the [[Cuyahoga River]] (OX/Flats Tower/Carter-Old River) in no longer used. FIR's interchange connection at ''CP Knob'' is to the [[Cleveland Union Terminal|CUT]] branch/main line.<ref>{{Cite web
|title=Lake Region - Cleveland Division Lakefront
|publisher=Penn Central Railroad Online
|url=http://pc.smellycat.com/pics/lake/clevlake/index.html
|accessdate=2008-07-19
}}</ref>
}} <!-- end of Cnote C -->
{{Cnote|D|[[United States Department of Transportation|Department of Transportation]], [[Surface Transportation Board]], STB Finance Docket No. 33044<br/>
'''Flats Industrial Railroad''' Company--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--[[Consolidated Rail Corporation]]<br/>
'''Flats Industrial Railroad''' Company, a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire by purchase, and to operate, approximately {{Convert|4|mi|km|0}} of rail lines owned by [[Consolidated Rail Corporation]] between M.P. 14 at [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio|Cuyahoga County]], [[Ohio|OH]], and M.P. 10 at Carter Road, [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio|Cuyahoga County]], [[Ohio|OH]], including the industrial lead to Cereal Food Processors, Inc. The proposed transaction was to have been consummated on or after October 1, 1996.<br/>
Decided: October 3, 1996.<ref>{{Cite web
|title=DoT Report #21 - October, 1996
|publisher=TrainNet.Org, [[Federal Register]], [[Surface Transportation Board]], [[United States Department of Transportation]]
|url=http://www.trainnet.org/Libraries/Lib001/DOT-21.TXT
|accessdate=2008-07-19
}}</ref>
}} <!-- end of Cnote D -->
{{Refend}}
 
== References ==
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=== General References ===
{{Portal|Railways}}
{{Refbegin|2}}
*[[Ohio Department of Transportation]]
**{{Cite web
| title = RAILROADS IN OHIO
| publisher = [[Ohio Department of Transportation]]
| url = http://www.dot.state.oh.us/ohol/OHIO%20RRs.htm
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080229141246/http://www.dot.state.oh.us/ohol/OHIO%20RRs.htm
|archivedate = 2008-02-29
}}
**{{Cite web
| title = OHIO RAILROADS EMERGENCY CONTACT LIST CODE
| publisher = [[Ohio Department of Transportation]]
| url = http://www.dot.state.oh.us/ohol/railroad%20emergency%20telephone%20numbers%20rev.%207-1-07.pdf
}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| format=[[PDF]]
}}
*{{Cite web
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{{Refend}}
 
==External links==
* {{YouTube|BHCX-PRVeXE|Cleveland's Flats Industrial Railroad}} (channel NorfolkSouthernModel)
 
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