ALLEGHENY & WESTERN Railway Services Allegheny & Western is a railway services and shortline railroad company committed to integrity in railroad transportation. The Allegheny & Western goal is to aggressively grow railroad freight shipments through creative marketing and customer service. Allegheny & Western is dedicated to excellence -- on its own railroads and in its services to other companies. Allegheny & Western team members have years of railroad experience at class I railroads, shortline railroads, Amtrak and in the railroad supply industry. Allegheny & Western is centrally located in Chicago, the railroad capital of the United States.