Fairmont Subdivision
The Fairmont Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The line runs from Grafton northwest to Rivesville[1] along the old Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road main line and a former branch of it.[2][unreliable source?][3]
At its southeast end, the Fairmont Subdivision junctions with the Mountain Subdivision near its west end, where it becomes the Bridgeport Subdivision. The northwest end is at a junction with the Norfolk Southern Railway's , along which CSX has trackage rights north to the Mon Subdivision near Brownsville, Pennsylvania.
History[]
The majority of the Fairmont Subdivision, from Grafton to Fairmont, was opened in 1852 as part of the B&O's main line.[4] A short piece in Fairmont opened around 1890 as part of the .[5] The entire line became part of the B&O and CSX through leases and mergers.
References[]
- ^ "CSX Timetables: Fairmont Subdivision". Archived from the original on November 26, 2002.
- ^ "FT-Fairmont Sub". RadioReference.com.
- ^ "CSX Huntington East Timetable" (PDF). MultimodalWays.
- ^ "PRR Chronology, 1852" (PDF). Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. March 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-03-16.
- ^ Ross, Phil (1994). "The Scotts Run Coalfield from the Great War to the Great Depression: A Study in Overdevelopment". West Virginia History. Vol. 53. West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History. pp. 21–42.
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