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Big Marsh Fork Subdivision
The Big Marsh Fork Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. State of West Virginia. It was formerly part of the CSX Huntington East Division.http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Huntington%20Div%20East%20ETT%20%231%201-1-2005.pdf Huntington East Division Timetable It became part of the CSX Florence Division on June 20, 2016. At its south end it continues north from the Big Coal Subdivision and at its north end the track comes to an end. See also * List of CSX Transportation lines CSX Transportation owns and operates a vast network of rail lines in the United States east of the Mississippi River. In addition to the major systems which merged to form CSX – the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad The Baltimore and Ohio Railroa ... References CSX Transportation lines {{WestVirginia-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railroad
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer facili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. The company operates as the leading subsidiary of CSX Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. CSX Corporation (the parent of CSX Transportation) was formed in 1980 from the merger of Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries, two holding companies which controlled a number of railroads operating in the Eastern United States. Initially only a holding company itself, the subsidiaries that made up CSX Corporation were gradually merged, with this process completed in 1987. CSX Transportation formally came into existence in 1986, as the successor of Seaboard System Railroad. In 1999, CSX Transportation acquired approximately half of Conrail, in a joint purchase with competitor Norfolk Southern Rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bureau of Labor Statistics classifies the state as a part of the Mid-Atlantic regionMid-Atlantic Home : Mid-Atlantic Information Office: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics" www.bls.gov. Archived. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north and east, Maryland to the east and northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,793,716 residents. The capital and largest city is Charleston. West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key border state during the American Civil War. It was the only state to form by separating from a Confederate state, the second to sepa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Division
The Florence Division is a railroad division operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia & West Virginia. The Florence Division has 60 Subdivisions. The Subdivisions in ''italics'' came from the Huntington East & Huntington West Divisions effective June 20, 2016. The Subdivisions within the Florence Division are as follows: * Aberdeen Subdivision * ''Alleghany Subdivision'' * Andrews Subdivision * Augusta Subdivision * Bellwood Subdivision * Belton Subdivision * '' Big Coal Subdivision'' * '' Big Marsh Fork Subdivision'' * ''Blue Ridge Subdivision'' * '' Buffalo Subdivision'' * '' Cabin Creek Subdivision'' * Charleston Subdivision * Charlotte Subdivision * CN&L Subdivision * ''Coal River Subdivision'' * Columbia Subdivision * Creston Subdivision * Cross Subdivision * Eastover Subdivision * ''G&E Subdivision'' * ''Gauley Subdivision'' * Georgetown Subdivision * Hamlet Subdivision * Hamlet Terminal S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Coal Subdivision
The Big Coal Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. State of West Virginia. It was formerly part of the CSX Huntington East Division. It became part of the CSX Florence Division on June 20, 2016. The line runs from Whitesville, West Virginia, to Sproul, West Virginia, for a total of . At its north end it continues south from the Big Marsh Fork Subdivision & Jarrolds Valley Subdivision and at its south end it continues south as the Coal River Subdivision. See also * List of CSX Transportation lines CSX Transportation owns and operates a vast network of rail lines in the United States east of the Mississippi River. In addition to the major systems which merged to form CSX – the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad The Baltimore and Ohio Railroa ... References CSX Transportation lines {{WestVirginia-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of CSX Transportation Lines
CSX Transportation owns and operates a vast network of rail lines in the United States east of the Mississippi River. In addition to the major systems which merged to form CSX – the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830. Merchants from Baltimore, which had benefited to some extent from the construction of ..., Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Seaboard Air Line Railroad – it also owns major lines in the Northeastern United States acquired from the 1998 breakup of Conrail. The lines are split into two regions – Northern and Southern, further split into divisions (five per region), and finally into subdivisions, most of which consist of a single main line with short branches. Active lines Former lines See also * List of Norfolk Southern Railway lines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
