The Hopewell Subdivision is a railroad line owned by

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. ...

in the U.S. state of Virginia. It begins in Bellwood, Virginia and runs southeast to its terminus in Hopewell, Virginia, a distance of .

History

The Hopewell Subdivision was developed in the early 1900's by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. The Hopewell Subdivision connected with the Seaboard Air Line's main line (which is today the Bellwood Subdivision) in Bellwood.Seaboard Air Line Railroad Virginia Division Timetable (1955)
/ref>1959 topographical map of Bellwood and Hopewell, Virginia (Historic Aerials)
/ref> The Hopewell Subdivision's current swing bridge over the

Appomattox River The Appomattox River is a tributary of the James River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 in central and eastern Virginia in the United ...

was built in 1924. In 1967, the Seaboard Air Line merged with its rival, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL), and the merged company was named the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL). In 1980, the Seaboard Coast Line's parent company merged with the Chessie System, creating the CSX Corporation. The CSX Corporation initially operated the Chessie and Seaboard Systems separately until 1986, when they were merged into

. The Hopewell Subdivision's swing bridge over the Appomattox River has been remotely operated since 2017.

References

{{Reflist CSX Transportation lines Rail infrastructure in Virginia Seaboard Air Line Railroad

History

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