The Overpeck Cutoff is a

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 pre ...

line is currently 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

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. The line runs from Overpeck Junction in

Overpeck, Ohio Overpeck (other names: Overpeck Station, Overpecks, Overpecks Station) is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in central St. Clair Township, Butler County, Ohio, St. Clair Township, Butler County, Ohio, Butler County, Ohio, United Sta ...

to HM Junction in

Woodsdale, Ohio Woodsdale is an unincorporated community in Madison and St. Clair Townships in central Butler County, Ohio, United States, about three miles northeast of Hamilton. It was established in 1867 by the Beckett Paper Company and was formerly a sto ...

. This forms a wye diverging off the

Toledo Subdivision The Toledo Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Ohio. The line runs from Hamilton (north of Cincinnati) north to Perrysburg (near Toledo) along a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line ...

at Overpeck Junction and meeting the

Middletown Subdivision The Middletown Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. State of Ohio. The line runs from New Miami, Ohio. to Middletown, Ohio, for a total of . At its south end it branches off of the Toledo Subdivision at Middletown ...

at HM Junction.

History

Initial sections

The Former B&O branch from

New Miami, Ohio New Miami is a village in St. Clair Township, located in central Butler County in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 2,217 at the 2020 census. New Miami is a small village sitting north of Hamilton, Ohio. Origin ...

Middletown, Ohio Middletown is a city located in Butler and Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio, about 35 miles (47 km) north of Cincinnati. The population as of the 2020 census was 50,987. It is part of the Cincinnati metropo ...

was built for the express purpose of serving the massive steel mill belonging to the American Rolling Mills (ARMCO), now owned by

AK Steel AK Steel Holdings Corporation was a steelmaking company headquartered in West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio. The company, whose name was derived from the initials of Armco, its predecessor company, and Kawasaki Steel Corporation, was a ...

still uses this line daily as its

of the

Louisville Division The Louisville Division is a railroad division operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia. The Louisville Division comprises 29 subdivisions. The subdivisions within the Louisvi ...

Consolidation

The B&O itself merged with the C&O in 1987, which itself became part of CSX Transportation in that year. CSX Transportation
"Our Evolution and History."
Interactive timeline. Accessed 2012-12-02.

References

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