The PD 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
Florida and
Alabama. The line runs from
Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola () is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, and the county seat and only incorporated city of Escambia County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 54,312. Pensacola is the principal ...
, north to
Flomaton, Alabama, for a total of . At its south end it connects to the
Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad and at its north end it continues north as the
M&M Subdivision.
History
The PD Subdivision was originally built as the Pensacola Railroad, a branch of the Alabama and Florida Railroad. Construction on the line began in 1861 near the start of the
American Civil War. Much of the road needed to be rebuilt due to the war and the line was completed by 1869. On February 27, 1880, the line was bought by the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad , commonly called the L&N, was a Class I railroad that operated freight and passenger services in the southeast United States.
Chartered by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1850, the road grew into one of the ...
.
In 1882, the L&N built a line east to
Chattahoochee
The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the con ...
under the name of the
Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad, a subsidiary of the L&N; that line is now the
Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad. The L&N also built the
in Pensacola in 1912, replacing an earlier depot nearby. The 1912 depot still stands and is now part of the Crown Plaza Hotel.
Crowne Plaza information sheet
on the Passenger Depot located a
the hotel's web site
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The Louisville and Nashville Railroad was absorbed by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in 1982, which became 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 1986. Amtrak's ''Sunset Limited
The ''Sunset Limited'' is an Amtrak passenger train that for most of its history has operated between New Orleans and Los Angeles, over the nation's second transcontinental route. However, up until Hurricane Katrina in 2005, it operated betwe ...
'' once used the line when it extended beyond New Orleans to Orlando. Amtrak service was suspended due to Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 fatalities and $125 billion in damage in late August 2005, especially in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. It was at the time the cost ...
and never resumed east of New Orleans.
See also
* List of CSX Transportation lines
References
CSX Transportation lines
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