The Port Subdivision 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 owned by
CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of
New York. The line runs from
Selkirk north to
Albany along a former
New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Mid ...
line. At its south end, the Port Subdivision junctions with the
Castleton Subdivision and
River Subdivision; its north end is at the
Port of Albany
The Port of Albany is located within Princess Royal Harbour in King George Sound on the south coast of Western Australia, in the Great Southern region.
Location
The port is located on the northern shore of Princess Royal Harbour, a natural ...
, served by the
Albany Port Railroad
The Albany Port Railroad operates industrial trackage at the Port of Albany-Rensselaer located to the south of downtown Albany, NY along the Hudson River
The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through east ...
.
History
The line was opened by the
New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway in the 1880s. Through mergers, leases, and takeovers, it became part of the
New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Mid ...
and
Conrail. When
Conrail was broken up in 1999, the Port Subdivision was assigned to
CSX Transportation.
See also
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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, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, L ...
References
CSX Transportation lines
Rail infrastructure in New York (state)
New York Central Railroad lines
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