The Rupert 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
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
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 Bur ...
. 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
Rainelle, West Virginia
Rainelle is a town on the western edge of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. It sits at the base of Sewell Mountain and Sims Mountain, and is bisected by the Meadow River. The only means of transpo ...
, to
Clearco, West Virginia
Clearco is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community and coal town in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. Clearco is east-northeast of Quinwood, West Virginia, Quinwood.
The community's name ...
, for a total of . At its west end the track wye's off of the
Sewell Valley Subdivision and at its east end the track comes to an end.
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
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroa ...
References
CSX Transportation lines
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