The Short Line Subdivision is a

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line owned by

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in the U.S. state of

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. The line runs from a point northeast of downtown

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south and southwest to

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along a former

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line. At its east end, the Short Line Subdivision merges with the

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towards

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. Its west end is at

, where the

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continues southwest towards

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, meeting lines to

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and Indianapolis along the way. The Short Line Subdivision has a junction with the Cleveland Subdivision south of downtown Cleveland.

History

The line east of the curve near Brook Park (Short Line Junction) was built by the

Cleveland Short Line Railway The Cleveland Short Line Railway is a freight bypass around southern Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. A quasi-independent railroad organized by major shareholders of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, the shortline was intend ...

and opened in 1910 and 1912; the rest from Short Line Junction southwest to Berea was opened in 1850 by the

Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad (CC&C) was a railroad that ran from Cleveland to Columbus in the U.S. state of Ohio in the United States. Chartered in 1836, it was moribund for the first 10 years of its existence. Its charter was ...

. , March 2005 Edition Through mergers, leases, and takeovers, the lines became part of the

and Conrail. When Conrail was broken up in 1999, the current Short Line Subdivision was assigned to CSX.

References

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