Cumberland Subdivision

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Cumberland Subdivision
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Cumberland Subdivision on the Magnolia Cutoff in Magnolia, West Virginia, facing west towards Cumberland. Magnolia Bridge and Graham Tunnel in background.
Overview
StatusActive
Owner CSX Transportation
Locale West Virginia, Maryland
Termini
Service
Type Freight rail
SystemCSX Transportation
Operator(s)CSX Transportation
Technical
Number of tracks2
Track gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

Contents

MP
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MD
WV
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South Branch
defect detector
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Carothers Tunnel
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WV
MD
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Graham Tunnel
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MD
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Stuart Tunnel
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Randolph Tunnel
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Great Cacapon
defect detector
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Siding
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Berkeley Springs
Industrial Track
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Sleepy Creek
defect detector
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Newkirk Fill
North Mountain
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Cumbo
Industrial Track
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Pearson Yard
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Connection with
W&W RR
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Frog Hollow Industrial Track
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Kelly Island Industrial Track
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Van Clevesville
defect detector
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Shenandoah Junction
NS Hagerstown District
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MARC train.svg
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WV
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Harpers Ferry Tunnel
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The CSX Cumberland Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation (CSX) in the U.S. states of Maryland and West Virginia. The line runs from Brunswick, Maryland, west to Cumberland, Maryland, [1] along the old Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road (B&O) main line. At its east end, the Cumberland Subdivision becomes the Metropolitan Subdivision; at its west end at Cumberland, Maryland it becomes the Cumberland Terminal Subdivision. It meets the Shenandoah Subdivision at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and the Lurgan Subdivision in Cherry Run, West Virginia. [2] [3]

History

Magnolia Bridge over the Potomac River MagnoliaCSX2007.jpg
Magnolia Bridge over the Potomac River
CSX Locomotive waiting in the Cumberland Subdivision Yard CumberlandSubdivision.JPG
CSX Locomotive waiting in the Cumberland Subdivision Yard

The Cumberland Subdivision was opened in 1842 as part of B&O's main line. [4] In 1914 B&O opened the Magnolia Cutoff, a more direct route through mountain ridges, running 14 miles (23 km) between Hansrote, West Virginia and Paw Paw, West Virginia. The project included construction of four tunnels, two bridges, and many deep rock cuts. [5] B&O continued to use the original route along the Potomac River, called the "Lowline," until 1961. [6]

In 1987, CSX absorbed the subdivision and the rest of the B&O system.

Current operation

The Cumberland Subdivision carries freight and passenger rail traffic, with frequent intermodal, autorack, coal unit, mixed freight, and oil trains, plus Amtrak's Floridian in both directions. [5] MARC Brunswick Line regional passenger trains stop at Martinsburg, Duffields, and Harpers Ferry in West Virginia, then continue east through Maryland to Washington Union Station.

See also

References

  1. CSX Timetables: Cumberland Subdivision
  2. "CU-Cumberland Sub - the RadioReference Wiki".
  3. http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Baltimore%20Div%20ETT%20%234%201-1-2005.pdf CSX Baltimore Division Timetable
  4. "PRR Chronology, 1842" (PDF). (70.6  KiB), March 2005 Edition
  5. 1 2 High Iron Online. "Magnolia Cutoff." [ usurped ] 2001-09-20.
  6. Rail Nutter News. "Magnolia Cutoff." Accessed 2010-11-17.