Erie West Subdivision

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Erie West Subdivision
Erie West Subdivision
Map
Overview
Other name(s)Lake Shore Subdivision, Chicago Line, Great Lakes Service Lane
StatusActive
Owner CSX
Locale Lake Erie
Termini
Service
Type Freight, Inter-city rail
SystemCSX Transportation
Operator(s)CSX, Amtrak
Technical
Number of tracks2
Track gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

Contents

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168.3
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166.8
CP 167
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165.0
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Eastlake power plant
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163.7
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162.1
CP 162
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159.4
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Greenbridge siding
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155.8
CP 155
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Lubrizol industrial track
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Grand River Yard
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154.0
Morton Salt industrial track
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153.2
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148.7
CP 148
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147.5
Perry
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145.2
Madison
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142.5
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Cowles Creek
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134.8
CP 134
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Indian Creek
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130.3
CP 130
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CSX Ashtabula Yard
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128.0
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Industrial running track
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Fields Brook
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124.6
CP 124
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114.5
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CP 113
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State line
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PA
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111.0
Pittsburgh & Conneaut
Dock Co.
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108.6
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Duck Run
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Elk Creek
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Godfrey Run
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97.5
CP 97
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89.7
CP 89
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National Lime & Stone Co.
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industrial track
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87.4
CP 87
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86.0
Ash St.
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CP 85
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84.9
Ore dock spur
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84.5
Hammermill scale
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84.2
CSX Erie Yard
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83.2
CP 83
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CP 73
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State line
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NY
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CP 58
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CP 56
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CP 49
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CP 47
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CP 42
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CP 39
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CSX Dunkirk Yard
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37.0
CP 37
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siding
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30.8
CP 31
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27.0
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CP 23
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CP 15
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10.2
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CP 5
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4.2
Seneca Yard
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Ridge Rd.
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CSX Ohio St. Yard
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CP 2
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Track #3
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Ohio St.
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The Erie West Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and Ohio. The line runs from Derby, New York southwest along the shore of Lake Erie to Cleveland, Ohio, [2] along the former New York Central Railroad main line.

At its east end (east of downtown Buffalo), the Erie West Subdivision becomes the Buffalo Terminal Subdivision; at its west end (east of downtown Cleveland), it becomes the Cleveland Terminal Subdivision. This subdivision is also known as the Great Lakes Service Lane. Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited uses the Erie West Subdivision.

History

The line was built by the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad and opened in 1852. [3] Through mergers, leases, and takeovers, it became part of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, New York Central Railroad, and Conrail. When Conrail was broken up in 1999, the main line east of Cleveland, including the Erie West Subdivision, was assigned to CSX. In 2007 in Painesville, Ohio on this line, a major freight train derailment occurred resulting in the spill of ethanol and a large fire. [4]

In 2010, its eastern terminus was extended to Buffalo when the Lake Shore Subdivision was transferred from the Albany Division to the Great Lakes Division and absorbed. [5]

See also

References

  1. https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/EW-Erie_West_Sub
  2. "CSX Timetables: Erie West Subdivision". Archived from the original on January 20, 2003.
  3. "PRR Chronology, 1852,83.5 KB" (PDF). March 2005.
  4. "Derailment of CSX Transportation (CSX) freight train Q380-09" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  5. "CSX Dispatcher Desk Codes".

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