Indiana Subdivision

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The Indiana Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Ohio and Indiana. The line runs from Cincinnati, Ohio, west to Washington, Indiana, [1] along a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line.

At its east end, the Indiana Subdivision becomes the Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision; it continues west as the Illinois Subdivision. Along the way, the line intersects the Hoosier Subdivision at Mitchell, Indiana. [2] [3]

History

The line, built by the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, was completed in 1857. [4] It passed to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and CSX via leases and mergers.

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References

  1. CSX Timetables: Indiana Subdivision
  2. "ID-Indiana Sub - the RadioReference Wiki".
  3. http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Louisville%20Div%20ETT%20%233%201-1-2005.pdf CSX Louisville Division Timetable
  4. "PRR Chronology, 1857" (PDF). (54.1  KiB), March 2005 Edition