Thomas Subdivision

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Thomas Subdivision
Overview
StatusActive
Owner CSX Transportation
Locale West Virginia, Maryland
Termini
Service
Type Freight rail
SystemCSX Transportation
Operator(s)CSX Transportation (1986-Present)

Chessie System (1973-1986)

Western Maryland Railway (1905-1983)

West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway (1880-1905)
Technical
Line length44.2 mi
Number of tracks1
Track gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

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Abandonded WM
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MD
WV
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(WMSR Shops) Ridgeley Yards
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(WMSR WYE) Maryland Jct, MY Tower
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Maryland Jct Shops
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Knobmount Yard
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WM Thomas Sub.
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Verso Facility
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Biggs
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Poland
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Westernport sidings
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Verso Luke Paper Mill
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State line
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WV Central Jct.
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Bloomington Yard
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Vendex
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Chaffee
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Shallmar-Wolf Den Mine
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Bayard Yard
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Sincel industrial track
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Wilson Rd.
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Abandonded WM portion
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Sand Run Jct.
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East End of Thomas
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West End of Thomas
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Mountain Switch
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Tub Run
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Big Run
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Lime Rock
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Excelsior (Bretz)
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Kingsford
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East End of Elkins
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Elkins Yard
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Industrial spur

The Thomas Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Maryland and West Virginia. The line runs from Rawlings, Maryland, to Bayard, West Virginia, for a total of 44.2 miles (71.1 km). At its east end the line continues west from the Mountain Subdivision and at its west end the line comes to an end. [2] [3]

The line was built by the West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway (WVC&P) in the 1880s, and originally ran between Cumberland, Maryland and Elkins, West Virginia. The WVC&P was later merged with the Western Maryland Railway (WM) in 1905. The WM abandoned portions of the line between the 1930s and 1970s. [4] The WM was merged into the Chessie System in 1973, and the latter merged into CSX Transportation in 1980. [5]

See also

References

  1. https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/TM-Thomas_Sub
  2. "TM-Thomas Sub". The RadioReference Wiki. San Antonio, TX: RadioReference.com LLC. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  3. "Huntington East Division Timetable" (PDF). Jacksonville, FL: CSX Transportation. 2005 via Multimodalways Project (Dover, OH).
  4. Salamon, Stephen J.; Hopkins, William E. (1991). The Western Maryland Railway in the Diesel Era. Silver Spring, MD: Old Line Graphics. pp. 92ff. ISBN   1-879314-07-X.
  5. "CSX merger family tree". Trains . 2006-06-02. Archived from the original on 2021-04-10.