Mohawk Subdivision

Mohawk Subdivision

Legend 175.4 Selkirk Subdivision State Route 30 177.6 Amsterdam State Route 30A 186.2 Fonda State Route 10 Caroga Creek East Canada Creek State Route 169 State Route 167 West Canada Creek State Route 28 State Route 5 225.9 Herkimer Industrial Track Interstate 90 State Route 51 231.5 Erie Canal Mohawk River 235.4 Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad 237.5 Union Station 237.7 New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad New York State Route 5/12/Interstate 790 Sauquoit Creek Interstate 90 State Route 291 Oriskany Creek Mohawk River 237.7 Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad State Route 49/365 251.3 Rome Railroad Station 260.4 Verona Station Interstate 90 Oneida Creek State Route 46 State Route 13 269.1 Canastota Old Erie Canal State Historic Park Canaseraga Creek Interstate 481 State Route 298 U.S. Route 11 OnTrack 291.4 William F. Walsh Transportation Center Interstate 81 State Route 370 291.5 St. Lawrence Subdivision 292.2 New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway 293.5 Fairgrounds Subdivision Finger Lakes Railway 296.8 Rochester Subdivision

The Mohawk Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of New York. The line runs from Amsterdam west to Syracuse along the former New York Central Railroad main line. At its east end, east of downtown Amsterdam, the line becomes the Selkirk Subdivision. It intersects the St. Lawrence Subdivision in downtown Syracuse and the Fairgrounds Subdivision to the west before becoming the Rochester Subdivision.

Amtrak's Empire Service, Lake Shore Limited, and Maple Leaf operate over the entire Mohawk Subdivision.

History

In 1836, the Utica and Schenectady Railroad opened a line from Schenectady west via Amsterdam to Utica. The Syracuse and Utica Railroad opened in 1839, extending the line west to Syracuse. The portion of the Mohawk Subdivision west from downtown Syracuse was opened in 1853 by the New York Central Railroad as part of a more direct route from Syracuse to Rochester. The entire line became part of the New York Central and Conrail through leases, mergers, and takeovers, and was assigned to CSX in the 1999 breakup of Conrail.