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Parkersburg Subdivision
Map
Overview
Other name(s)Parkersburg Branch
StatusGrafton to Clarksburg, Active
Clarksburg to Parkersburg, Razed
Parkersburg to Belpre, Active
Belpre to Dundas, Razed
Dundas to Chillicothe, Partially Active
OwnerCSX
LocaleWest Virginia, Southeast Ohio
Service
TypeFreight, Inter-city rail
SystemCSX Transportation
Operator(s)B&O, Amtrak, CSX
Technical
Line length198.7 mi
Number of tracks1
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Route map

MP.0
[1]
98.0
CSX Chillicothe Yard
Industrial Track
100.3
Renick Jct.
B&O line (CH&D)
Renick Subdivision Cut off
105.0
Brown Farm
110.0
112.3
West Jct.
117.0
119.9
Byers Jct.
127.0
131.5
136.0
139.0
151.3
151.3
156.9
158.1
165.0
169.7
186.5
189.6
384.9
383.6
Highland Yard
382.3
378.9
Happy Valley Trail Head
373.3
Farrell's Tunnel #23
(Daylighted 1943)
368.8
365.7
Rodimer's Tunnel #22
(Bypassed 1963)
364.9
Eaton Tunnel #21
364.5
Bee Tree Tunnel #21
Volcano Junction
361.9
360.0
Linn Tunnel #20
(Daylighted 1963)
356.9
Silver Run Tunnel #19
354.9
353.3
Section 74 Tunnel #18
(Daylighted 1963)
352.8
Unnamed Tunnel #17
(Bypassed 1963)
352.4
Section 73 Tunnel #16
(Daylighted 1963)
352.2
Unnamed Tunnel #15
(Daylighted 1963)
351.7
Section 72 Tunnel #14
(Daylighted 1963)
351.0
Bonds Creek Tunnel #13
350.5
Section 71 Tunnel #12
349.9
Teneriffe Tunnel #11
(Daylighted 1963)
348.8
Patterson's Tunnel #10
347.4
343.0
Butcher's Tunnel #9
(Daylighted 1963)
342.2
North Bend (Cunningham's) Tunnel #8
342.1
340.3
Pennsboro (Calhoun's) Tunnel #7
336.3
330.2
Central Station (Doe Run) Tunnel #6
329.9
326.8
326.4
Shannon Tunnel #5
(Daylighted 1963)
322.0
Sherwood (Buckeye) Tunnel #4
321.4
Trough Tunnel #3
(Bypassed 1963)
316.0
311.9
Brandy Gap Tunnel #2
Wolf Summit Trail Head
309.9
Pike Street
306.2
303.4
J tower
302.9
MD tower
302.7
Clarksburg Yard
301.4
MO Tower
to Grasselli Industrial Track
300.4
Merrick Engineering
Industrial Track
300.3
EAS milepost
299.6
Carr's Bore Tunnel #1[2]
(Bypassed 1952)
Lodgeville Tunnel
299.0
Lodgeville Road
297.5
294.2
Fourco Industrial Track
291.4
RS tower
290.2
288.5
Sand Lick Jct.
281.6
Berkeley Run Jct.
280.5
Beech St.
280.1
D Tower
280.0
Grafton Yard
277.8
East Grafton
Mountain Subdivision
(Maryland Subdivision)

The Parkersburg Subdivision was former rail line owned by CSX in the United States of America.[3] The majority of the line in West Virginia is now part of the North Bend Rail Trail. The portion from Clarksburg to Grafton is now the Bridgeport Subdivision and Mountain Subdivision, as part of the Baltimore Division.[4]

History

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Baltimore and Ohio (-1973)

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The section in Virginia began as the North Western Virginia Railroad.[5]

Chessie System (1973-1985)

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Under the Chessie System this line existed as part of its Ohio Division and Monongah Division with two sets of mileposts[6]

CSX (1985-)

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CS%20Monongah%20Division%20ETT%20%232%203-12-1978.pdf
  2. ^ https://www.wvncrails.org/parkersburg-to-clarksburg-waist-of-the-bo-main-part-ii.html
  3. ^ https://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CS%20Monongah%20Division%20ETT%20%232%203-12-1978.pdf
  4. ^ https://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CS%20Ohio%20Division%20%233%20ETT%208-1-1981.pdf
  5. ^ Daniel Carroll Toomey, The War Came by Train: the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad during the Civil War (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum 2013) p. 1 ISBN 978-1-886248-01-4
  6. ^ https://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CS%20Ohio%20Division%20%233%20ETT%208-1-1981.pdf