Long Fork Subdivision
The Long Fork Subdivision was a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It split from the E&BV Subdivision at Martin and ran south to a dead end at Hi Hat.[1] CSX filed to abandon all but the first 3 miles (5 km) from Martin to Salisbury in 2003; it had not seen traffic since ca. 1990.[2][3] However, due to complications regarding possible leasing by a coal company, the line was not abandoned until 2006. As of 2006[update], that lease is planned to take effect.[4]
The line was built in the 1910s or early 1920s by the Long Fork Railway, a Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road subsidiary. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway acquired it in 1933, and it passed through mergers to CSX.[5]
References
- ^ CSX Timetables: Long Fork Subdivision
- ^ Tom Seay, Kentucky Abandonments, Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Magazine, July/August 2004
- ^ Surface Transportation Board, Docket AB_55_627_X, CSX Transportation, Inc.--abandonment exemption--in Floyd County, KY, February 11, 2003
- ^ Surface Transportation Board, Docket AB_55_627_X, CSX Transportation, Inc.--abandonment exemption--in Floyd County, KY, May 24, 2006
- ^ Surface Transportation Board, Docket AB_55_627_X, CSX Transportation, Inc.--abandonment exemption--in Floyd County, KY, February 14, 2003