Pittsburgh Subdivision

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Pittsburgh Subdivision
A CSX freight train passes under the Smithfield Street Bridge in 2013.
Overview
StatusOperational
Owner
LocaleWestern
CSX
History
Opened
  • 1879 (northwest of Pittsburgh)
  • 1883 (southeast of Pittsburgh)
Technical
Line length60 mi (97 km)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Route map

[1]
40.75
40.4
36.8
32.8
College (PA) defect detector
29.5
26.0
25.2
23.1
CSX
Ohio River Secondary
23.0
USG Industrial Siding
20.4
Aliquippa defect detector
18.4
Crescent Township
14.1
Briggston defect detector
11.4
Montour Jct.
9.8
8.2
I-79.svg
I-79
P&OC
Neville Industrial Track
5.7
CSX Pittsburg Intermodal Terminal
3.75
3.7
3.6
3.4
2.8
PLE0.7
Pittsburgh Holdout
PLY0.2
Pittsburgh defect detector
Industrial siding
1.8
4.4
6.5
7.8
9.1
11.0
Port Perry Bridge
11.1
US Steel
13.0
Demmler Yard
14.3
North Riverton Yard
US Steel
15.1
Mon Subdivision
15.1
16.8
17.27

The Pittsburgh Subdivision is an American

railroad line that is owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
.

Notable features

The line runs from

Capitol Limited
uses the line southeast of Rankin.

History

The line northwest of Pittsburgh opened in 1879 as part of the

The latter company was leased by the P&LE.

In 1934, the

trackage rights over the P&LE between McKeesport (slightly north of the current beginning of the Pittsburgh Subdivision until the bridge at Sinns opened in 1968[6]) and New Castle, leaving the P&W Subdivision for local trains only.[7] Eventually the P&LE, which had been jointly owned by CSX and Conrail
, was merged into CSX.

See also

References

  1. ^ https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/PI-Pittsburgh_Sub
  2. ^ CSX Timetables: Pittsburgh Subdivision
  3. ^ "PI-Pittsburgh Sub - the RadioReference Wiki".
  4. ^ http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Baltimore%20Div%20ETT%20%234%201-1-2005.pdf CSX Baltimore Division Timetable
  5. ^ Railroads: A Part of the Pittsburgh Plan
  6. ^ Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: CSX Bridge at Liberty Boro
  7. KiB
    )
    , August 2004 Edition