PD Subdivision

The PD Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in Florida and Alabama. The line runs from Pensacola, Florida, north to Flomaton, Alabama, for a total of 41.0 miles (66.0 km). At its south end it connects to the Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad and at its north end it continues north as the M&M Subdivision.[1][2]

PD Subdivision
 CSX
M&M Subdivision
00K 607.2
 Flomaton
Alabama
Florida
00K 612.0
 McDavid
00K 627.5
 Molino
00K 635.8
 Cantonment
 Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway
00K 638.4
 Gonzalez
 Goulding Yard
00K 645.0
 Pensacola
 Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad
 Port of Pensacola

History
The historic Pensacola depot built by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1912.

The PD Subdivision was originally built as the Pensacola Railroad, a branch of the Alabama and Florida Railroad. Construction on the line began in 1861 near the start of the American Civil War. Much of the road needed to be rebuilt due to the war and the line was completed by 1869. On February 27, 1880, the line was bought by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.[3]

The Louisville and Nashville Railroad would invest in the line. In 1883, the line was extended east to Chattahoochee by the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad, a subsidiary of the Louisville and Nashville (which is now the Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad).[4] They would also build the Louisville and Nashville Passenger Station and Express Building in Pensacola in 1912. The depot still stands and is now part of the Crown Plaza Hotel.[5]

The Louisville and Nashville Railroad was absorbed by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in 1982, which became CSX Transportation in 1986. Amtrak's Sunset Limited once used the line when it extended beyond New Orleans to Orlando. Amtrak service was suspended due to Hurricane Katrina and never resumed east of New Orleans.

See also

References
  1. "PD-PD Sub - The RadioReference Wiki". Wiki.radioreference.com. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  2. "X:\DocuLand\Timetables\Atlanta\Atlanta Draft FINAL.obd" (PDF). Multimodalways.org. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  3. Herr, Kincaid (13 January 2015). The Louisville and Nashville Railroad, 1850-1963. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-9318-2.
  4. Gregg Turner, "Chapter 7: Doings in West Florida," A Short History of Florida Railroads, Arcadia Publishing, 2003, pp. 81-86
  5. Crowne Plaza information sheet on the Passenger Depot located at the hotel's web site
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