Philadelphia Subdivision

The Philadelphia Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. The line runs from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, southwest to Baltimore, Maryland, along a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) line.[1]

Philadelphia Subdivision
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerCSX Transportation
LocalePennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland
TerminiPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Baltimore, Maryland
Service
TypeFreight rail
SystemCSX Transportation
Operator(s)CSX Transportation
Technical
Number of tracks1-2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
MP
(Milepost)
0.0
Park Junction
Harrisburg Line, Trenton Sub
Eakins Oval
I-676 / US 30
SEPTA Regional Rail
PA 3 (JFK Blvd.)
PA 3 (Market Street)
Chestnut Street
Walnut Street
South Street
Harrisburg Subdivision
I-76
3.3
Harrisburg Subdivision
B&O Railroad Bridge
over Schuylkill River
Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Wilmington/Newark Line
Cobbs Creek
Darby Creek
US 13
SEPTA Route 102
PA 420
I-476
PA 320
PA 352
 Chester
Chester Creek
US 322
PA 452
PA 491
Pennsylvania
Delaware
border
DE 92
DE 3
I-95
DE 202
I-95 / US 202
Brandywine Creek
DE 52
 Wilmington
DE 48
28.5
East Penn Railroad
DE 2
East Penn Railroad
East Penn Railroad
DE 100
DE 141
30.7
Wilmington & Western RR
DE 62
Red Clay Creek
DE 7
White Clay Creek
DE 2 / DE 72
DE 896
DE 273
Delaware
Maryland
border
MD 277
MD 213
MD 545
I-95
MD 272
MD 222
 Perryville
57.7
Port Road Branch
CSX Susquehanna River Bridge
over Susquehanna River
MD 155
 Havre de Grace
MD 22
MD 132
 Aberdeen
MD 7
MD 543
MD 24
MD 152
MD 43
US 40
I-695
I-95
90.3
Baltimore Terminal Sub.
The CSX Susquehanna River Bridge, built between 1907 and 1910 near Perryville, Maryland.

At its north end CP NICE, near the Nicetown section of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Subdivision becomes the Trenton Subdivision; The south end of the Philadelphia Subdivision is near Bay View Yard, where the Baltimore Terminal Subdivision begins.[2] [3]

History

The line was built by the Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad in Pennsylvania and as a branch of the B&O Railroad in Delaware and Maryland. The line began full operation in 1886.[4] North of Philadelphia, the B&O used the lines of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway to reach the New York City area. Passenger train service on the Philadelphia Subdivision was led by the Royal Blue, its flagship train. The B&O ceased operation of passenger trains on the subdivision in 1958, and since then the line has been used only for freight trains.

In the 1970s and 80s the line passed through leases and mergers to CSX.

Communities such as Aberdeen, Maryland are making an effort to preserve the former Baltimore and Ohio railroad stations.

A former B&O Railroad station in Aberdeen, Maryland.

See also

References
  1. CSX Transportation. "Philadelphia Subdivision." Timetable effective 2000-04-01.
  2. http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/PA-Philadelphia_Sub
  3. http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Baltimore%20Div%20ETT%20%234%201-1-2005.pdf CSX Baltimore Division Timetable
  4. H.V. and H.W. Poor Co. "Poor's Manual of Railroads of the United States: 1891." p. 49. Accessed 2010-05-12.
  • Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., Royal Blue Line. Sykesville, Md.: Greenberg Publishing, 1990 (ISBN 0-89778-155-4).
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