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Laurel Fork Subdivision
The Laurel Fork Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It was formerly part of the CSX Huntington East Division. It became part of the CSX Florence Division on June 20, 2016. The line is wholly located in Clothier, West Virginia, for a total of . At its west end it continues east from the Coal River Subdivision and at its east end the line comes to an end. See also * List of CSX Transportation lines CSX Transportation owns and operates a vast network of rail lines in the United States east of the Mississippi River. In addition to the major systems which merged to form CSX – the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Lou ... References CSX Transportation lines Rail infrastructure in West Virginia {{WestVirginia-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railroad
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and rail freight transport, freight transport globally, thanks to its Energy efficiency in transport, energy efficiency and potentially high-speed rail, high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower friction, frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided by Diesel locomotive, diesel or Electric locomotive, electric locomotives. While railway transport is capital intensity, capital-intensive and less flexible than road transport, it can carry heavy loads of passengers and cargo with greater energy efficiency and safety. Precursors of railways driven by human or an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad company operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Operating about 21,000 route miles () of track, it is the leading subsidiary of CSX Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. CSX Corporation was formed in 1980 from the merger of Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries, two holding companies that controlled railroads operating in the Eastern United States. Initially only a holding company, the subsidiaries that made up CSX Corporation completed merging in 1987. CSX Transportation formally came into existence in 1986, as the successor of Seaboard System Railroad. In 1999, CSX Transportation acquired about half of Conrail in a joint purchase with competitor Norfolk Southern Railway. In 2022, it acquired Pan Am Railways, extending its reach into northern New England. Norfolk Southern remains CSX's chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Virginia
West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bureau of Labor Statistics classifies the state as a part of the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regionMid-Atlantic Home : Mid-Atlantic Information Office: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics" www.bls.gov. Archived. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland to the northeast, Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, and Ohio to the northwest. West Virginia is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 10th-smallest state by area and ranks as the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 12th-least populous state, with a population of 1,769,979 residents. The capital and List of municipalities in West Virginia, most populou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Division
The Florence Division is a railroad division operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia & West Virginia. The Florence Division has 60 Subdivisions. The Subdivisions in ''italics'' came from the Huntington East & Huntington West Divisions effective June 20, 2016. The Subdivisions within the Florence Division are as follows: * Aberdeen Subdivision * '' Alleghany Subdivision'' * Andrews Subdivision * Augusta Subdivision * Bellwood Subdivision * Belton Subdivision * '' Big Coal Subdivision'' * '' Big Marsh Fork Subdivision'' * '' Blue Ridge Subdivision'' * '' Buffalo Subdivision'' * '' Cabin Creek Subdivision'' * Charleston Subdivision * Charlotte Subdivision * CN&L Subdivision * '' Coal River Subdivision'' * Columbia Subdivision * Creston Subdivision * Cross Subdivision * Eastover Subdivision * '' G&E Subdivision'' * '' Gauley Subdivision'' * Georgetown Subdivision * Hamlet Subdivision * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clothier, West Virginia
Clothier is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Clothier is located along West Virginia Route 17, south of Madison. Clothier has a post office with ZIP code 25047. Clothier was named after the proprietor of a coal mine. In 1974, Jack Corn, a DOCUMERICA Documerica (portmanteau of "document" and "America"; stylized as DOCUMERICA) was a program sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to "photographically document subjects of environmental concern" in the United States from ... photographer, photographed Clothier and its inhabitants for a project on mining and its environmental and health consequences. The images are available at Wikimedia Commons. Notable people * Fred Haddad, co-founder and president of Heck's discount retail chain References Gallery File:VIEW OF THE MAIN HIGHWAY WHICH RUNS THROUGH THE UNINCORPORATED TOWN OF CLOTHIER, WEST VIRGINIA, NEAR MADISON IN LOGAN... - NARA - 556420.jpg, Clothier, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coal River Subdivision
The Coal River Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. State of West Virginia. It was formerly part of the CSX Huntington East Division. It became part of the CSX Florence Division on June 20, 2016. The line runs from Sharples, West Virginia, to St. Albans, West Virginia, for a total of . At its north end it continues south from the Beech Creek Industrial Track and at its south end it continues south as the Kanawha Subdivision. See also * List of CSX Transportation lines CSX Transportation owns and operates a vast network of rail lines in the United States east of the Mississippi River. In addition to the major systems which merged to form CSX – the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Lou ... References CSX Transportation lines Rail infrastructure in West Virginia {{WestVirginia-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of CSX Transportation Lines
CSX Transportation owns and operates a vast network of rail lines in the United States east of the Mississippi River. In addition to the major systems which merged to form CSX – the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and Seaboard Air Line Railroad – it also owns major lines in the Northeastern United States acquired from the 1999 breakup of Conrail. The lines are split into two regions – Northern and Southern, further split into divisions (five in the Northern region and four in the Southern), and finally into subdivisions, most of which consist of a single main line with short branches. Active lines Former lines See also * List of Norfolk Southern Railway lines References CSX Transportation Timetables {{DEFAULTSORT:CSX Transportation lines CSX CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Railroad classes, Class I freight railroad company operating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CSX Transportation Lines
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad company operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Operating about 21,000 route miles () of track, it is the leading subsidiary of CSX Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. CSX Corporation was formed in 1980 from the merger of Chessie System and Seaboard Coast Line Industries, two holding companies that controlled railroads operating in the Eastern United States. Initially only a holding company, the subsidiaries that made up CSX Corporation completed merging in 1987. CSX Transportation formally came into existence in 1986, as the successor of Seaboard System Railroad. In 1999, CSX Transportation acquired about half of Conrail in a joint purchase with competitor Norfolk Southern Railway. In 2022, it acquired Pan Am Railways, extending its reach into northern New England. Norfolk Southern remains CSX's chief compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
