The Buffalo Subdivision is a
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 ...
line owned by
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 lead ...
in the
U.S. State
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of
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 ...
. It was formerly part of the CSX Huntington East Division.
It became part of the CSX
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 Subdivision ...
on June 20, 2016. The line runs from
Man, West Virginia
Man is a town in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 772 at the 2020 census. The town is located along the Guyandotte River at the mouth of Buffalo Creek, which was the site of the 1972 Buffalo Creek Flood following ...
, to
Lorado, West Virginia
Lorado is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Lorado is east-northeast of Man, West Virginia, Man, along Buffalo Creek (Guyandotte River), Buffalo Creek. Lo ...
, for a total of 16.6 miles. At its south end it continues north from the
Logan Subdivision
The Logan 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 Ba ...
and at its north end the track comes to an end.
See also
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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
History of rail transportation in the United States
Rail transportation in the United States
Rail transportation in West Virginia
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