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The Middletown 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
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of
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. The line runs from New Miami, Ohio to
Middletown, Ohio Middletown is a city in Butler County, Ohio, Butler and Warren County, Ohio, Warren counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 50,987 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area in sou ...
, for a total of . At its south end, it branches off of the
Toledo Subdivision The Toledo Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Ohio. The line runs from Hamilton, Ohio, Hamilton (north of Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati) north to Perrysburg, OH, Perrysburg (near Toledo, O ...
at Middletown Junction and at its north end, the line branches off through Lind Yard then enters AK Steel Middletown Works, after crossing the
Norfolk Southern The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States. Headquartered in Atlanta, the company was formed in 1982 with the merger of the Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. The comp ...
Dayton District The Dayton District is a railroad line owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway in the U.S. state of Ohio. The line runs from Columbus southwest to Cincinnati along former Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central Railroad lines. I ...
on the
High Line The High Line is a elevated linear park, greenway, and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The High Line's design is a collaboration between James Corner Field Op ...
or on a diamond, the line continues north with the track ending at Cohen Recycling.


M7-Middletown Subdivision information

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Middletown, Ohio Middletown is a city in Butler County, Ohio, Butler and Warren County, Ohio, Warren counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 50,987 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area in sou ...
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History


Initial sections

The Former B&O branch from New Miami, Ohio, to
Middletown, Ohio Middletown is a city in Butler County, Ohio, Butler and Warren County, Ohio, Warren counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 50,987 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area in sou ...
, was built for the express purpose of serving the massive steel mill belonging to the
ARMCO Steel AK Steel Holdings Corporation was an American steelmaking company headquartered in West Chester Township, Ohio. The company, whose name was derived from the initials of Armco, its predecessor company, and Kawasaki Steel Corporation, was acqui ...
(now known as
AK Steel AK Steel Holdings Corporation was an American steelmaking company headquartered in West Chester Township, Ohio. The company, whose name was derived from the initials of Armco, its predecessor company, and Kawasaki Steel Corporation, was acquir ...
.
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 ...
still uses this line daily as its Middletown Subdivision of the Louisville Division.


Consolidation

The B&O itself merged with the C&O in 1987, which itself became part of CSX Transportation in that year.CSX Transportation
"Our Evolution and History."
Interactive timeline. Accessed 2012-12-02.


Milepost

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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 ...
Toledo Subdivision The Toledo Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Ohio. The line runs from Hamilton, Ohio, Hamilton (north of Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati) north to Perrysburg, OH, Perrysburg (near Toledo, O ...
, - , 4.0 , HM Junction , Jct. Overpeck Cutoff , - , 5.7 ,
Woodsdale, Ohio Woodsdale is an unincorporated community in Madison and St. Clair Townships in central Butler County, Ohio, United States, about three miles northeast of Hamilton. It was established in 1867 by the Beckett Paper Company and was formerly a sto ...
, , - , 6.9 , Rockdale, Ohio , , - , 8.3 , LeSourdsville, Ohio , Former Americana Amusement Park and Fantasy Farm sites. , - , 8.6 , Southeast Park , siding , - , 9.4 , Park , 8000 ft. siding , - , 10.0 , Northeast Park , siding , - , 10.6 , South
Excello, Ohio Excello is an unincorporated community in central Lemon Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States, on the south side of Middletown. It comprises roughly the area south of Oxford State Road and State Route 73, west of State Route 4, and eas ...
, , - , 11.5 , North
Excello, Ohio Excello is an unincorporated community in central Lemon Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States, on the south side of Middletown. It comprises roughly the area south of Oxford State Road and State Route 73, west of State Route 4, and eas ...
, Lind Yard & connection with
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 ...
High Line The High Line is a elevated linear park, greenway, and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The High Line's design is a collaboration between James Corner Field Op ...
to AK Steel Middletown Works , - , 12.0 , Armco Junction , Crosses
Norfolk Southern The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States. Headquartered in Atlanta, the company was formed in 1982 with the merger of the Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. The comp ...
Dayton District The Dayton District is a railroad line owned and operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway in the U.S. state of Ohio. The line runs from Columbus southwest to Cincinnati along former Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central Railroad lines. I ...
& enters AK Steel Middletown Works Jct. AK Steel Railroad , - , 13.7 , Cohen Recycling , End of Track


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 ...
*
AK Steel AK Steel Holdings Corporation was an American steelmaking company headquartered in West Chester Township, Ohio. The company, whose name was derived from the initials of Armco, its predecessor company, and Kawasaki Steel Corporation, was acquir ...


References

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