The Mohawk Subdivision is a
railroad
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line owned by
CSX Transportation
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in the U.S. state of
New York
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. The line runs from
Amsterdam, NY west to
Oneida, NY along the former
New York Central Railroad
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main line. At its east end, east of downtown Amsterdam, the line becomes the
Selkirk Subdivision. With the creation of the CSX
Syracuse Terminal Subdivision, the west end is at
Oneida, New York
Oneida () is a city in Madison County in the U.S. state of New York. It is located west of Oneida Castle (in Oneida County) and east of Wampsville. The population was 10,329 at the 2020 census, down from 11,390 in 2010. The city, like b ...
.
Amtrak
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's ''
Empire Service'', ''
Lake Shore Limited
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'', and ''
Maple Leaf
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History of use in Canada
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'' operate over the entire Mohawk Subdivision.
As of January 24, 2011 at 0930 hours, the
Syracuse Terminal Subdivision went into service. It broke-up the Mohawk Subdivision. The
Syracuse Terminal Subdivision east end starts in
Oneida, New York
Oneida () is a city in Madison County in the U.S. state of New York. It is located west of Oneida Castle (in Oneida County) and east of Wampsville. The population was 10,329 at the 2020 census, down from 11,390 in 2010. The city, like b ...
, where the Mohawk Subdivision leaves off and the west end is in
Syracuse, New York
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, where the
Rochester Subdivision picks up.
History
In 1836, the
Utica and Schenectady Railroad opened a line from
Schenectady
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west via Amsterdam to
Utica. The
Syracuse and Utica Railroad opened in 1839, extending the line west to
Syracuse. The portion of the Mohawk Subdivision west from downtown Syracuse was opened in 1853 by the
New York Central Railroad
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as part of a more direct route from
Syracuse to
Rochester.
[ , March 2005 Edition] The entire line became part of the
New York Central Railroad
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and
Conrail
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through leases, mergers and takeovers, and was assigned to
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 1999 breakup of Conrail.
See also
*
List of CSX Transportation lines
References
CSX Transportation lines
Rail infrastructure in New York (state)
New York Central Railroad lines
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