The Erie West Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and Ohio. The line runs from Derby, New York southwest along the shore of Lake Erie to Cleveland, Ohio,[2] along the former New York Central Railroad main line.

Erie West Subdivision
Map
Map
Overview
Other name(s)Lake Shore Subdivision, Chicago Line, Great Lakes Service Lane
StatusActive
OwnerCSX
LocaleLake Erie
Termini
Service
TypeFreight, Inter-city rail
SystemCSX Transportation
Operator(s)CSX, Amtrak
Technical
Number of tracks2
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

MP.0
[1]
168.3
166.8
CP 167
165.0
Eastlake power plant
163.7
162.1
CP 162
159.4
Greenbridge siding
155.8
CP 155
Lubrizol industrial track
Grand River Yard
154.0
Morton Salt industrial track
153.2
?
148.7
CP 148
147.5
Perry
145.2
Madison
142.5
Cowles Creek
134.8
CP 134
Indian Creek
130.3
CP 130
CSX Ashtabula Yard
128.0
Industrial running track
Fields Brook
124.6
CP 124
114.5
113.1
CP 113
112.4
State line
111.0
Pittsburgh & Conneaut
Dock Co.
108.6
Duck Run
Elk Creek
Godfrey Run
97.5
CP 97
89.7
CP 89
National Lime & Stone Co.
industrial track
88.7
87.4
CP 87
86.9
Amtrak
86.1
86.0
Ash St.
85.6
CP 85
84.9
Ore dock spur
84.5
Hammermill scale
84.2
CSX Erie Yard
83.2
CP 83
75.1
73.3
CP 73
73.0
68.4
State line
68.2
65.3
58.2
CP 58
57.5
56.2
CP 56
50.0
CP 49
49.41
47.2
CP 47
42.6
42.5
CP 42
40.3
40.1
CP 39
CSX Dunkirk Yard
37.0
CP 37
32.8
siding
31.4
30.8
CP 31
28.9
28.3
27.0
23.0
CP 23
21.4
19.0
15.6
CP 15
10.2
8.1
5.4
CP 5
4.2
Seneca Yard
4.19
Ridge Rd.
CSX Ohio St. Yard
2.2
CP 2
Track #3
2.1
Ohio St.

At its east end (east of downtown Buffalo), the Erie West Subdivision becomes the Buffalo Terminal Subdivision; at its west end (east of downtown Cleveland), it becomes the Cleveland Terminal Subdivision. This subdivision is also known as the Great Lakes Service Lane. Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited uses the Erie West Subdivision.

History

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The line was built by the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad and opened in 1852.[3] Through mergers, leases, and takeovers, it became part of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, New York Central Railroad, and Conrail. When Conrail was broken up in 1999, the main line east of Cleveland, including the Erie West Subdivision, was assigned to CSX. In 2007 in Painesville, Ohio on this line, a major freight train derailment occurred resulting in the spill of ethanol and a large fire.[4]

In 2010, its eastern terminus was extended to Buffalo when the Lake Shore Subdivision was transferred from the Albany Division to the Great Lakes Division and absorbed. [5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/EW-Erie_West_Sub
  2. ^ "CSX Timetables: Erie West Subdivision". Archived from the original on January 20, 2003.
  3. ^ "PRR Chronology, 1852,83.5 KB" (PDF). March 2005.
  4. ^ "Derailment of CSX Transportation (CSX) freight train Q380-09" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  5. ^ "CSX Dispatcher Desk Codes".

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