Garrett Subdivision

CSX Garrett Subdivision
CSX Garrett Subdivision
	CSX coke train on the Garret Subdivision, near Milford Junction, Indiana
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	B & O (formerly); CSX Transportation
Locale	Indiana, Ohio
Termini	MP BI 236.5 Willow Creek[1]; MP BI 62.8 Deshler[1];
Service
Type	Freight line
System	CSX Transportation
Route number	CQ[1]
Operator(s)	CSX Transportation
History
Opened	1874
Technical
Track length	173.7[1] mi (279.5 km)
Number of tracks	2 - 3
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	30–60 mph (48–97 km/h)
Route map
	EJ&E (Abandoned)
	Prairie Duneland Trail
	Indiana
	Ohio
	Map is not to scale.

The Garrett Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Ohio and Indiana. The line runs from Deshler, Ohio, west to Willow Creek, Indiana (in Portage),[1][2] along a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) line. At its east end, just east of Deshler, the Garrett Subdivision becomes the Willard Subdivision. The line crosses the Toledo Subdivision at Deshler and ends at the junction with the Porter Subdivision and Barr Subdivision at Willow Creek.

History

The line was opened by the Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway in 1874.[3] It became part of the B&O and CSX through leases and mergers.

Derailments occurred on the line in 2002, 2010,[4] on January 6, 2012 (near Portage, Indiana)[5] and on April 22, 2014 (near St. Joseph, Indiana).[6][7]

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