Middletown Subdivision

The Middletown Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. State of Ohio. The line runs from New Miami, Ohio. to Middletown, Ohio, for a total of 11.2 miles (18.0 km). At its south end it branches off of the Toledo Subdivision at Middletown Junction and at its north end the line branches off thru Lind Yard than enters AK Steel Middletown Works, after crossing the Norfolk Southern Dayton District on the High Line or on a diamond the line continues north with the track ending at Cohen Recycling.[1]

M7-Middletown Subdivision information
Info Notes
Operators on 160.2300 MHz
Controlled by the LA dispatcher 160.2900 MHz
Location Between New Miami, Ohio, and Middletown, Ohio, (11.2 miles)
Subdivision Single Track
Defect Detectors None

History

Initial sections

The Former B&O branch from New Miami, Ohio, to Middletown, Ohio, was built for the express purpose of serving the massive steel mill belonging to the ARMCO Steel (now known as AK Steel. CSX Transportation 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.[2]

Milepost
Mile Post (Northbound) Station Name Notes
2.5 Middletown JCT. Jct.CSX Transportation Toledo Subdivision
4.0 HM Junction Jct.Overpeck Cutoff
5.7 Woodsdale, Ohio
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 SouthExcello, Ohio
11.5 North Excello, Ohio Lind Yard & connection with CSX Transportation High Line to AK Steel Middletown Works
12.0 Armco Junction Crosses Norfolk Southern Dayton District & enters AK Steel Middletown Works Jct. AK Steel Railroad
13.7 Cohen Recycling End of Track

See also

References
  1. http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Louisville%20Div%20ETT%20%233%201-1-2005.pdf CSX Louisville Division Timetable
  2. CSX Transportation. "Our Evolution and History." Archived 2011-10-10 at the Wayback Machine Interactive timeline. Accessed 2012-12-02.
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