Fairmont Subdivision

The Fairmont Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The line runs from Grafton northwest to Rivesville^[1] along the old Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road main line and a former branch of it.^{[2][unreliable source?][3]}

Fairmont Subdivision
Overview
Status	Active
Owner	CSX Transportation
Locale	West Virginia
Termini	Grafton Rivesville
Service
Type	Freight rail
System	CSX Transportation
Operator(s)	CSX Transportation
Technical
Number of tracks	1-2
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map Legend MP.0 NS Loveridge Secondary 306.3 Catawba Junction B&O line to Point Marion ND Paper Fairmont Unknown Junction B&O Roundhouse (Razed) Buffalo Creek B&O Fairmont Branch to Moundsville │ Federal Junction 303.4 WD Tower 302.1 Fairmont 300.9 Gaston Junction B&O line to Shinnston 300.6 Monongahela River 284.2 CY Tower Dyna Mix Industrial siding Industrial siding 280.2 D Tower Mountain Subdivision This diagram: view talk edit

At its southeast end, the Fairmont Subdivision junctions with the Mountain Subdivision near its west end, where it becomes the Bridgeport Subdivision. The northwest end is at a junction with the Norfolk Southern Railway's Loveridge Secondary, along which CSX has trackage rights north to the Mon Subdivision near Brownsville, Pennsylvania.

History

The majority of the Fairmont Subdivision, from Grafton to Fairmont, was opened in 1852 as part of the B&O's main line.^[4] A short piece in Fairmont opened around 1890 as part of the Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburgh Railroad.^[5] The entire line became part of the B&O and CSX through leases and mergers.