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 through Lind Yard then 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

• List of CSX Transportation lines
• AK Steel