Lockport Subdivision

Lockport Subdivision
Overview
Headquarters	CSX Transportation
Locale	Niagara County
Predecessor	New York Central Railroad
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The Lockport Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of New York. The line runs from Lockport west to a junction with the Niagara Subdivision east of Niagara Falls^[1] in Sanborn, New York along a former New York Central Railroad line. At its east end, it interchanges with the Falls Road Railroad and Somerset Railroad.^[2]^[3]

Legend

0.0

Falls Road Railroad

0.5

Somerset Railroad

0.6

Harrison Radiator

Spartech

Iberdrola USA

0.8

1.3

5.4

8.2

9.7

Sanborn

Cayuga Creek

10.3

Niagara Subdivision

/ Empire Corridor

11.1

Lockport

History edit

The line opened in 1838 as part of the Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad.^{[citation needed]} It became part of the New York Central and Conrail through leases, mergers, and takeovers, and was assigned to CSX in the 1999 breakup of Conrail.

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[1] CSX Timetables: Lockport Subdivision

[2] "LP-Lockport Sub - the RadioReference Wiki".

[3] ttp://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Albany%20Div%20ETT%20%234%2011-1-2004.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

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Lockport Subdivision

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