The Thomas Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Maryland and West Virginia. The line runs from Rawlings, Maryland, to Bayard, West Virginia, for a total of 44.2 miles (71.1 km). At its east end the line continues west from the Mountain Subdivision and at its west end the line comes to an end.[2][3]

Thomas Subdivision
Overview
StatusActive
OwnerCSX Transportation
LocaleWest Virginia, Maryland
Termini
Service
TypeFreight rail
SystemCSX Transportation
Operator(s)CSX Transportation
Technical
Line length44.2 mi
Number of tracks1
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

MP.0
[1]
WM Thomas Sub.
19.8
Keyser Jct.
21.3
Verso Facility
23.7
Biggs
25.1
Poland
Westernport sidings
26.5
26.75
27.5
Verso Luke Paper Mill
27.9
State line
28.0
WV Central Jct.
Bloomington Yard
28.73
29.5
29.9
Hampshire
38.3
40.0
44.7
45.6
46.3
52.9
58.7
61.3
62.0
Bayard Yard

The line was built by the West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway (WVC&P) in the 1880s, and originally ran between Cumberland, Maryland and Elkins, West Virginia. The WVC&P merged with the Western Maryland Railway (WM) in 1905. The WM abandoned portions of the line between the 1930s and 1970s.[4] The WM was merged into the Chessie System in 1973, and the latter merged into CSX Transportation in 1980.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/TM-Thomas_Sub
  2. ^ "TM-Thomas Sub". The RadioReference Wiki. San Antonio, TX: RadioReference.com LLC. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  3. ^ "Huntington East Division Timetable" (PDF). Jacksonville, FL: CSX Transportation. 2005 – via Multimodalways Project (Dover, OH).
  4. ^ Salamon, Stephen J.; Hopkins, William E. (1991). The Western Maryland Railway in the Diesel Era. Silver Spring, MD: Old Line Graphics. pp. 92ff. ISBN 1-879314-07-X.
  5. ^ "CSX merger family tree". Trains. 2006-06-02. Archived from the original on 2021-04-10.