Parkersburg Subdivision
Overview
Other name(s)	Parkersburg Branch
Status	Grafton to Clarksburg, Active Clarksburg to Parkersburg, Razed Parkersburg to Belpre, Active Belpre to Dundas, Razed Dundas to Chillicothe, Partially Active
Owner	CSX
Locale	West Virginia, Southeast Ohio
Service
Type	Freight, Inter-city rail
System	CSX Transportation
Operator(s)	B&O, Amtrak, CSX
Technical
Line length	107.1 mi
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Legend MP.0 [1] Chillicothe Subdivision NS Columbus District 98.0 Chillicothe NS Columbus District CSX Chillicothe Yard 100.3 Renick Jct. B&O line (CH&D) Renick Subdivision Cut off Scioto River 105.0 Schooleys 110.0 Vigo 112.3 West Jct. 117.0 Ray 119.9 Byers Jct. 127.0 Hamden 131.5 Dundas 136.0 Red Diamond 139.0 Zaleski 151.3 Mineral 151.3 New Marshfield 156.9 Grosvenor 158.1 Athens 165.0 Canaanville 169.7 Guysville 186.5 Little Hocking 189.6 Porterfield 384.9 Belpre Marietta Subdivision OH Parkersburg Bridge over the Ohio River Ohio River Subdivision WV 383.6 Parkersburg Highland Yard 382.3 Camden 378.9 Jackson I-77 Stewart Happy Valley Trail Head 373.3 Farrell's Tunnel #23 (Daylighted 1943) 368.8 Walker 365.7 Rodimer's Tunnel #22 (Bypassed 1963) 364.9 Eaton Eaton Tunnel #21 364.5 Bee Tree Tunnel #21 Volcano Junction 361.9 Petroleum 360.0 Linn Tunnel #20 (Daylighted 1963) 356.9 Silver Run Tunnel #19 354.9 Cairo 353.3 Section 74 Tunnel #18 (Daylighted 1963) 352.8 Unnamed Tunnel #17 (Bypassed 1963) 352.4 Section 73 Tunnel #16 (Daylighted 1963) 352.2 Unnamed Tunnel #15 (Daylighted 1963) 351.7 Section 72 Tunnel #14 (Daylighted 1963) Cornwallis 351.0 Bonds Creek Tunnel #13 350.5 Section 71 Tunnel #12 349.9 Teneriffe Tunnel #11 (Daylighted 1963) 348.8 Patterson's Tunnel #10 347.4 Ellenboro 343.0 Butcher's Tunnel #9 (Daylighted 1963) 342.2 North Bend (Cunningham's) Tunnel #8 342.1 Pennsboro 340.3 Pennsboro (Calhoun's) Tunnel #7 336.3 Duckworth 330.2 Central Station (Doe Run) Tunnel #6 329.9 West Union 326.8 Smithburg 326.4 Shannon Tunnel #5 (Daylighted 1963) Sherwood 322.0 Sherwood (Buckeye) Tunnel #4 321.4 Trough Tunnel #3 (Bypassed 1963) 316.0 Salem US 50 311.9 Brandy Gap Tunnel #2 Wolf Summit Trail Head 309.9 Wolf Summit Reynoldsville US 50 Pike Street 306.2 Wilsonburg Short Line Subdivision to New Martinsville M.R. Subdivision 303.4 J tower W.Va.&P Subdivision 302.9 MD tower 302.7 Clarksburg Clarksburg Yard 301.4 MO Tower to Grasselli Industrial Track 300.4 Merrick Engineering Industrial Track 300.3 EAS milepost 299.6 Carr's Bore Tunnel #1[2] (Bypassed 1952) Lodgeville Tunnel I-79 299.0 Lodgeville Road 297.5 Bridgeport Oral Lake 294.2 Fourco Industrial Track Rosemont 291.4 RS tower 290.2 Flemington Astor Subdivision 288.5 Sand Lick Jct. Sand Lick Subdivision Simpson Brydon Elliotsville Webster Cowen Subdivision 281.6 Berkeley Run Jct. 280.5 Beech St. Fairmont Subdivision 280.1 D Tower 280.0 Grafton Grafton Yard 277.8 East Grafton Mountain Subdivision (Maryland Subdivision) This diagram: view talk edit

The Parkersburg Subdivision was former rail line owned by CSX in the United States of America.^[3] The majority of the line in West Virginia is now part of the North Bend Rail Trail. The portion from Clarksburg to Grafton is now the Bridgeport Subdivision and Mountain Subdivision, as part of the Baltimore Division. ^[4]

History

Baltimore and Ohio (-1973)

The section in Virginia began as the North Western Virginia Railroad.^[5]

Chessie System (1973-1985)

Under the Chessie System this line existed as part of it's Ohio Division and Monongah Division with two sets of mileposts^[6]

CSX (1985-)