The Long Fork Subdivision was a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It split from the E&BV Subdivision at Martin and ran south to a dead end at Hi Hat.http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Huntington%20Div%20West%20ETT%20%231%201-1-2005.pdf CSX Huntington West Division TimetableCSX Timetables: Long Fork Subdivision CSX filed to abandon all but the first from Martin to Salisbury in 2003; it had not seen traffic since .Surface Transportation Board, Docket AB_55_627_X , CSX Transportation, Inc.--abandonment exemption--in Floyd County, KY, February 11, 2003 However, due to complications regarding possible leasing by a coal company, the line was not abandoned until 2006. , that lease is planned to take effect.Surface Transportation Board, Docket AB_55_627_X , CSX Transportation, Inc.--abandonment exemption--in Floyd County, KY, May 24, 2006
The line was built in the 1910s or early 1920s by the Long Fork Railway, a Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road subsidiary. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway acquired it in 1933, and it passed through mergers to CSX.Surface Transportation Board, Docket AB_55_627_X , CSX Transportation, Inc.--abandonment exemption--in Floyd County, KY, February 14, 2003
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