The CSX Cumberland Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation (CSX) in the U.S. states of Maryland and West Virginia. The line runs from Brunswick, Maryland, west to Cumberland, Maryland,CSX Timetables: Cumberland Subdivision along the old Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road (B&O) main line. At its east end, the Cumberland Subdivision becomes the Metropolitan Subdivision; at its west end at Cumberland, Maryland it becomes the Cumberland Terminal Subdivision. It meets the Shenandoah Subdivision at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and the Lurgan Subdivision in Cherry Run, West Virginia.http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Baltimore%20Div%20ETT%20%234%201-1-2005.pdf CSX Baltimore Division Timetable
History
The Cumberland Subdivision was opened in 1842 as part of B&O's main line. , March 2005 Edition In 1914 B&O opened the Magnolia Cutoff, a more direct route through mountain ridges, running between Hansrote, West Virginia and Paw Paw, West Virginia. The project included construction of four tunnels, two bridges, and many deep rock cuts.High Iron Online. 2001-09-20. B&O continued to use the original route along the Potomac River, called the "Lowline," until 1961.Rail Nutter News. "Magnolia Cutoff." Accessed 2010-11-17.
In 1987, CSX absorbed the subdivision and the rest of the B&O system.
Current operation The Cumberland Subdivision carries freight and passenger rail traffic, with frequent intermodal, autorack, coal unit, mixed freight, and oil trains, plus Amtrak's Floridian in both directions. MARC Brunswick Line regional passenger trains stop at Martinsburg, Duffields, and Harpers Ferry in West Virginia, then continue east through Maryland to Washington Union Station.
See also List of CSX Transportation lines
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