Mohawk Subdivision

The Mohawk Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of New York. The line runs from Amsterdam, NY west to Oneida, NY[1] along the former New York Central Railroad main line. At its east end, east of downtown Amsterdam, the line becomes the Selkirk Subdivision. With the creation of the CSX Syracuse Terminal Subdivision the west end is at Oneida, New York.[2]

Mohawk Subdivision (Old)
175.4 Selkirk Subdivision State Route 30 177.6 Amsterdam State Route 30A 186.2 Fonda State Route 10 Caroga Creek East Canada Creek State Route 169 State Route 167 West Canada Creek State Route 28 State Route 5 225.9 Herkimer Industrial Track Interstate 90 State Route 51 231.5 Erie Canal Mohawk River 235.4 Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad 237.5 Union Station 237.7 New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad New York State Route 5/12/Interstate 790 Sauquoit Creek Interstate 90 State Route 291 Oriskany Creek Mohawk River 237.7 Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad State Route 49/365 251.3 Rome Railroad Station 260.4 Verona Station Interstate 90 Oneida Creek State Route 46 State Route 13 269.1 Canastota Old Erie Canal State Historic Park Canaseraga Creek Interstate 481 State Route 298 U.S. Route 11 OnTrack 291.4 William F. Walsh Regional Transportation Center Interstate 81 State Route 370 291.5 St. Lawrence Subdivision 292.2 New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway 293.5 Fairgrounds Subdivision Finger Lakes Railway 296.8 Rochester Subdivision

Amtrak's Empire Service, Lake Shore Limited, and Maple Leaf operate over the entire Mohawk Subdivision.

As of January 24, 2011 at 0930 hours the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision went into service. It broke up the Mohawk Subdivision. The Syracuse Terminal Subdivision east end starts in Oneida, New York, where the Mohawk Subdivision leaves off and the west end is in Syracuse, New York, where the Rochester Subdivision picks up.[3][4]

History

In 1836, the Utica and Schenectady Railroad opened a line from Schenectady west via Amsterdam to Utica.[5] The Syracuse and Utica Railroad opened in 1839, extending the line west to Syracuse.[6] The portion of the Mohawk Subdivision west from downtown Syracuse was opened in 1853 by the New York Central Railroad as part of a more direct route from Syracuse to Rochester.[7] The entire line became part of the New York Central Railroad and Conrail through leases, mergers, and takeovers, and was assigned to CSX Transportation in the 1999 breakup of Conrail.

See also

• List of CSX Transportation lines

References

1. CSX Timetables: Mohawk Subdivision
2. http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/MW-Mohawk_Sub CSX Mohawk Sub
3. http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/S2-Syracuse_Terminal_Sub CSX Syracuse Terminal Sub
4. http://www.botecomm.com/bote/rail/csx_dispatchers.html#NA CSX Revised Dispatcher Desks
5. "PRR Chronology, 1836" (PDF). (93.3 KiB), June 2004 Edition
6. "PRR Chronology, 1839" (PDF). (82.7 KiB), June 2004 Edition
7. "PRR Chronology, 1853" (PDF). (91.5 KiB), March 2005 Edition