Keystone Subdivision


The Keystone Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Maryland and Pennsylvania. The line runs from Cumberland, Maryland, west to McKeesport, Pennsylvania, (near Pittsburgh) along a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) line. The line includes the well-known Sand Patch Grade over the Allegheny Mountains.

Keystone Subdivision
Overview
StatusActive
OwnerCSX
LocaleMaryland, Pennsylvania
Termini
Service
TypeFreight rail
SystemCSX
Operator(s)CSX, Amtrak
Technical
Number of tracks2
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

MP.0
311.7
262.9
308.7
Center St. Versailles
303.1
Shaner
301.6
299.8
Scott Haven
297.8
Gratztown
295.9
Yough Slope
294.5
292.7
290.5
Fitz Henry
defect detector
289.3
286.6
W&LE
Pittsburg Subdivision
285.5
Hagerman's Rock
281.7
276.1
275.3
272.7
SWP Mt. Pleasant
Industrial Track
270.3
W&LE
Pittsburg Subdivision
269.7
Connellsville Yard
268.6
SWP FM&P
Subdivision
266.2
262.9
253.4
252.1
251.8
HK Tower (Closed)
243.3
240.9
240.0
Benford Tunnel
239.8
239.6
Brook Tunnel
238.7
Brook
237.0
Shoo Fly Tunnel
235.2
Pinkerton Tunnel
239.8
Casselman defect detector
227.0
Siding
226.8
219.5
219.2
Siding
218.4
216.0
Salisbury Junction
Romania Industrial Track
215.1
211.0
209.6
Sand Patch Tunnel
206.5
NA Tower (Closed)
200.2
199.4
FO Tower (Closed)
196.9
PRR line
to Bedford
190.2
187.0
Cooks Mills
defect detector
184.2
State line
183.8
Mt Savage jct.
181.3
Georges Creek jct.│Eckhart jct.
178.2
Viaduct Junction

The east end of the Keystone Subdivision is at Viaduct Junction in Cumberland, where it meets the Cumberland Terminal Subdivision at the east end of the Cumberland Viaduct. The west end is at Sinns, on the west (left) side of the Youghiogheny River at Liberty, where it continues as the Pittsburgh Subdivision through Pittsburgh and on to West Pittsburg. The Keystone Subdivision also joins with the S&C Subdivision at Rockwood, Pennsylvania.

Amtrak's Capitol Limited uses the Keystone Subdivision.

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