Mohawk Subdivision

Mohawk Subdivision

Legend
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

The Mohawk Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of New York. The line runs from Amsterdam west to Syracuse[1] along the former New York Central Railroad main line. At its east end, east of downtown Amsterdam, the line becomes the Selkirk Subdivision. It intersects the St. Lawrence Subdivision in downtown Syracuse and the Fairgrounds Subdivision to the west before becoming the Rochester Subdivision.

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

History

In 1836, the Utica and Schenectady Railroad opened a line from Schenectady west via Amsterdam to Utica.[2] The Syracuse and Utica Railroad opened in 1839, extending the line west to Syracuse.[3] 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.[4] The entire line became part of the New York Central and Conrail through leases, mergers, and takeovers, and was assigned to CSX in the 1999 breakup of Conrail.

See also

References

  1. CSX Timetables: Mohawk Subdivision
  2. PRR Chronology, 1836 PDF (93.3 KiB), June 2004 Edition
  3. PRR Chronology, 1839 PDF (82.7 KiB), June 2004 Edition
  4. PRR Chronology, 1853 PDF (91.5 KiB), March 2005 Edition
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