St. Lawrence Subdivision

St. Lawrence Subdivision

Legend Massena Terminal Railroad; Montreal Subdivision 160.8 Massena State Route 420 New York and Ogdensburg Railway 147.9 Norwood New York and Ogdensburg Railway State Route 56 141.8 Potsdam Racquette River State Route 345 U.S. Route 11 U.S. Route 11 State Route 310 U.S. Route 11/State Route 68 131.0 Canton Grasse River U.S. Route 11 New York and Ogdensburg Railway U.S. Route 11 Oswegatchie River State Route 58/812 107.9 Gouverneur 107.0 Balmat Industrial Track Balmat 89.6Philadelphia, Maine Central Railroad U.S. Route 11/State Route 26 Fort Drum State Route 342 78.5 Fort Drum Lead State Route 3 74.6 Carthage--Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad U.S. Route 11 State Route 37 State Route 12 72.0 Watertown Black River State Route 3 State Route 232 62.9 Adams Center State Route 177 59.3 Adams State Route 178 State Route 193 U.S. Route 11 40.6 Richland Salmon River Interstate 81 State Route 13 U.S. Route 11 State Route 104 U.S. Route 11 State Route 69 26.1 Parish State Route 49 17.1 Central Square, New York U.S. Route 11 Oneida River State Route 31 State Route 481 7.3 Fulton Subdivision Interstate 90 4.5 Liverpool State Route 370 2.0 Mohawk Subdivision

The St. Lawrence Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of New York. The line runs from Syracuse north to Massena^[1] along a former New York Central Railroad line. At its south end, it meets the Mohawk Subdivision; its north end is at the south end of the Montreal Subdivision. Along the way it junctions with the Fulton Subdivision at Woodard (near Syracuse).

History

The section from Richland north to Watertown was opened by the Watertown and Rome Railroad in the early 1850s. The Oswego and Rome Railroad opened the short piece from Richland west to Pulaski in 1866, and the Syracuse Northern Railroad opened in the early 1870s from Syracuse north to Pulaski. To the north, the Potsdam Railroad opened in 1856 from Potsdam to Norwood, and the Potsdam and Watertown Railroad built from Potsdam south to Watertown in the 1850s. The short Norwood and Montreal Railroad completed the line north from Norwood to Massena in 1886. All of the companies became part of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad, New York Central Railroad, and Conrail. In the 1999 breakup of Conrail, the line was assigned to CSX.

References

1. ↑ CSX Timetables: St Lawrence Subdivision