Mon Line

Mon Line
A double-stack container train on the Mon Line in South Side, Pittsburgh.
Overview
StatusOperational
Owner
Localesouthwestern Pennsylvania
Termini
Service
TypeFreight rail
SystemNorfolk Southern
Operator(s)Norfolk Southern
History
Opened1872
Technical
Line length85 mi (137 km)
Number of tracks1-2[1]
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

Fort Wayne Line
Ohio Connecting Railroad Bridge
CSX Pittsburgh Subdivision
Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad
Allegheny River
AVRR W&P Subdivision
Homestead
Union Railroad
via yard
Union Railroad Port Perry Bridge
Port Perry Branch
Union Railroad
Union Railroad
W&LE Clairton Branch
Shire Oaks Yard
Ellsworth Secondary
W&LE Speers Railroad Bridge
CSX Mon Subdivision
West Brownsville Junction Bridge
Loveridge Secondary
West Brownsville
Monongahela River
Manor Branch
to Bailey Mine
Waynesburg Southern Branch

The Mon Line is an 85-mile long[2] Norfolk Southern rail line which runs along the Monongahela River for most of its route.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference trackchart was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Norfolk Southern supports shippers and receivers with improvements to major Pennsylvania rail line $22.6 million in improvement projects completed on important coal line".
  3. ^ Borkowski, Richard C. (2008). Norfolk Southern Railway. Voyageur Press. pp. 117–118. ISBN 9781616739553.