Middle Creek Subdivision

The Middle Creek Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formerly part of the Huntington West Division. It became part of the CSX Florence Division on June 20, 2016. It splits from the Big Sandy Subdivision at Prestonsburg and runs southwest to a dead end at David for a total of 10.1 miles (16.3 km).[1][2] CSX filed to abandon all but the first mile (2 km) at Prestonsburg in 2004; it had not seen traffic since the early 1990s.[3][4] However, due to complications regarding possible rail banking and its effect on the Middle Creek National Battlefield, the line has not yet been abandoned as of 2006.[5][6] The line is now abandoned, and has been purchased by the city of Prestonsburg, Kentucky. The tracks are now gone and it is currently being converted into a trail.[7]

  1. ^ CSX Timetables: Middle Creek Subdivision
  2. ^ "MZ-Middle Creek Sub - the RadioReference Wiki".
  3. ^ Tom Seay, Kentucky Abandonments, Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Magazine, July/August 2004
  4. ^ Surface Transportation Board, Docket AB_55_645_X Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, CSX Transportation, Inc.--abandonment exemption--in Floyd County, KY, February 9, 2004
  5. ^ Surface Transportation Board, Docket AB_55_645_X Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, CSX Transportation, Inc.--abandonment exemption--in Floyd County, KY, September 6, 2006
  6. ^ http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Huntington%20Div%20West%20ETT%20%231%201-1-2005.pdf CSX Huntington West Division Timetable
  7. ^ "City of Prestonsburg Mayor announces "Rails to Trails" project".