Porter Subdivision

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CSX Porter Subdivision
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Michigan Central Railroad (formerly) CSX Transportation
Locale	Indiana
Termini	QFP 259.3 Ivanhoe QFP 240.9 Porter
Service
Type	Freight line
System	CSX Transportation
Route number	PB[1]
Operator(s)	CSX Transportation
History
Opened	1852 (1852)
Technical
Track length	18.4 mi (29.6 km)
Number of tracks	1-2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	40[1] mph (64 km/h)
Route map v t e Legend IHB QFP 259.3 Ivanhoe CN NS Connection CFE QFP 256.3 Tolleston QFP 255.4 NS Industrial Lead Lake Station QFP 250.4 MC (Abandoned) QFP 246.7 Willow Creek Wabash (Abandoned) Garrett Subdivision Barr Subdivision QFP 240.9 Porter NS Amtrak Map not to scale.

The Porter Subdivision^[2] is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the Chicago, Illinois, area. Formerly a part of the main line of the Michigan Central Railroad, it now connects CSX's former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line and the Chicago Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad from the east with the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad towards Blue Island, Illinois.