Toledo Subdivision

Toledo Subdivision
The Toledo Subdivision crosses the Great Miami River several times; this crossing is in Downtown Dayton, Ohio
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	CSX Transportation
Locale	Ohio
Termini	Hamilton, Ohio Perrysburg, Ohio
Service
Type	Freight rail
System	CSX Transportation
Route number	TO
Operator(s)	CSX Transportation
Technical
Line length	167.8 mi (270.0 km)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map mi 193.6 Toledo Terminal Subdivision 192.8 Perrysburg 189.8 Roachton 185.2 Haskins 181.6 Tontogany 175.8 Weston 172.3 Milton 171.0 Custar 164.8 Deshler Willard Subdivision Garrett Subdivision to McComb 160.7 Belmore Indiana and Ohio Railway 156.3 Leipsic Junction Fostoria District 149.9 Ottawa Blanchard River Ottawa Industrial Loop 143.0 Columbus Grove AC&Y 136.6 Cairo Lima District Indiana and Ohio Railway Lima Subdivision 130.7 Lima Ottawa River 129.2 Erie Lackawanna Railway Lima District Lima Army Tank Plant 124.0 Cridersville 117.7 Wapakoneta 117.1 St. Mary's Branch 110.5 Botkins 105.5 Anna 97.8 Sidney Indianapolis Line Subdivision 92.5 Kirkwood 87.3 Piqua Crossing Columbus, Piqua and Indiana Railroad Great Miami River 79.2 Troy Springfield Branch 74.0 Tipp City 67.9 Vandalia 64.9 Needmore Yard Great Miami River Wellston Subdivision Mad River Dayton District Pennsylvania Railroad 59.2 Dayton Union Station Great Miami River Dayton and Union Branch Dayton District South Dayton Yard 56.9 Stillwater Industrial Track 51.4 Whitfield 48.9 Miamisburg 44.0 Carlisle Dobbs Industrial Track 40.8 Poast Town 37.5 Middletown 33.8 Trenton 30.1 Overpeck 29.0 New River Yard Middletown Subdivision New Castle District 28.0 New River Junction Great Miami River 25.8 New Castle District Indianapolis Subdivision 25.4 Hamilton Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision [1][2] This diagram: view talk edit

The Toledo Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Ohio. The line runs 167.8 miles (270.0 km) from Hamilton (north of Cincinnati) north to Perrysburg (near Toledo).[1] It was originally built by predecessors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

The south end of the Toledo Subdivision is at the north end of the Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision, near the east end of the Indianapolis Subdivision. Its north end is at the south end of the Toledo Terminal Subdivision. In between, it junctions with the Middletown Subdivision at New Miami, the Indianapolis Line Subdivision at Sidney, and the Garrett Subdivision at Deshler.[1]

History

South of Dayton, the Toledo Subdivision was opened by the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad in 1851.[3][4] Later that decade in 1859, the Dayton and Michigan Railroad opened, continuing the line to Toledo.[5] The lines passed to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and CSX through leases and mergers.

References

1. CSX Transportation (January 1, 2005). "NORTHERN REGION: LOUISVILLE DIVISION: TIMETABLE NO. 3" (PDF). pp. 89–96. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
2. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (September 25, 1949). "B&O Toledo Division Timetable #50" (PDF). pp. 10, 13. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
3. "PRR Chronology, 1851" (PDF). (67.7 KiB), March 2005 Edition
4. compiled by Jim Blount, An Index to Butler County Place Names: Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad, as of June 25, 2005
5. Interstate Commerce Commission (1917). Pere Marquette Railroad Company and Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Company. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 70.