P&W Subdivision

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Railway line in Pennsylvania

title: "P&W Subdivision" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["csx-transportation-lines", "rail-infrastructure-in-pennsylvania", "baltimore-and-ohio-railroad-lines", "transportation-in-pittsburgh", "1857-establishments-in-pennsylvania"] description: "Railway line in Pennsylvania" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P&W_Subdivision" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Railway line in Pennsylvania ::

::data[format=table title="infobox rail line"]

FieldValue
nameP&W Subdivision
ownerCSX
operator{{plainlist
gauge
localewestern Pennsylvania
startRankin
endWest Pittsburg
statusOperational
typeFreight rail and passenger rail
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| name = P&W Subdivision | owner = CSX | operator = {{plainlist|*CSX

  • AVRR
  • Amtrak
  • BPRR}} | gauge = | locale = western Pennsylvania | start = Rankin | end = West Pittsburg | status = Operational | type = Freight rail and passenger rail ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/AVRRdiesels.jpg" caption="New Castle]])[https://web.archive.org/web/20030120052401/http://www.trainweb.org/csxtimetables/Baltimore/P%26W.html CSX Timetables: P&W Subdivision] along a former [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] line, once the [[Pittsburgh and Western Railroad]]."] ::

The line begins in Rankin at the Pittsburgh Subdivision, almost directly under the Rankin Bridge, and runs along the east (right) shore of the Monongahela River. It meets the AVR's W&P Subdivision near the Glenwood Bridge in Glenwood, and continues near the river to near Greenfield. A line once branched out to the Pittsburgh B&O train station here, on the current Eliza Furnace Trail. Then the line turns north away from the river, and continues into Junction Hollow and through the Schenley Tunnel which goes under Oakland to Bloomfield. There it crosses and connects with the Norfolk Southern Railway's Pittsburgh Line; CSX ownership ends, and AVR ownership begins, here. The line continues northwest, junctioning with the AVR's main line and then immediately crossing the Allegheny River on the 33rd Street Railroad Bridge. It turns northeast along the west (right) bank of the river to Etna, turning north there. The AVR owns the line until Glenshaw, where BPRR ownership begins. The Northern Subdivision heads east from Harmony Junction in Eidenau, and the P&W Subdivision continues northwest to the east (left) side of the Beaver River near Ellwood City. It then heads north near the river to West Pittsburg, where it merges with CSX's New Castle Terminal Subdivision near the Pennsylvania Route 168 overpass.

Amtrak's Floridian uses the CSX portion of the line, switching to the NS Pittsburgh Line at Bloomfield.

History

The Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad opened the oldest section of the P&W Subdivision, from Rankin to Greenfield, in 1857.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/33rd_St._RR_Bridge.JPG" caption="archivedate=2005-03-23}} forming a line that includes today's P&W Subdivision from the [[33rd Street Railroad Bridge]] to West Pittsburgh."] ::

The Pittsburgh Junction Railroad built a line connecting the two railroads through the east side of Pittsburgh and over the 33rd Street Railroad Bridge in 1884. The B&O acquired all three lines by leases and mergers, and they later passed to CSX.

In 1934, the B&O began operating through trains via trackage rights over the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (now the Pittsburgh Subdivision) between McKeesport and New Castle, leaving the P&W for local trains only. In the 1970s, the line between McKeesport and Rankin was abandoned in favor of the adjacent P&LE .

There was a connection to the Grant Street Station from Laughlin Junction near Greenfield, until the 1990s, when the station was removed and the connecting rail right-of-way was turned into the Eliza Furnace Trail.

In 2003, CSX sought the Surface Transportation Board's permission to abandon the line from Glenshaw north to Bakerstown, which had not seen local traffic for at least two years. A month later, the Allegheny Valley Railroad leased the piece from Bloomfield north to Glenshaw and acquired trackage rights from Bloomfield south to the W&P Subdivision, which it leased simultaneously. Almost immediately after that, the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad leased the line from Glenshaw north to West Pittsburg. On May 15, 2019, the Allegheny Valley Railroad acquired the section of the P&W Subdivision that it had been leasing from CSX.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Mars_station.jpg" caption="Mars Railroad Station]]"] ::

References

References

  1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20030120052401/http://www.trainweb.org/csxtimetables/Baltimore/P%26W.html CSX Timetables: P&W Subdivision]
  2. "PW-P and W Sub - the RadioReference Wiki".
  3. http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Baltimore%20Div%20ETT%20%234%201-1-2005.pdf CSX Baltimore Division Timetable
  4. "PRR Chronology, 1857 }} {{small".
  5. [http://pghbridges.com/articles/railroads/pittsburgh&westernrr.htm Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh & Western RR]
  6. Dunlap, Scott. (October 26, 2006). "Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Timeline". Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Network.
  7. Cridlebaugh, Bruce S.. (August 31, 2001). "33rd St RR Bridge". Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA.
  8. "PRR Chronology, 1934 }} {{small".
  9. "Not Found".
  10. "Parkway East at former B&O RR yard - Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA".
  11. "Welcome".
  12. [[Surface Transportation Board]], [http://stb.dot.gov/decisions/ReadingRoom.nsf/b1a5b9900c35924185257231002f43eb/4a2f6ef34eb640ec85256db90064b87b?OpenDocument Docket AB_55_644_X] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-05-17 , CSX Transportation, Inc.--discontinuance of service exemption--in Allegheny County, PA, October 17, 2003)
  13. (26 November 2003). "Federal Register :: Request Access".
  14. [[Surface Transportation Board]], [http://stb.dot.gov/decisions/ReadingRoom.nsf/cae604a3a63d560785257231002ead55/585863217dc3c23385256de30050266e?OpenDocument Docket FD_34431_0] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-05-17 , Allegheny Valley Railroad Company--lease, operation and trackage rights exemption--lines of CSX Transportation, Inc., November 26, 2003)
  15. [[Surface Transportation Board]], [http://stb.dot.gov/decisions/ReadingRoom.nsf/b1a5b9900c35924185257231002f43eb/58894239570e74c785256df100760b43?OpenDocument Docket FD_34427_0] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-05-17 , Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc.--lease and operation exemption--CSX Transportation, Inc., December 5, 2003)
  16. (May 20, 2019). "Allegheny Valley Railroad acquires CSXT rail lines in Western Pennsylvania". Carload Express.

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