Fairmont Subdivision

The Fairmont Subdivision extends from Grafton, West Virginia northwest to Rivesville, West Virginia along the old Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road main line and a former branch of it. At the southeast end of the Fairmont Subdivision it junctions with the Mountain Subdivision and at its northwest end it junctions with the Norfolk Southern Railway’s Loveridge Secondary with which CSX has trackage rights north to the Mon Subdivision near Brownsville, Pennsylvania.

HISTORY:
The majority of the Fairmont Subdivision from Grafton to Fairmont was opened in 1852 as part of the B&O’s main line. A short piece in Fairmont opened around 1890 as part of the Fairmont, Morgantown and Pittsburgh Railroad the rest from a junction in northern Fairmont to Rivesville was part of the Paw Paw Railroad. The entire line became part of the B&O and CSX through leases and mergers.

CSX reminds the public that walking along or inside of railroad property is illegal.

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