Long Fork Subdivision

The Long Fork Subdivision was a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It split from the E&BV Subdivision at Martin and ran south to a dead end at Hi Hat.^{[1] [2] [3]} CSX filed to abandon all but the first 3 miles (4.8 km) from Martin to Salisbury in 2003; it had not seen traffic since c. 1990.^[4][5] However, due to complications regarding possible leasing by a coal company, the line was not abandoned until 2006. As of 2006^[update], that lease is planned to take effect.^[6]

The line was built in the 1910s or early 1920s by the Long Fork Railway, a Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road subsidiary. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway acquired it in 1933, and it passed through mergers to CSX.^[7]

References

1. "LF-Long Fork Sub - the RadioReference Wiki".
2. 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
3. CSX Timetables: Long Fork Subdivision
4. Tom Seay, Kentucky Abandonments, Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Magazine, July/August 2004
5. Surface Transportation Board, Docket AB_55_627_X Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, CSX Transportation, Inc.--abandonment exemption--in Floyd County, KY, February 11, 2003
6. Surface Transportation Board, Docket AB_55_627_X Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, CSX Transportation, Inc.--abandonment exemption--in Floyd County, KY, May 24, 2006
7. Surface Transportation Board, Docket AB_55_627_X Archived 2007-03-21 at the Wayback Machine, CSX Transportation, Inc.--abandonment exemption--in Floyd County, KY, February 14, 2003