User:DanTD/Sandbox/E&BV Subdivision
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The CSX E&BV Subdivision is 39.2 miles long with milepost pre-fixes of CMO from CMO 3.2 to Milepost CMO 42.4. The station is at Martin, Kentucky. The yard has 8 track total, two sidings, & on wye that conects the martin yard to Bids terminal. it has two spur tracks Jones Fork and Stenson mine extesnion. It has one dispatcher controlled siding with both ends a Spring Switch & Bates Branch witch is 0.4 mile long (a coal loadout). It has a total of five coal loadouts/coal mines. A total of 106 switches & 1 derail, this includes all loadouts, turnouts, & sidings. Martin yard is 3.8 miles long. The Yard Limits (YL) is under the rule of 193. It has two three connections to subdivisions 1 = Rockhouse Subdivision 2 = Long Fork Subdivision 3 = Big Sandy Extension, which leads to the Big Sandy Subdivision about 4.1 miles from the E&BV. There are two defect detectors both type one DD(1) one at milepost CMO 12.0 and at milepost CMO 30.4.
DTC Block Limits:
1 Letcher TWC-DTC CMO 42.4 to CMO 39.5
2 Major TWC-DTC CMO 39.5 to CMO 33.9
3 Bates TWC-DTC CMO 33.9 to CMO 32.8
4 Buck TWC-DTC CMO 32.8 to CMO 23.2
5 Steel TWC-DTC CMO 23.8 to CMO 17.9
6 Midas TWC-DTC CMO 17.0 to CMO 11.3
7 Warco TWC-DTC CMO 11.3 to CMO 6.0
8 YL Rule 193 CMO 6.0 to CMO 3.2
Crew Change points:
MP 5.0 Martin, KY
MP 17.2 Garrett, KY
MP 18.1 Lacky, KY
MP 19.4 Estil, KY
MP 21.2 Wayland, KY
History
[edit]The line was originally owned by the Elkhorn and Beaver Valley Railway
I wish I could find a former station list.
Perhaps I'll redirect the old version of the article to the main List of CSX Transportation lines
External links
[edit]- April 2002 Picture from Beaver Gap in Deane, Kentucky (RailPictures.net)
- May 2002 Picture from Bates Branch Mine in Kite, Kentucky (RailPictures.net)
- July 2002 Picture from Beaver Junction in Allen, Kentucky (RailPictures.net)