Railway line in West Virginia and Ohio
| Marietta Subdivision |
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| Status | Active |
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| Owner | CSX |
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| Locale | West Virginia, Ohio |
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| Type | Freight rail |
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| System | CSX |
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| Operator(s) | Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad |
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| Number of tracks | 1-2 |
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| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
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The Marietta Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation and operated by Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad in the U.S. states of West Virginia and Ohio.[2] The line runs from Parkersburg, West Virginia, west to Belpre, Ohio, and north via Marietta to Relief (near Beverly, Ohio)[3] along a former Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road line. Its south end is at a connection to the Ohio River Subdivision; the line crosses the Ohio River on the Parkersburg Bridge between Parkersburg and Belpre.[4][5]
History
The short piece of the Marietta Subdivision from Moore Junction northeast to Harmar (part of Marietta) opened in 1857 as part of the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad.[6] The Union Railroad, from Moore Junction south to Belpre, opened in 1860.[7] The Parkersburg Bridge opened in 1871, connecting Belpre to the B&O's Parkersburg Branch.[8] In the 1880s or 1890s, the Zanesville and Ohio River Railway built from Harmar northwest past the current end of the line towards Zanesville.[citation needed] The lines became part of the B&O and CSX through leases and mergers. The Parkersburg Branch east from Parkersburg (formerly part of the Monongah Division) is now gone; the only connection there is with the Ohio River Subdivision.
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