RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION

CSX TRANSPORTATION

New Castle Subdivision

FORMERLY Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
(B&O Akron Division)
CONSTRUCTED 1891 by Akron & Chicago Junction Railroad (Willard-Akron)
CONSTRUCTED 1882 by Pittsburgh Cleveland & Toledo Rail Road (Akron-New Castle)
DOUBLE TRACK constructed 1880's-1920's
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: Capitol Limited/1971

Amtrak trains used portions of this route on and off between 1990 and 2005.

Radio Frequency - 160.230 (AAR Channel 08)
Dispatcher - 161.520 (AAR Channel 94) (Willard-Greenwich)
Dispatcher - 160.320 (AAR Channel 14) (Greenwich-New Castle)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is eastward from Willard to New Castle
Distance is from Pittsburgh

102.2 Willard
204.0 RX
203.6 East Willard
201.6 Peru Center
198.1 Boughtonville
193.1 Greenwich
192.6 CP 54
181.1 Nova
176.8 Sullivan
165.6 Lodi
155.6 Sterling
152.1 Rittman
149.2 Easton
146.6 NOT
145.7 Coal
144.0 Warwick
137.1 Barberton
135.0 Lambert
130.3 Akron
128.2 Akron Junction
128.4 Arlington St.
127.5 BD Tower
117.7 Kent
110.6 Ravenna
103.9 FS Tower
102.5 E FS Switch
98.2 WE HN
96.2 EE HN
95.7 Newton Falls
94.2 Scotty
92.0 Rock Cut
91.3 Goodman
79.5 Ohio Junction
77.8 Yanda
76.4 Youngstown
73.9 Hazelton
67.1 Lowellville
58.2 New Castle

Willard to Greenwich - 2 tracks, CTC in use, controlled by CSX "IP" Dispatcher in Indianapolis.

Greenwich to Warwick - 2 tracks, signaled for normal right hand operation, controlled by CSX "IO" Dispatcher in Indianapolis.

Warwick to Akron - 1 track, CTC in use, controlled by CSX "IO" Dispatcher in Indianapolis.

Akron to New Castle - 2 tracks, signaled for normal right hand operation, controlled by CSX "IO" Dispatcher in Indianapolis.

Between Warwick and Akron Junction, that segment had involved trackage rights over Pennsylvania Railroad later Penn Central and Conrail. Direct operation assumed by 1990's when Conrail abandoned its service over this route.

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