St. Lawrence Subdivision

The St. Lawrence Subdivision is a railroad line owned by Canadian National in the U.S. state of New York. The line runs from Syracuse, New York, north to Massena, New York,[1] along a former New York Central Railroad line. At its south end, it meets the Syracuse Terminal Subdivision; its north end is at the south end of the Montreal Subdivision. Along the way it junctions with the Fulton Subdivision at Woodard, New York, (near Liverpool).[2][3]

St. Lawrence Subdivision
 Massena Terminal Railroad; Montreal Subdivision
160.8
 Massena
 State Route 420
 New York and Ogdensburg Railway
147.9
 Norwood
 New York and Ogdensburg Railway
 State Route 56
141.8
 Potsdam
 Racquette River
 State Route 345
 U.S. Route 11
 U.S. Route 11
State Route 310
 U.S. Route 11/State Route 68
131.0
 Canton
Grasse River
U.S. Route 11
New York and Ogdensburg Railway
U.S. Route 11
Oswegatchie River
State Route 58/812
107.9
 Gouverneur
107.0
Balmat Industrial Track
Balmat
 89.6
Philadelphia
 U.S. Route 11/State Route 26
 Fort Drum
 State Route 342
78.5
 Fort Drum Lead
 State Route 3
74.6
 Carthage--Mohawk, Adirondack and Northern Railroad
 U.S. Route 11
 State Route 37
 State Route 12
72.0
 Watertown
 Black River
 State Route 3
 State Route 232
62.9
 Adams Center
 State Route 177
59.3
 Adams
 State Route 178
 State Route 193
 U.S. Route 11
40.6
 Richland
 Salmon River
 Interstate 81
 State Route 13
 U.S. Route 11
 State Route 104
 U.S. Route 11
 State Route 69
26.1
 Parish
 State Route 49
17.1
 Central Square, New York
 U.S. Route 11
 Oneida River
 State Route 31
 State Route 481
7.3
 Fulton Subdivision
 Interstate 90
4.5
 Liverpool
 State Route 370
2.0
 Syracuse Terminal Subdivision

History

The section from Richland north to Watertown was opened by the Watertown and Rome Railroad in the early 1850s. The Oswego and Rome Railroad opened the short piece from Richland west to Pulaski in 1866, and the Syracuse Northern Railroad opened in the early 1870s from Syracuse north to Pulaski. To the north, the Potsdam Railroad opened in 1856 from Potsdam to Norwood, and the Potsdam and Watertown Railroad built from Potsdam south to Watertown in the 1850s. The short Norwood and Montreal Railroad completed the line north from Norwood to Massena in 1886. All of the companies became part of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad, New York Central Railroad, and Conrail. In the 1999 breakup of Conrail, the line was assigned to CSX Transportation. On August 19, 2019, with an agreement with CSX Transportation and Canadian National established, the St. Lawrence Subdivision, along with the Montreal & Fulton Sub’s, were sold off to CN and are planned to be operated under the subsidiary of B&LE. On April 6th, 2020 the Surface Transportation Board approved the deal under certain circumstances, and therefore, the transaction will go into effect on May 21st, 2020. Instead of trains laying over 24 hours in Massena, NY and being interchanged via numerous transfer jobs, CN‘s current plan is to run trains all the way between Montreal, PQ and Syracuse, NY in one trip, via CN trains M326 & M327. CN will interchange with CSX directly at CSX's Dewitt, Woodard, and Belle Isle Yard. The transaction will affect approximately 60 CSX employees, whom CN will be offering jobs. CN's operations have yet to begin as of editing this.

See also

References
  1. CSX Timetables: St Lawrence Subdivision
  2. http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/S7-Saint_Lawrence_Sub CSX St. Lawrence Sub
  3. http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Albany%20Div%20ETT%20%234%2011-1-2004.pdf CSX Albany Division Timetable

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/resources/editorial/2020/040720Massena.pdf https://www.cn.ca/en/news/2019/08/cn-announces-strategic-acquisition-from-csx-in-the-state-of-new/

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