Thomas Subdivision
Overview
StatusActive
Service
SystemCSX Transportation
Operator(s)CSX Transportation (1986-Present) Chessie System (1973-1986)Western Maryland Railway (1905-1983) West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway (1880-1905)
Technical
Line length44.2 mi
Number of tracks1
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Route mapMP.0 Abandoned WM WMSR to Frostburg Cumberland (WM) Wills Creek MDWV Ridgeley Jewell St 165 (WMSR Shops) Ridgeley Yards (WMSR WYE) Maryland Jct, MY Tower 1.8 (Maryland Jct Shops) Carpendal 3.0 Knobmount Yard 3.9 Cedar Cliff 5.7 Seymour Mountain Subdivisionto Cumberland WM Thomas Sub. 19.8 Mountain Subdivision North Branch Potomac River WVMD Keyser Jct. Keyser 21.5 McCoole Verso Facility 23.7 Biggs 25.3 Poland 26.2 Westernport sidings 26.6 Westernport 26.75 WMSR Georges Creek Subdivision Georges Creek 27.7 Luke Verso Luke Paper Mill 27.9 State line MDWV 28.1 to 28.9 WV Central Jct. Bloomington Yard 28.73 Bloomington Viaduct overNorth Branch Potomac River 29.5 Hampshire WVMD 29.9 38.3 Vendex 40.0 MDWV 41.3 Chaffee 44.7 Blaine/Kitzmiller 45.6 Potomac Manor 46.3 Harrison 47.1 Shallmar-Wolf Den Mine WVMD Gleason 49.2 Hubbard 51.5 Schell Bradshaw 54.9 Wallman 57.0 Steyer 58.7 Gorman 61.3 MDWV 62.0 Bayard Bayard Yard Stony River Subdivision 63.7 Sincel industrial track Wilson Rd. Abandoned WM portion 64 Wilson 65.1 Dubbin 67.7 Henry Kempton Jct. 68.68 Wilsonia 70.9 Beechwood 73.3 Fairfax 75.0 William 75.4 Sand Run Jct. Blackwater Canyon trail 76.0 East End of Thomas 76.4 Thomas 76.9 West End of Thomas 78.5 Coketon 78.5 Douglas Allegheny Highlands Trail of WV 79.6 Mountain Switch 81.5 Tub Run Big Run 84.8 Lime Rock 86.6 Hendricks 88.0 Hambleton 89.8 Excelsior (Bretz) 90.8 Parsons 91.7 Kingsford Porterwood 94.1 Moore 98.5 Haddix 100.8 Moontrose 104.5 Smith Crossing 104.5 Kerens 106.7 Whyte 108.2 Gilman 110.6 Leadville 111.0 East End of Elkins Allegheny Highlands Trail of WV Elkins Yard 112.0 Elkins Tygart Valley River 11th St 0.4 WVC RR C. & C. Junction Industrial spur This diagram:viewtalkedit
Route map
MP.0 Abandoned WM WMSR to Frostburg Cumberland (WM) Wills Creek MDWV Ridgeley Jewell St 165 (WMSR Shops) Ridgeley Yards (WMSR WYE) Maryland Jct, MY Tower 1.8 (Maryland Jct Shops) Carpendal 3.0 Knobmount Yard 3.9 Cedar Cliff 5.7 Seymour Mountain Subdivisionto Cumberland WM Thomas Sub. 19.8 Mountain Subdivision North Branch Potomac River WVMD Keyser Jct. Keyser 21.5 McCoole Verso Facility 23.7 Biggs 25.3 Poland 26.2 Westernport sidings 26.6 Westernport 26.75 WMSR Georges Creek Subdivision Georges Creek 27.7 Luke Verso Luke Paper Mill 27.9 State line MDWV 28.1 to 28.9 WV Central Jct. Bloomington Yard 28.73 Bloomington Viaduct overNorth Branch Potomac River 29.5 Hampshire WVMD 29.9 38.3 Vendex 40.0 MDWV 41.3 Chaffee 44.7 Blaine/Kitzmiller 45.6 Potomac Manor 46.3 Harrison 47.1 Shallmar-Wolf Den Mine WVMD Gleason 49.2 Hubbard 51.5 Schell Bradshaw 54.9 Wallman 57.0 Steyer 58.7 Gorman 61.3 MDWV 62.0 Bayard Bayard Yard Stony River Subdivision 63.7 Sincel industrial track Wilson Rd. Abandoned WM portion 64 Wilson 65.1 Dubbin 67.7 Henry Kempton Jct. 68.68 Wilsonia 70.9 Beechwood 73.3 Fairfax 75.0 William 75.4 Sand Run Jct. Blackwater Canyon trail 76.0 East End of Thomas 76.4 Thomas 76.9 West End of Thomas 78.5 Coketon 78.5 Douglas Allegheny Highlands Trail of WV 79.6 Mountain Switch 81.5 Tub Run Big Run 84.8 Lime Rock 86.6 Hendricks 88.0 Hambleton 89.8 Excelsior (Bretz) 90.8 Parsons 91.7 Kingsford Porterwood 94.1 Moore 98.5 Haddix 100.8 Moontrose 104.5 Smith Crossing 104.5 Kerens 106.7 Whyte 108.2 Gilman 110.6 Leadville 111.0 East End of Elkins Allegheny Highlands Trail of WV Elkins Yard 112.0 Elkins Tygart Valley River 11th St 0.4 WVC RR C. & C. Junction Industrial spur This diagram:viewtalkedit
MP.0 Abandoned WM WMSR to Frostburg Cumberland (WM) Wills Creek MDWV Ridgeley Jewell St 165 (WMSR Shops) Ridgeley Yards (WMSR WYE) Maryland Jct, MY Tower 1.8 (Maryland Jct Shops) Carpendal 3.0 Knobmount Yard 3.9 Cedar Cliff 5.7 Seymour Mountain Subdivisionto Cumberland WM Thomas Sub. 19.8 Mountain Subdivision North Branch Potomac River WVMD Keyser Jct. Keyser 21.5 McCoole Verso Facility 23.7 Biggs 25.3 Poland 26.2 Westernport sidings 26.6 Westernport 26.75 WMSR Georges Creek Subdivision Georges Creek 27.7 Luke Verso Luke Paper Mill 27.9 State line MDWV 28.1 to 28.9 WV Central Jct. Bloomington Yard 28.73 Bloomington Viaduct overNorth Branch Potomac River 29.5 Hampshire WVMD 29.9 38.3 Vendex 40.0 MDWV 41.3 Chaffee 44.7 Blaine/Kitzmiller 45.6 Potomac Manor 46.3 Harrison 47.1 Shallmar-Wolf Den Mine WVMD Gleason 49.2 Hubbard 51.5 Schell Bradshaw 54.9 Wallman 57.0 Steyer 58.7 Gorman 61.3 MDWV 62.0 Bayard Bayard Yard Stony River Subdivision 63.7 Sincel industrial track Wilson Rd. Abandoned WM portion 64 Wilson 65.1 Dubbin 67.7 Henry Kempton Jct. 68.68 Wilsonia 70.9 Beechwood 73.3 Fairfax 75.0 William 75.4 Sand Run Jct. Blackwater Canyon trail 76.0 East End of Thomas 76.4 Thomas 76.9 West End of Thomas 78.5 Coketon 78.5 Douglas Allegheny Highlands Trail of WV 79.6 Mountain Switch 81.5 Tub Run Big Run 84.8 Lime Rock 86.6 Hendricks 88.0 Hambleton 89.8 Excelsior (Bretz) 90.8 Parsons 91.7 Kingsford Porterwood 94.1 Moore 98.5 Haddix 100.8 Moontrose 104.5 Smith Crossing 104.5 Kerens 106.7 Whyte 108.2 Gilman 110.6 Leadville 111.0 East End of Elkins Allegheny Highlands Trail of WV Elkins Yard 112.0 Elkins Tygart Valley River 11th St 0.4 WVC RR C. & C. Junction Industrial spur
MP.0
Abandoned WM WMSR to Frostburg Cumberland (WM) Wills Creek MDWV Ridgeley Jewell St 165 (WMSR Shops) Ridgeley Yards (WMSR WYE) Maryland Jct, MY Tower 1.8 (Maryland Jct Shops) Carpendal 3.0 Knobmount Yard 3.9 Cedar Cliff 5.7 Seymour
Abandoned WM
Abandoned WM
WMSR to Frostburg
WMSR to Frostburg
WMSR to Frostburg
Cumberland (WM)
Wills Creek · MDWV
MD
WV
Ridgeley
Jewell St
165 · (WMSR Shops) Ridgeley Yards
(WMSR WYE) Maryland Jct, MY Tower
1.8 · (Maryland Jct Shops) Carpendal
3.0 · Knobmount Yard
3.9 · Cedar Cliff
5.7 · Seymour
Mountain Subdivisionto Cumberland
Mountain Subdivision
to Cumberland
WM Thomas Sub.
19.8 · Mountain Subdivision
North Branch Potomac River WVMD
WV
MD
Keyser Jct.
Keyser
21.5 · McCoole
Verso Facility
23.7 · Biggs
25.3 · Poland
26.2 · Westernport sidings
26.6 · Westernport
26.75 · WMSR Georges Creek Subdivision
Georges Creek
27.7 · Luke
Verso Luke Paper Mill
27.9 · State line · MDWV
MD
WV
28.1 to 28.9 · WV Central Jct.
Bloomington Yard
28.73 · Bloomington Viaduct overNorth Branch Potomac River
Bloomington Viaduct over
North Branch Potomac River
29.5 · Hampshire · WVMD
WV
MD
29.9
38.3 · Vendex
40.0 · MDWV
MD
WV
41.3 · Chaffee
44.7 · Blaine/Kitzmiller
45.6 · Potomac Manor
46.3 · Harrison
47.1 · Shallmar-Wolf Den Mine
WVMD
WV
MD
Gleason
49.2 · Hubbard
51.5 · Schell
Bradshaw
54.9 · Wallman
57.0 · Steyer
58.7 · Gorman
61.3 · MDWV
MD
WV
62.0 · Bayard
Bayard Yard
Stony River Subdivision
63.7 · Sincel industrial track
Wilson Rd.
Abandoned WM portion 64 Wilson 65.1 Dubbin 67.7 Henry Kempton Jct. 68.68 Wilsonia 70.9 Beechwood 73.3 Fairfax 75.0 William 75.4 Sand Run Jct. Blackwater Canyon trail 76.0 East End of Thomas 76.4 Thomas 76.9 West End of Thomas 78.5 Coketon 78.5 Douglas Allegheny Highlands Trail of WV 79.6 Mountain Switch 81.5 Tub Run Big Run 84.8 Lime Rock 86.6 Hendricks 88.0 Hambleton 89.8 Excelsior (Bretz) 90.8 Parsons 91.7 Kingsford Porterwood 94.1 Moore 98.5 Haddix 100.8 Moontrose 104.5 Smith Crossing 104.5 Kerens 106.7 Whyte 108.2 Gilman 110.6 Leadville 111.0 East End of Elkins Allegheny Highlands Trail of WV Elkins Yard 112.0 Elkins Tygart Valley River 11th St 0.4 WVC RR C. & C. Junction Industrial spur
Abandoned WM portion
Abandoned WM portion
64 · Wilson
65.1 · Dubbin
67.7 · Henry
Kempton Jct.
68.68 · Wilsonia
70.9 · Beechwood
73.3 · Fairfax
75.0 · William
75.4 · Sand Run Jct.
Blackwater Canyon trail
76.0 · East End of Thomas
76.4 · Thomas
76.9 · West End of Thomas
78.5 · Coketon
78.5 · Douglas
Allegheny Highlands Trail of WV
79.6 · Mountain Switch
81.5 · Tub Run
Big Run
84.8 · Lime Rock
86.6 · Hendricks
88.0 · Hambleton
89.8 · Excelsior (Bretz)
90.8 · Parsons
91.7 · Kingsford
Porterwood
94.1 · Moore
98.5 · Haddix
100.8 · Moontrose
104.5 · Smith Crossing
104.5 · Kerens
106.7 · Whyte
108.2 · Gilman
110.6 · Leadville
111.0 · East End of Elkins
Allegheny Highlands Trail of WV
Elkins Yard
112.0 · Elkins
Tygart Valley River
11th St
0.4 · WVC RR C. & C. Junction
Industrial spur
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