proof
To an uneducated fool like myself, I needed a map to exactly see what was going on with railroad history in this part of the world. I just assumed that the L&N always had control of any trackage pointed towards Hazard. Well, I now know that the C&O actually built part of the territory CSX utilizes nowadays. C&O's E&BV Subdivision continues north from this point til Martin Yard and then needs a little help from the Big Sandy Extension to reach the Big Sandy Sub at Beaver Junction in Allen City, KY.
On the south end of the C&O trackage at Deane, KY there was a common load out that was served by both the C&O and L&N. Early on in the CSX era they decided to blow a hole in the hillside north of the loadout and create a connection between the two subdivisions. Seamless operation now occurs between the Rockhouse Sub (L&N) and the E&BV/Big Sandy.
proof
To an uneducated fool like myself, I needed a map to exactly see what was going on with railroad history in this part of the world. I just assumed that the L&N always had control of any trackage pointed towards Hazard. Well, I now know that the C&O actually built part of the territory CSX utilizes nowadays. C&O's E&BV Subdivision continues north from this point til Martin Yard and then needs a little help from the Big Sandy Extension to reach the Big Sandy Sub at Beaver Junction in Allen City, KY.
On the south end of the C&O trackage at Deane, KY there was a common load out that was served by both the C&O and L&N. Early on in the CSX era they decided to blow a hole in the hillside north of the loadout and create a connection between the two subdivisions. Seamless operation now occurs between the Rockhouse Sub (L&N) and the E&BV/Big Sandy.