Erie West Subdivision

Erie West Subdivision
Overview
Other name(s)Lake Shore Subdivision, Chicago Line, Great Lakes Service Lane
StatusActive
OwnerCSX
LocaleLake Erie
Termini
Service
TypeFreight, Inter-city rail
SystemCSX Transportation
Operator(s)CSX, Amtrak
Technical
Number of tracks2
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

MP
168.3
166.8
CP 167
165.0
Eastlake power plant
163.7
162.1
CP 162
159.4
Lincoln Electric facility
to NS Lake Erie District
Greenbridge siding
155.8
CP 155
Lubrizol industrial track
Grand River Yard
B&O Fairport Branch
to Warren
154.0
Morton Salt industrial track
153.2
?
148.7
CP 148
147.5
Perry
145.2
Madison
142.5
NS Lake Erie District
Cowles Creek
134.8
CP 134
Indian Creek
130.3
CP 130
CSX Ashtabula Yard
128.0
NS Youngstown Line
Industrial running track
Fields Brook
124.6
CP 124
INEOS Pigments spur
114.5
113.1
CP 113
112.4
State line
111.0
Pittsburgh & Conneaut
Dock Co.
108.6
Duck Run
Elk Creek
Godfrey Run
97.5
CP 97
Asbury
89.7
CP 89
National Lime & Stone Co.
industrial track
NS Lake Erie District
88.7
87.4
CP 87
86.9
86.1
86.0
Ash St.
85.6
CP 85
84.9
Ore dock spur
84.5
Hammermill scale
84.2
CSX Erie Yard
NS Lake Erie District
East Erie Commercial Railroad
83.2
CP 83
East Erie Commercial Railroad
75.1
73.3
CP 73
73.0
North East station
Lakeshore Railway Museum
68.4
State line
68.2
65.3
58.2
CP 58
Jamestown, Westfield,
and Northwestern Trolley
57.5
56.2
CP 56
50.0
CP 49
PRR Chautauqua Branch
49.41
47.2
CP 47
42.6
42.5
CP 42
40.3
40.1
CP 39
CSX Dunkirk Yard
37.0
CP 37
32.8
siding
31.4
30.8
CP 31
28.9
28.3
27.0
23.0
CP 23
21.4
NS Lake Erie District
Big Sister Creek
19.0
15.6
CP 15
10.2
PRR West Seneca Branch
LV Lehigh and Lake Erie Branch
8.1
5.4
CP 5
4.2
Seneca Yard
4.19
Ridge Rd.
CSX Ohio St. Yard
2.2
CP 2
Track #3
2.1
Ohio St.

The Erie West Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and Ohio. The line runs from Derby, New York southwest along the shore of Lake Erie to Cleveland, Ohio, along the former New York Central Railroad main line.

At its east end (east of downtown Buffalo), the Erie West Subdivision becomes the Buffalo Terminal Subdivision; at its west end (east of downtown Cleveland), it becomes the Cleveland Terminal Subdivision. This subdivision is also known as the Great Lakes Service Lane. Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited uses the Erie West Subdivision.