S&C Subdivision
Railway line in Pennsylvania
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The S&C Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The line runs from the Keystone Subdivision at Rockwood north to Johnstown[2][3][4] along a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line, once the Somerset and Cambria Railroad.
| S&C Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other names | Somerset and Cambria Subdivision | |||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Operational | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | CSX | |||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | Freight rail | |||||||||||||||||||
| System | CSX | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operator(s) | CSX | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Number of tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge | |||||||||||||||||||
| Signalling | BFC | |||||||||||||||||||
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History
The Somerset & Mineral Point Railroad connected Somerset to what was then the Pittsburgh & Connellsville Railroad as it passed through Rockwood (then called Mineral Point)[5] in the early 1870s.
The Johnstown & Somerset Railroad followed the Stonycreek Valley north-by-northeast from Somerset through Stoystown to Johnstown around 1880. The Somerset & Mineral Point Railroad and the Johnstown & Somerset Railroad were combined and reorganized as the Somerset and Cambria Branch Railroad.[5]
Through leases and mergers, the line became part of the B&O and then CSX.
