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16-602: The IHB is jointly owned by Conrail Shared Assets Operations (51%) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (49%). These shareholders trace their ownership stake in IHB to previous mergers and acquisitions in the railroad industry. Conrail's ownership is traced back to the Penn Central Transportation Company and prior to that, the New York Central Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad . CPKC's ownership

32-584: A bypass at West Trenton station . SEPTA's Fox Chase Line parallels the line from Newtown Junction to Cheltenham Township , having used it until 2005 when single-track service on the SEPTA line eliminated the need for usage of the freight track. The former southernmost piece of the Trenton Subdivision, from its south end across the Columbia Railroad Bridge to Belmont , opened in 1834 as part of

48-786: Is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey . The line runs from CP NICE in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , northeast to Port Reading Junction in Manville, New Jersey . The line was formerly part of the Reading Company system. At its south end, CP NICE, in Nicetown-Tioga, Philadelphia , the Trenton Subdivision becomes the Philadelphia Subdivision , Conrail and Norfolk Southern has trackage rights to go through CP Park to access

64-714: Is operated out of Pavonia Yard in Camden, New Jersey , with smaller yards in Marcus Hook, Paulsboro, Millville, Morrisville , Frankford Junction, Burlington, Port Richmond and South Philadelphia. The south track at the Delair Lift Bridge (part of the Delair Branch) is used by Conrail; the north track is used by New Jersey Transit 's Atlantic City Line . The Detroit Shared Assets Area consists of: CP-West Detroit, Delray, CP-YD, and River Rouge Yard lie close to each other on

80-481: Is operated over Amtrak 's Northeast Corridor and New Jersey Transit lines through trackage rights . Primary connections are to CSX's River Subdivision north to Albany, New York at North Bergen, NS's Southern Tier Line northwest to Buffalo, New York at Croxton Yard in Jersey City, NS's Lehigh Line west to Allentown, Pennsylvania and CSX's Trenton Subdivision southwest to Philadelphia at Manville, and

96-525: Is the commonly used name for modern-day Conrail ( reporting mark CRCX ), an American railroad company. It operates three networks, the North Jersey , South Jersey / Philadelphia , and Detroit Shared Assets Areas, where it serves as a contract local carrier and switching company for its owners, CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway . When most of the former Conrail 's track

112-969: Is through its subsidiary, the Soo Line , which inherited it from the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (also known as the "Milwaukee Road"). Also, the IHB's northern terminus is the Milwaukee District West Line in Franklin Park, Illinois , which is operated by Metra and CPKC. The line comprises 320 miles (510 km) of track—30 miles (48 km) of single mainline track, 24 miles (39 km) of double-main track and 266 miles (428 km) of additional yard and side track—starting northwest of Chicago in Franklin Park, Illinois at CPKC's Elgin Subdivision, traveling southeast around

128-547: The Central Railroad of New Jersey to Bridgewater, New Jersey , including the entire Trenton Subdivision north of Oakford, Pennsylvania . A cutoff from Cheltenham northeast to Oakford opened in 1906 as the New York Short Line Railroad. All the above pieces became part of the Reading Company through leases and mergers, and part of Conrail in 1976. In the 1999 breakup of Conrail , the Trenton Subdivision

144-667: The Main Line of Public Works . The Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road opened in 1839, including from Belmont north to the junction with the Norfolk Southern Railway 's Harrisburg Line near the Falls of the Schuylkill . A branch of the Reading from the Falls east to Nicetown and southeast to Port Richmond opened in 1842, now the Trenton Subdivision from the Falls to Nicetown. The line south of Belmont

160-782: The Conrail South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets Area at Trenton. Oak Island Yard in Newark is the principal yard for the region with smaller ones at Bayonne, Greenville (Jersey City), Linden , Manville, Metuchen , Newark, Old Bridge, and Port Reading in Woodbridge. The New Jersey Department of Transportation anticipated in 2010 increased freight activity in South Jersey that has led to capital improvement and expansion projects for this designated area. The South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets Area

176-684: The Delair Branch. The north end of the Trenton Subdivision at Port Reading Junction is where the Conrail Lehigh Line (in the North Jersey Shared Assets Area ) heads northeast and the Norfolk Southern Railway Lehigh Line heads west. SEPTA Regional Rail 's West Trenton Line parallels the line from Neshaminy Falls, Pennsylvania to Ewing, New Jersey , they shared the tracks until 2015 when CSX built

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192-414: The IHB has operated an extensive interlocking tower system including: East End, Osbourne, Calumet, State Line, Gibson, Stewart Avenue, Graselli, 55th Street and Argo towers. Switch tenders are located at North Harvey and Columbia Avenue. IHB also took over State Line tower from the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad . Conrail Shared Assets Operations Conrail Shared Assets Operations ( CSAO )

208-532: The Utica/MP 20 line, giving the whole a rough K-shape. Various spurs and industrial tracks branch off from this trackage. Mileage in both directions is measured from the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel . Conrail Shared Assets utilizes the following types of locomotives, all supplied by CSX and Norfolk Southern. Trenton Subdivision (CSX Transportation) The Trenton Subdivision

224-608: The city to its headquarters in Hammond, Indiana . The railroad's largest yard is Blue Island located in Riverdale, Illinois . The Gibson Yard, located in Hammond, Indiana, is arguably the largest automobile traffic switching operation in the United States. Other yards include Burnham, Calumet City, Alsip, Argo, LaGrange, Rose, Norpaul, Whiting, Michigan Avenue, and Lakefront. Since the 1970s,

240-601: Was sold to the Reading in 1851. The portion of the Trenton Subdivision from Olney (near Tabor Road) northeast to Cheltenham Township near Martins Mill Road opened in 1876 as part of the Philadelphia, Newtown and New York Railroad . That same year, the North Pennsylvania Railroad and Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad opened the New York Branch from Jenkintown, Pennsylvania (on the NPRR main line) northeast to

256-637: Was split between these two railroads, the three shared assets areas (a total of about 1,200 miles of track) were kept separate to avoid giving one railroad an advantage in those areas. The company operates using its own employees and infrastructure but owns no equipment outside MOW equipment . The North Jersey Shared Assets Area stretches from the North Bergen Yard in North Bergen, New Jersey south into Jersey City and Newark , and beyond to Manville ( Port Reading Junction ) and Trenton , much of which

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