page_title: P&W Subdivision
hierarchical_section_title: P&W Subdivision
caption_attribution_description: English: PixOnTrax
context_page_description: The P&W Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation, the Allegheny Valley Railroad, and the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The line runs from Rankin north through Pittsburgh to West Pittsburg along a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line, once the Pittsburgh and Western Railroad.
  The line begins in Rankin at the Pittsburgh Subdivision, almost directly under the Rankin Bridge, and runs along the east shore of the Monongahela River. It meets the AVR's W&P Subdivision near the Glenwood Bridge in Glenwood, and continues near the river to near Greenfield. A line once branched out to the Pittsburgh B&O train station here, on the current Eliza Furnace Trail. Then the line turns north away from the river, and continues into Junction Hollow and through the Schenley Tunnel which goes under Oakland to Bloomfield. There it crosses and connects with the Norfolk Southern Railway's Pittsburgh Line; CSX ownership ends, and AVR ownership begins, here. The line continues northwest, junctioning with the AVR's main line and then immediately crossing the Allegheny River on the 33rd Street Railroad Bridge.
context_section_description: The P&W Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation, the Allegheny Valley Railroad (AVR), and the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad (BPRR) in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The line runs from Rankin north through Pittsburgh to West Pittsburg (near New Castle) along a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line, once the Pittsburgh and Western Railroad.  
  The line begins in Rankin at the Pittsburgh Subdivision, almost directly under the Rankin Bridge, and runs along the east (right) shore of the Monongahela River.  It meets the AVR's W&P Subdivision near the Glenwood Bridge in Glenwood, and continues near the river to near Greenfield. A line once branched out to the Pittsburgh B&O train station here, on the current Eliza Furnace Trail. Then the line turns north away from the river, and continues into Junction Hollow and through the Schenley Tunnel which goes under Oakland to Bloomfield. There it crosses and connects with the Norfolk Southern Railway's Pittsburgh Line; CSX ownership ends, and AVR ownership begins, here. The line continues northwest, junctioning with the AVR's main line and then immediately crossing the Allegheny River on the 33rd Street Railroad Bridge.  It turns northeast along the west (right) bank of the river to Etna, turning north there. The AVR owns the line until Glenshaw, where BPRR ownership begins. The Northern Subdivision heads east from Harmony Junction in Eidenau, and the P&W Subdivision continues northwest to the east (left) side of the Beaver River near Ellwood City. It then heads north near the river to West Pittsburg, where it merges with CSX's New Castle Terminal Subdivision near the Pennsylvania Route 168 overpass.   
  Amtrak's Capitol Limited uses the CSX portion of the line, switching to the NS Pittsburgh Line at Bloomfield.
caption: AVR locomotives in Glenwood
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