Middle Creek Subdivision

{{Short description|Railway line in Kentucky}}

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The Middle Creek Subdivision is a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formerly part of the Huntington West Division. It became part of the CSX Florence Division on June 20, 2016. It splits from the Big Sandy Subdivision at Prestonsburg and runs southwest to a dead end at David for a total of {{convert|10.1|mi|km}}.[https://web.archive.org/web/20030120072605/http://www.trainweb.org/csxtimetables/Appalachian/MiddleCreek.html CSX Timetables: Middle Creek Subdivision]{{Cite web|url=http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/MZ-Middle_Creek_Sub|title=MZ-Middle Creek Sub - the RadioReference Wiki}} CSX filed to abandon all but the first mile (2 km) at Prestonsburg in 2004; it had not seen traffic since the early 1990s.Tom Seay, [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3943/is_200407/ai_n9418807 Kentucky Abandonments], Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Magazine, July/August 2004Surface Transportation Board, [http://stb.dot.gov/Decisions/readingroom.nsf/900be847ce481955852572260010c2a9/ff630cda2679fac885256e2e006cb26f?OpenDocument Docket AB_55_645_X] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517035659/http://stb.dot.gov/Decisions/readingroom.nsf/900be847ce481955852572260010c2a9/ff630cda2679fac885256e2e006cb26f?OpenDocument |date=2011-05-17 }}, CSX Transportation, Inc.--abandonment exemption--in Floyd County, KY, February 9, 2004 However, due to complications regarding possible rail banking and its effect on the Middle Creek National Battlefield, the line has not yet been abandoned {{As of|2006|lc=on}}.Surface Transportation Board, [http://stb.dot.gov/Decisions/readingroom.nsf/900be847ce481955852572260010c2a9/1173270592214597852571e1004b1042?OpenDocument Docket AB_55_645_X] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517035704/http://stb.dot.gov/Decisions/readingroom.nsf/900be847ce481955852572260010c2a9/1173270592214597852571e1004b1042?OpenDocument |date=2011-05-17 }}, CSX Transportation, Inc.--abandonment exemption--in Floyd County, KY, September 6, 2006http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ETTs/CSX%20Huntington%20Div%20West%20ETT%20%231%201-1-2005.pdf CSX Huntington West Division Timetable The line is now abandoned, and has been purchased by the city of Prestonsburg, Kentucky. The tracks are now gone and it is currently being converted into a trail.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wymt.com/content/news/City-of-Prestonsburg-Mayor-announces-Rails-to-Trails-project-505396571.html|title = City of Prestonsburg Mayor announces "Rails to Trails" project}}