THE GREATER ROCHESTER RAILFAN PAGE

ROCHESTER AREA CLASS 1 RAILROADS

CSX TRANSPORTATION




CSX CONTENTS

• CSX Lines and Branches in the Rochester Area
• CSX Frequencies (Rochester)
• CSX and Conrail Maps
• CSX / Conrail Route Maps and Timetables (and others - link)
• Conrail 1996 Employee Timetable
• CSX Local Customers in the Rochester Area
• NEW - December 2001 Derailment in Charlotte (pictures) (page 1 of 2)
• NEW - December 2001 Derailment in Charlotte (pictures) (page 2 of 2)

Here are some websites with Conrail freight symbol conversions:

Train Schedules, CSX Symbols, locomotive rosters (including locals!) - www.bullsheet.com
Albany Service Lane local trains - http://www.bullsheet.com/cgi-bin/Schedule?series-AlbanySL
CSX / Conrail Freight Symbol Conversions - www.eastrailnews.com

CSX LINES AND BRANCHES IN THE ROCHESTER AREA

• Mainline
  As the name implies, this line is the main CSX line running from New York City to Chicago. Several online customers have spurs off the Mainline, as well as the interchange point for the Depew, Lancaster and Western, Rochester & Southern and Ontario Midland shortline Railroads.  Expect to see well over 50-60 trains per day on this mainline, with speeds of up to 60 MPH for freight and 79 MPH for Amtrak.
• West Shore Branch
  This single track line is used as a freight bypass when traffic around the Goodman St. Yard and Amtrak Station gets busy. It is also used as the interchange point for the Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad at Genesee Junction, and by several online customers. The Rochester and Southern RR has trackage rights for about a half mile from Genesee Junction to the Mortimer Industrial Track (remnant of the former Pennsy Line) where they service Lyell Metal, 84 Lumber and a gravel/cement company. The West Shore Branch was upgraded in 1986 with continuous welded rail. The speed limit on this line varies between 45 and 60 MPH. The West Shore connects with the Mainline in Fairport at MP 359 and in Chili at MP 382.
• Charlotte Runner / Charlotte Industrial Track
  This important running track runs north from MP 373 on the Mainline to what was the "Hojack Line" or Ontario Branch in Charlotte. What makes this track so important is CSX's two largest Rochester customers, the Eastman Kodak Company and Rochester Gas & Electric's Russell Station rely on this track for continuous coal shipments for their power generating plants, as well as raw materials for Kodak's huge photographic and film manufacturing complex called Kodak Park (who maintains thier own interplant railroad). A handful of smaller shippers are served off this line.
• Falls Road Industrial Track
  Originally running from Rochester to Niagara Falls, the Falls Road Branch was completely abandoned and torn up between Lee Road in Rochester and Owens Road in Brockport in 1994 due to lack of business on that stretch. The remaining stub of this branch in Rochester services the Monroe County Recycling Center on Emerson Street on a weekly basis and two scrap yards along the line are slated to come back online in 2000.
• Old Main / Otis Yard
  This short branch was formerly part of the Falls Road Secondary which cut into the mainline south of the Kodak office building. The branch originates at the Charlotte Runner near Hague Street. It has since been terminated at Broad Street serving the Kleen Brite facility there. Everything from Broad Street to the Mainline is long gone (Frontier Field stands on the former right of way), and the Verona Street station still stands.
• Brighton Industrial Track
  This short industrial spur off CP 367 serves Rochester Lumber
• Mobil Chemical Lead
  This lead to the Mobil Chemical plant in Macedon sits on what was formerly the West Shore Railroad.

457.9375 -- EOT telemetry (EOT to locomotive)
452.9375 -- EOT telemetry (locomotive to EOT)
161.1150 -- NS EOT telemetry (touchtones)

CSX / CONRAIL MAPS

CSX / Conrail Route Maps and Timetables (and others - link)
CSX Route Maps - detailed and in COLOR plus yard maps
NEW!  CSX and NS Buffalo area map detail

You can now view Conrail ZTS maps of CSX's Rochester territory here! The maps on this page cover all of Conrail's Buffalo Division Zone 7 and part of Zone 8 to Lyons. Each map is in an 8-bit, 256 shades of grey .JPG file format.

These maps were originally created in 1987. These are highly detailed maps of the Conrail system showing every line, branch, spur, siding and lead. Needless-to-say, there have been numerous changes to the lines since then, but for the most part, are pretty much accurate. The maps are in the order as originally published by Conrail. I have not highlighted the changes (abandonments and whatnot)... I saved the fun of exploring those for yourself! I'll add the rest the Buffalo Division as time permits.

Railroad reporting marks in parenthesis (DLWR) are shortline operators who have since acquired the line from Conrail. Abbreviations are as follows: IT - Industrial Track, RT - Running Track

• Map Legend 1/2
• Map Legend 2/2
• Zone 7 - Rochester
• Crittenden, Corfu, and Batavia - Mainline
• Batavia and Batavia Yard (DLWR)
• Batavia - Attica IT (DLWR)
• Batavia - Attica IT (DLWR)
• Batavia - Mainline, Batavia IT and RT (DLWR)
• South Byron and Bergen - Mainline
• Chili Center and Genesee Junction - Mainline, West Shore Branch, and Genesee Jct.
• Genesee Jct. and Mortimer - West Shore Branch, Mortimer IT #225 (RSR), Mortimer RT (LAL) and Rochester IT (LAL)
• Industry and Avon - Mortimer RT (LAL)
• Henrietta - West Shore Branch and Rochester IT (LAL)
• Henrietta, Pittsford, and Fairport - West Shore Branch
• Chili and Coldwater - Mainline
• Gates - Mainline
• Rochester - Mainline
• Rochester - Mainline and Charlotte RT
• Rochester - Falls Road Secondary
• Rochester - Main Old Line and Otis Yard
• Rochester - Charlotte RT
• Charlotte - Charlotte RT, Charlotte IT, Ontario IT and Rochester RT
• Rochester - Rochester RT
• Charlotte - Charlotte IT and Charlotte Yard
• Rochester - Mainline
• Rochester - Mainline and Goodman Street Yard
• Rochester - Mainline
• Zone 8 - Lyons
• East Rochester - Mainline
• East Rochester - Mainline
• Fariport - Mainline and West Shore Branch
• Wayneport - Mainline and West Shore Branch
• N. Macedon, Macedon and Palmyra - Mainline and Mobil Chemical Lead
• Newark - Mainline
• Lyons - Mainline and Lyons Yard
• Lyons and Clyde - Mainline

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CSX EMPLOYEE TIMETABLES

Also, check out this version of the timetable from MP 296 to MP 410, as well as the West Shore Branch!!
These timetables were created in a Microsoft Excel 7.0 spreadsheet. This is a zipped file and you will need MS Office 95 to view it.
Click here to download the timetable.

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LOCAL CSX CUSTOMERS

LINE	COMPANY	ADDRESS	CITY	CONSIST	NOTES
Mainline	Higbie Farms	South Union Street	Chili	Coal?	Unconfirmed - MOW siding located here
Mainline	Rochester Storage	Pixley Road	Gates
Mainline	Statewide Refrigerated Service	Pixley Road	Gates
Mainline	Weckesser Brick	Trabold Road	Gates
Mainline	Genesee Brewing	St. Paul Blvd	Rochester	Hops.	Beer company also brews Samuel Adams. Company track nicknamed Genesee Falls Railroad (GFR) by local CSX folks.  Currently the trestle to the brewery is out of service for repairs.
Mainline	Liquitane	18 Champeny Terr.	Rochester		Just west of the Goodman St. yard past CP 369
Mainline	Otis Lumber	E. Main St.	Rochester	Building Materials	Just west of the Goodman St. yard past CP 369
Mainline	R.H. Frankel	274 S. Goodman St.	Rochester		Unconfirmed
Mainline	Economy Paper	1175 E. Main St.	Rochester		Unconfirmed
Mainline	REM Associates	40 Greenleaf St.	Rochester		Across Atlantic Ave from Goodman St. Yard - unverified
Mainline	Gleason Works	University Ave.	Rochester		unverified
Mainline	Western Bituminous Products	Rockwood St.	Rochester	Coal and coal products??	unverified - on the "Brighton Siding"
Mainline	Rochester Lumber	East Ave / Rockwood St.	Rochester		Lumber - on the "Brighton Siding"
Mainline	Allied Plywood	Despatch Rd.	E. Rochester	Wood products.	Capacity for one or two cars/
Mainline	Cantisano Foods	Whitney Rd.	Fairport	Tomatoes, jars, etc.	Serviced 2-3 times weekly.
Mainline	Mobil Chemical	Main St.	Macedon	Plastic, chemicals.	Spur runs about 2 mi.on the old West Shore line
Mainline	Agway	N. Creek Rd.	Palmyra	Grain, feed.
Mainline	Central NY Forwarding		Palmyra	Freight svc.
Mainline	Palmyra Building Supply		Palmyra	Building supplies
West Shore	Livonia Avon & Lakeville	Genesee Junction	Chili	Interchange
West Shore	Suburban Propane	Chili Ave.	Chili	Propane
West Shore	Case Hoyt	Chili Ave.	Chili		Siding gone
West Shore	Rochester Gas & Electric	Jefferson Road	Henrietta	Utility poles, transformers	Siding has not seen use in some time
West Shore	Wright Wisner	Brighton Henrietta Townline Road	Henrietta		Beer distributer - active
West Shore	Universal United Liquor Warehouse	Jefferson Road	Henrietta		Offline
West Shore	Georgia Pacific	East Henrietta Road	Henrietta		Now closed
West Shore	Chase Pitkins	Winton Road	Henrietta		Switch is gone
West Shore	Genesee Valley Market	Jefferson Road	Henrietta		Switch still there, tracks still there, crossings paved over.
West Shore	Monroe Oil Co. (Monoco)	Monroe Ave.	Pittsford	Home Heating Oil	Out of business.
Charlotte Runner	Eastman Kodak	Ridge Rd. W.	Rochester	Wood pulp, chemicals, plastic, etc.	Coal delivered by NS via the R&S
Charlotte Runner	Plywood Plastics	279 Burrows St.	Rochester		Unconfirmed
Charlotte Runner	Marshall Boxes, Inc.	715 Lexington Ave.	Rochester		Unconfirmed - Cardboard, boxes...
Charlotte Runner	Comac Builders Supply	186 Norman St.	Rochester		Building Supplies
Charlotte Runner	Wayerhauser	Boxart St.	Rochester	Building Materials	Holds 3 box cars
Charlotte Runner	RG&E Russell Station	Ling Rd.	Greece	Coal
Old Main	Kleen Brite	Broad St.	Rochester	Chemicals	Out of business
Falls Road Industrial Track	Monroe County Recycling Plant	1845 Emerson St. & Lee Road	Rochester	Processed garbage...