Virginia Rails - The Pine Creek Sub

CSX's Pine Creek Subdivision

Current Owner: CSX Transportation (Via the C&O in 1987)

Previous Owner(s):

The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (1915 - 1987)

Constructed: The initial segment between Omar, West Virginia, and the Main Island Creek Coal Company No. 5 and No. 6 Mine (about half a mile west of Omar) was constructed in 1915. The rest of the branch was extended to the Island Creek Coal Company's No. 22 mine at the head of Pine Creek between 1926 and 1927. Save for the short extension to the Hobet No. 7 loadout in 1981, the Pine Creek Sub has remained relatively unchanged since 1927.

Connections:

Man Junction, WV (CLU 0.0) - Connection with the CSX Logan Subdivision

Current Businesses:

Guyandotte Mining, LLC Fanco Loadout - Braeholm, WV (CLU 4.6)
Coronado Global Resources Pardee Loadout - Saunders, WV (CLU 13.4)

CSX Huntington East Division Employee Timetable

Effective Saturday, January 1st, 2005

*Note: Hobet No. 7 is still included on the timetable, though it had been closed since 1998.

CSX Pine Creek Subdivision Subdivision Photo Albums

A single crispy CSX ET44AH leads mine run R211-29 along Pine Creek in Southern West Virginia at 11:43 A.M. on Friday, December 29th, 2023. Running on the CSX Pine Creek Subdivision, this train of 107 empties is heading to Coal-Mac LLC's Holden No. 22 loadout at the head of the creek for loading. R211 is the typical morning mine run out of Peach Creek, West Virginia, just north of Logan, and goes on duty at 6:00 A.M. Unfortunately, I slept in that day and so wasn't able to chase him all the way down the Logan & Southern Subdivision. Thankfully, I was able to catch up to him along the Pine Creek Sub where I chased him to the mine. At this point, the train is about a mile out from the loadout.

*Nick A. Jobe Photograph*

Coal-Mac LLC's Holden No. 22 complex sits under the clouds on a cold December morning awaiting the arrival of CSX R211-29 and 107 empty coal cars due for loading. Built in 1979, this plant brought about the revival of the Pine Creek Sub and continues to be the sole reason for the lines existence with Hobet No. 7 now razed. The facility sits on the ground once home to the original Island Creek Coal Company Holden No. 22 tipple that operated from 1927 to 1965. Hobet No. 7 was located further down the creek beyond where the flood loader is located in this image. Not much has changed in this December 29th, 2023, image since the plant opened 46 years ago.

*Nick A. Jobe Photograph*

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