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Valrico Subdivision
CSX Transportation's Valrico Subdivision is a railroad line in Central Florida. It serves as CSX's main route through a region of Central Florida known as the Bone Valley, which contains the largest known deposits of phosphate in the United States. The 47-mile line runs from Valrico east to Bartow and south to Bowling Green.
Much of the Valrico Subdivision dates back to the early 1900s and was originally operated under the same name by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, a CSX predecessor. Though, southernmost 12 miles of the line from Homeland to Bowling Green was previously operated by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, another CSX predecessor.
The Valrico Subdivision begins at a junction with CSX's S Line (Yeoman Subdivision) in the community of Valrico. From Valrico, it runs in a straight line southeast to Welcome Junction, where it connects to the Plant City Subdivision. It continues east and comes to Edison Junction 1.5 miles later. At Edison Junction, the Brewster Subdivision splits from the line southeast while the Valrico Subdivision continues northeast to Nichols and east to Mulberry.
As the Valrico Subdivision enters Mulberry, it passes Mulberry Yard which is accessed via a wye across State Road 60. In the middle of Mulberry, it crosses the Bone Valley Subdivision at a crossing located in the median of State Road 37. On the east side of Mulberry, it connects with the Achan Subdivision at a wye to the south.
The Valrico Subdivision leaves Mulberry and continues east, paralleling State Road 60 to Bartow passing just to the north of Downtown Bartow. East of Bartow at Pembroke Junction, the Valrico Subdivision turns south and runs along U.S. Route 17 to Homeland and Fort Meade, before terminating in Bowling Green.
The Valrico Subdivision historically continued east of Pembroke Junction to Lake Wales, Alcoma, and Walinwa.
The Valrico Subdivision is currently CSX's busiest rail line thorough Bone Valley and carries large amounts of phosphate traffic, its main commodity. The line is mostly dispatched by Track Warrant Control, though there is a small Centralized Traffic Control signal system around Mulberry between IMC and Ridgewood.
The line serves phosphate facilities operated by The Mosaic Company, which was created in 2004 after the merger of Cargill Inc. and IMC Global. The line serves Mosaic's processing facility at Ridgewood and previously served the Bonnie Mine just southeast of Mulberry. Mosaic's South Fort Meade Mine is located near the end of the Valrico Subdivision between Fort Meade and Bowling Green. Track between the entrance to South Fort Meade Mine and Bowling Green is out of service.
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Valrico Subdivision
CSX Transportation's Valrico Subdivision is a railroad line in Central Florida. It serves as CSX's main route through a region of Central Florida known as the Bone Valley, which contains the largest known deposits of phosphate in the United States. The 47-mile line runs from Valrico east to Bartow and south to Bowling Green.
Much of the Valrico Subdivision dates back to the early 1900s and was originally operated under the same name by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, a CSX predecessor. Though, southernmost 12 miles of the line from Homeland to Bowling Green was previously operated by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, another CSX predecessor.
The Valrico Subdivision begins at a junction with CSX's S Line (Yeoman Subdivision) in the community of Valrico. From Valrico, it runs in a straight line southeast to Welcome Junction, where it connects to the Plant City Subdivision. It continues east and comes to Edison Junction 1.5 miles later. At Edison Junction, the Brewster Subdivision splits from the line southeast while the Valrico Subdivision continues northeast to Nichols and east to Mulberry.
As the Valrico Subdivision enters Mulberry, it passes Mulberry Yard which is accessed via a wye across State Road 60. In the middle of Mulberry, it crosses the Bone Valley Subdivision at a crossing located in the median of State Road 37. On the east side of Mulberry, it connects with the Achan Subdivision at a wye to the south.
The Valrico Subdivision leaves Mulberry and continues east, paralleling State Road 60 to Bartow passing just to the north of Downtown Bartow. East of Bartow at Pembroke Junction, the Valrico Subdivision turns south and runs along U.S. Route 17 to Homeland and Fort Meade, before terminating in Bowling Green.
The Valrico Subdivision historically continued east of Pembroke Junction to Lake Wales, Alcoma, and Walinwa.
The Valrico Subdivision is currently CSX's busiest rail line thorough Bone Valley and carries large amounts of phosphate traffic, its main commodity. The line is mostly dispatched by Track Warrant Control, though there is a small Centralized Traffic Control signal system around Mulberry between IMC and Ridgewood.
The line serves phosphate facilities operated by The Mosaic Company, which was created in 2004 after the merger of Cargill Inc. and IMC Global. The line serves Mosaic's processing facility at Ridgewood and previously served the Bonnie Mine just southeast of Mulberry. Mosaic's South Fort Meade Mine is located near the end of the Valrico Subdivision between Fort Meade and Bowling Green. Track between the entrance to South Fort Meade Mine and Bowling Green is out of service.