CSX to Scrap Tiny 0.72-Mile Ghost Rail in Maryland
Published Date: 9/15/2026
Notice
Summary
CSX Transportation is planning to stop using a short 0.72-mile rail line in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, because no trains have run there in two years. This change won’t affect local traffic since trains can use other routes, and employees impacted will get job protections. The shutdown will happen on October 15, 2026, unless someone steps in with a financial offer or legal challenge by late September or early October.
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Employee Protections for Affected Workers
Any employee adversely affected by the abandonment will be protected under the Oregon Short Line Railroad decision (360 I.C.C. 91 (1979)). A petition for partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed to challenge whether this protection is adequate.
CSXT Authorized To Abandon 0.72‑Mile Rail Line
CSX Transportation filed to abandon an approximately 0.72‑mile rail line between milepost BBR 6.89 and BBR 7.61 in Anne Arundel County, Md. The exemption will be effective October 15, 2026 unless stayed; if CSXT does not file a notice of consummation by September 15, 2027 the abandonment authority will expire.
Deadlines To File OFAs and Trail Requests
Interested parties may file a formal expression of intent to file an Offer of Financial Assistance (OFA) or a trail use/railbanking request; petitions to stay, expressions of intent to file an OFA, and trail use requests must be filed by September 25, 2026. Petitions to reopen and requests for public use conditions must be filed by October 5, 2026.
Environmental Review And Comment Window
The carrier filed a combined environmental and historic report and the Board's Office of Environmental Analysis will issue a Draft Environmental Assessment by September 18, 2026. Comments on environmental or historic preservation matters must be filed within 15 days after the Draft EA becomes available.
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