CSX Ditches 2 Miles of Ghost Rails in Ohio County
Published Date: 9/28/2026
Notice
Summary
CSX Transportation is planning to stop using about 2 miles of railroad track in Hamilton County, Ohio, because no trains have run there for over two years. This change affects local businesses and workers, but any employees impacted will get special protections. If no one steps up to save the line by October 8, 2026, the closure will go ahead on October 28, 2026.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
CSXT plans 2.07-mile rail abandonment
If you run a business that used the line, CSX Transportation intends to abandon about 2.07 miles of track between milepost BEK 2.24 and BEK 4.31 in Hamilton County, Ohio (ZIP codes 45204, 45214, 45223, 45225). The abandonment is slated to become effective on October 28, 2026 unless a formal expression of intent to file an offer of financial assistance is filed by October 8, 2026.
Employee protections for affected workers
If you are a railroad employee adversely affected by this abandonment, you will be protected under the Oregon Short Line Railroad abandonment decision (360 I.C.C. 91 (1979)). Questions about whether that protection is adequate must be raised by a petition for partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d).
Overhead freight can be rerouted
CSXT certified that any overhead traffic on the Line can be rerouted over other lines, meaning through (overhead) freight movements need not stop because of the abandonment. This applies to overhead traffic specifically, not to local freight service.
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