To the southwest it joins the Mountain Subdivision leading to Grafton, West Virginia.
CSX converted the yard to remote operation in 2004, and classified 1,000 to 1,400 cars per day in 2010.
[4] In 2017 CSX converted the yard to flat switching and closed the hump operations.
[5] The B&O built a large passenger station in Cumberland, the Queen City Hotel, in 1871, shortly after completion of a rail line to Pittsburgh.
[6] Today the smaller Amtrak depot is located on the line, in the downtown area west of the yard.