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[quote user="Los Angeles Rams Guy"] Over lunch today I just happened to get curious about the former PRR Chicago - New York mainline; specifically the portion from greater Chicago to Crestline, Ohio.  I knew that NS wasn't operating this portion and wanted to find out what was going on.  So, lo and behold I came across current owner Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern (CFER).  Can anyone tell me what their operations are like and what commodity groups are strong for them?  I'm guessing that the mainline isn't up to the lofty PRR standards these days, though. [/quote] I don't know much about the operations/commodities, but I did snoop-up the former PRR/PC main that CFER uses now about 11 years ago.  I checked it out on Hwy. 30 east of Valpo.  My parents and I used to take that highway on the way to Decatur, IN and I'd keep my face plastered against the passenger-side window, straining for a glimpse of a PC headlight (and we'd see PC action there occasionally).  I also rode Amtrak's Broadway Limited over that line in 1986 between Crestline and Chicago. That portion of the PC main was a problem maintenance-wise as I understand it.  They used a crummy limestone-based ballast rock that tended to degrade into a mushy substance with rain and lead to a lot of slow orders.  When I was out there, the ex-PC main was single-tracked and the ROW didn't look to be in real good shape.  The signals had been removed as I remember and there was considerable vegetation growing between the rails and there were visible sags in the roadbed.  Some locals told me they didn't often see any trains on the line but they did come through mostly at night.
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