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Question re CSX Baldwin, FL to Flomaton, AL Line

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Question re CSX Baldwin, FL to Flomaton, AL Line
Posted by SALfan on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 10:27 PM

Does anyone know why there has been almost no daytime traffic on this line recently?  I can see the trains from my office window, and since February 8 only one train has passed thru Tallahassee during the workday.  Wondered if it was a maintenance window for a project, but seems like a very long one.  Thanks. 

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Posted by AuTiger19 on Thursday, March 1, 2018 6:42 AM

Perhaps these links will help you out.  But in a nutshell, Q601/Q602 have been rerouted off that line, leaving only Q608/609 as run through trains.  Q606 was abolished and Q605 is Mobile to New Orleans now.

 

http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/t/267898.aspx

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2018/01/22-csx-reviewing-8000-miles-of-rail-lines-for-potential-sale

 

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Posted by SALfan on Thursday, March 1, 2018 10:48 PM

Thanks. 

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Posted by Pottsburg on Saturday, March 3, 2018 4:46 PM

Potential buyers have been hirailing the stretch for sale.  i know This for a fact, the problem the potential buyers keep running into is CSX wants restrictions on the sale. It won’t be sold until they loosen up their demands. 

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