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Perhaps I can provide you with assistance; (Hint: I Live within 1 mile of this line.) <br />The track is track warrant control with automated block signals. There are about 5 - 15 trains a day through here. Most of the locomotives seen are NS and former BIG BLUE CR units. There's a local train that usually has a former CR or NS unit(s) pulling it. At Browns Illinois, a new track is being installed to run from the NS line to Grayville IL and Poseyville IN (I think it might eventually connect with CSX). Near Maud IL, a new track is being installed to service a coal mine. This Main line through here is fairly quiet with an approximate interval of 30 min to 4 hours between Trains. Princeton IN is the place to be to see trains. There, this line and the very very Busy CSX Chicago to Nashville (old C&EI line) share the same roadbed running side by side through town. CSX recently installed a passing siding with automatic remote turnouts just south of the diamond. Though this line through here is a quiet line, you can still have a lot of fun watching trains on it. A lot of times, I take a book and go and park beside the tracks and read between trains; this helps to pass the time. <br />Wabash1, you might see me down by the tracks sometime between Boyleston IL and Sims IL. Part of my relatives own farm ground down there. The exact spot I go to watch trains is at the west end of moon (Boyleston) siding.
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