dubch87 Looking at the orthoimagery acquired on Tuesday, October 6 for the City of Columbia, there are several washouts on the Norfolk Southern W-Line northwest of the city along the Broad River. If you pan to the northern extent of the imagery, northwest of a quarry, most of a bridge is gone. Norfolk Southern anticipates two to three weeks for repairs. Trains affected (that I can name off the top of my head) are BMW autoracks, intermodal to/from the South Carolina Inland Port, and locals.
Looking at the orthoimagery acquired on Tuesday, October 6 for the City of Columbia, there are several washouts on the Norfolk Southern W-Line northwest of the city along the Broad River. If you pan to the northern extent of the imagery, northwest of a quarry, most of a bridge is gone. Norfolk Southern anticipates two to three weeks for repairs. Trains affected (that I can name off the top of my head) are BMW autoracks, intermodal to/from the South Carolina Inland Port, and locals.
Service update from Norfolk Southern (11/12) with a couple of images of the trestle replacement. The trestle was anticipated to re-open yesterday (11/20).
Johnny: My bad. Now realize that line is the line east of the "A" line once south of Dillon. Not my best post.
It is the Hamlet-Charleston line, not the S line that runs from Raleigh through Hamlet and Columbia to Savannah that is still flooded. This is a freight only line; its last passenger service, in the forties/fifties, was a motor-powered train.
Johnny
WebMaster <WebMaster@csx.com> CSX Customer Advisory – CSX to Restore Mainline Service to Florence, SC October 9, 2015 CSX engineering teams expect to restore service to the mainline between Florence, SC and Charleston, SC by Sat
Directed service orders might not be applicable in this case since it isn't a situation caused by the inability of the carrier to provide service over an operable line. (See NYSW operating D&H or Kansas City Terminal operating Rock Island).
blue streak 1Have you heard of FEDs maybe stepping in with directed service requirements ?
Oh yeah! That's just what is needed!
They'll just make things worse.
Don't you think CSX and NS are doing what can be done? What possible good would government (YETCH!) intervention do?
Paul_D_North_Jr Anyone else remember the photo from flooding in South Carolina or Georgia about 10 years ago, of a CSX locomotive suspended over a washout of a creek, with each truck on the opposite bank/ bluff ? - Paul North.
Anyone else remember the photo from flooding in South Carolina or Georgia about 10 years ago, of a CSX locomotive suspended over a washout of a creek, with each truck on the opposite bank/ bluff ?
- Paul North.
Do you mean this one in Charlotte, N.C.? Little Sugar Creek, July 1997.
blue streak 1 BALT: Thanks Have you heard of FEDs maybe stepping in with directed service requirements ?
BALT: Thanks
Have you heard of FEDs maybe stepping in with directed service requirements ?
CSX traffic is being rerouted using alternative routes - delays are 24-36 hours. Amtrak service will be Jax-Miami and Richmond-DC until normal routes are restored to service.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Problems are between Savannah and Rocky Mount.
is the csx miami line thru s.carlolina closed due to flooding ? thanx
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