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News Wire: Traffic picks up on former Clinchfield mainline

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Posted by BaltACD on Saturday, September 23, 2017 3:28 PM

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How has CSX solved the crewing changes ?   Based in Erwin or another item ? Requalfications ?  

Believe they were oprating just enough trains over the Clinchfield to keep a crew base qualified.  Besides it has only been about 1 year since the Clinchfield was 'closed'.  Qualifications last for a year after the last trip over the territory.

'Forced' transfers do happen when necessary.

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Saturday, September 23, 2017 2:19 PM

How has CSX solved the crewing changes ?   Based in Erwin or another item ? Requalfications ?  

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Posted by oltmannd on Saturday, September 23, 2017 10:13 AM

Things like this happen when operations go into the ditch.  NS moved oil trains off the Chicago Line in 2014 to relieve congestion at that time. 

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Friday, September 22, 2017 9:44 AM

Once busy coal route is now being used to relieve pressure on other CSX lines

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/09/21-clinch-coal

Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine

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