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CSX Timetable Question
Posted by ninehorse on Friday, January 5, 2018 3:51 PM

I was looking at the 2008 CSX Dearborn Sub timetable and it listed different maximum speeds for "TV" and "Freight" trains.  Can someone please tell me what a "TV" train is?  Thanks in Advance!

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, January 5, 2018 4:34 PM

Sounds like TV is a throwback to the early intermodal (TransVan?).  And that's probably what it means.

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Posted by ninehorse on Friday, January 5, 2018 4:36 PM

Thanks. It was from a 2008 Timetable. 

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Posted by Overmod on Friday, January 5, 2018 4:56 PM

I don't think I can remember a time it wasn't "Trailer Van". 

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, January 5, 2018 5:18 PM

Overmod
I don't think I can remember a time it wasn't "Trailer Van". 

Agreed. The term just didn't come to me at the time.

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Posted by ninehorse on Friday, January 5, 2018 5:22 PM

Mystery solved!  Thanks for the help.

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Posted by mudchicken on Friday, January 5, 2018 6:33 PM

Seems to be a PRR/PC/CR term in origin ... never seen the term used anywhere else.

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Posted by CShaveRR on Friday, January 5, 2018 6:47 PM

I believe it was "TrailVan" back in the day.

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Posted by BaltACD on Friday, January 5, 2018 8:53 PM

mudchicken
Seems to be a PRR/PC/CR term in origin ... never seen the term used anywhere else.

It is not used on the non-ConRail parts of CSX.

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Friday, January 5, 2018 9:24 PM

CShaveRR
I believe it was "TrailVan" back in the day.

"+1"

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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, January 6, 2018 6:55 AM

Paul_D_North_Jr

 

 
CShaveRR
I believe it was "TrailVan" back in the day.

 

"+1"

Going back to the OP, I believe that denotes IM.

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