QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton I believe LIRC was the also the route of Amtrak's Kentucky Cardinal south of Indy. Within the last couple of years there was also a Trains article on the Indiana Rail Road that focused on the technology being used for train management and other areas of the operation. Kicking around the theme of further acquisition by the INRD, if I am not mistaken, CSX took a sizeable equity postion in INRD. That sort of leaves another finger in the pie. Jay
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QUOTE: Originally posted by n_stephenson Gabe, THe INRD crews go as far north as Danville, IL where we swapped out with them and the we took the trains north to Chicago where they were rerouted west for Powder River Basin coal. When I was worked the yard third shift regular at Brewer yard in Danville I once piloted a INRD crew north up to Liberty Lane, which is the north end of the switching limits and about seven miles north of the yard. From what those guys told me they are dually qualified as engineers and conductors. Does anyone know what railroad the LIRC is? They also come out of Avon, I'm thinking it's some Louisville shortline, but I'm not sure on that.
QUOTE: Originally posted by MP173 I just read the posted article from the late 80's and then followed up with the article from May, 2002. That has been quite a railroad story. They are currently (as of 2002) around 100,000 loads per year, from 13,000 their first year. Is most of that coal? Gabe, what do you know about their operations? How often do they run a coal train over to Newton? How much transloading do they do in Indy? What other traffic do they have? It sounds as if they would be a natural to take over the Latta sub. ed
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