The Virtual Interchange and Shipping Office

[JPowell]

Hey guys -
How's things today? Just a few quick responses.....

For those who are offering me any items, I'm going to make it fair to start off with and give everyone a 'heads-up' that I'll be 'sharing the wealth' with everyone. So, with that said....

sNOAH - Send me 25 cars of ballast

Sierrarr - Send me 10 each of rail and ballast

Fergie / Inch - Just let me know when this is to arrive. Fergie, let me know when you want this forewarded on to you.

JP

[Noah Hofrichter]

JP, you've got it. It'll be loaded tomorrow and should be headed to you via The Belt Clearing Yard in Chicago on Wednesday. From their we'll route it by CSX to you.

Noah

[twcenterprises]

nharrison21

Ok, the 44 tonner and one car of asbestos is on the interchange track. We have some power in reserve, so not really in need of the MP15DC, but thanks anyway.

We have 4 RS3's to be shipped sometime this month all of which need overhauled, will advise when interchanged. The F units will probably go out next month or so, will advise when budget and power needs will allow this.

Counter Weight

Ok, 10 cars on the interchange track, in addition to what was picked up this AM. Are the coal hoppers empties? We ship out coal in addition to copper and gold ore. If this is the case, then we will be happy to load them with whatever grade of coal you or your customer(s) desire. Looks like the asbestos can be split between you and nharrison21. BTW, let me know if you can use the copper ore, this will need to be refined further for industrial use. Either that or it can be done by one of our offline customers and forwarded as copper ready for industrial use. Can the Mint use it?

PS. Please note the correct spelling is twcenterprises (no "o")

Recap

11 cars and one wrecked 44 tonner set out on interchange track this PM.

13 loads set out Sun. PM were picked up this AM.

Brad

[inch53]

This is whats gone out today
YOSHI ; 2 cars of feed
CHUCK ; 2 cars cattle feed. Could use another 2 cars of fish scraps if you have any
LUCT ; 1 car cattle feed ; beet pulp back
FERGIE ; 2 cars scrap, via JP , you should have them by tomorrow evening
BURWRM ; 1 stock car of steers n heifers. did you ever check on dried meat scraps with your processors

READY TO GO
NOAH ; 2 loads of plastic pellets
CW ; 2 cars of pallets
10 hoppers of white rock, coal back if you have it
1 car marine chargers

BRAD ; could use a car load of foam insulantion. I can ship you some feed of some kind. I also have 2 cv hoppers of soy beans, if your processors have some soy bean meal, could sure use it

KEN L ; got 2 loads of scrap ready to leave in the morning for you

SIERRA ; I've got 25 car loads of crude oil. Also if you have some 1gas, 1 desiel, and 2 car loads of heating oil , could use that on the return

HAVE ON HAND
2 car mixed loads cat / dog food
1 car box car cattle
1 box car hog
1 cv hopper cattle
1 cv hopper hog
3 ag lime

Think thats it for now
mike

[Anonymous]

twcenterprises

i have the shed ready for the arrival
thanks for the asbestos
rgr that on the extra power

*NEW*
Due to the troop withdrawl here in the near future my company has signed a deal to be a depot for tanks, humvees and other large equipment, If i could please get a list of people who have military bases that will be recieveing these item please let me know

Items recieveing per week:

12 Flatcars - 3 Tanks Each
20 Flatcars - 4 Humvees Each
05 Flatcars - 1 Tractor Trailer Each
10 Flatcars - 3 Bradley Tanks Each
07 Passanger Cars - 100 Troops Each
03 Boxcars - Troop Supplies & Extras

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by nharrison21

twcenterprises

i have the shed ready for the arrival
thanks for the asbestos
rgr that on the extra power

*NEW*
Due to the troop withdrawl here in the near future my company has signed a deal to be a depot for tanks, humvees and other large equipment, If i could please get a list of people who have military bases that will be recieveing these item please let me know

Items recieveing per week:

12 Flatcars - 3 Tanks Each
20 Flatcars - 4 Humvees Each
05 Flatcars - 1 Tractor Trailer Each
10 Flatcars - 3 Bradley Tanks Each
07 Passanger Cars - 100 Troops Each
03 Boxcars - Troop Supplies & Extras

I will fill this traffic if it is agreeable. I model late steam but for purpose of this interchange thread I will be more than happy to take the traffic.

What do you want in return? Emptys or Reloads? (If reloads with what?)

[Anonymous]

twcenterprises

I consider those loads of coal inbound, I can load them back with whatever ore you can find (Copper etc)

I will have to spend time thinking how to use the ore in a foundry situation. (Copper?) and find a provider who can use the resulting material.. I think Ken and one other railroad opened a plant capable of creating wire and cable.

[Anonymous]

There on there way.

[twcenterprises]

inch53

1 load of foam is on its way. Send the soybeans and I'll reload the cars with soy bean meal.

Counter Weight

Seeing as how we do have available a copper mill available offline, we can provide copper wire, sheets, rolls, round stock, tubes, pipe, etc. We have copper and gold ore, how about either bauxite (aluminum ore), or silver ore? I think we have a customer in the state that can use one of these.

Ken

Do you handle copper ore?

nharrison21

Good deal, how soon can I expect the 44 tonner back?

[inch53]

BRAD ; good deal, the beans will leave out at midnight to you. I can have you 2 loads of beans a week, to load back with meal, if youwant them
do you want some pet food or livestock feed back in the foam car

[twcenterprises]

inch53

Doesn't matter. I scavenge empties from Southern Railway except for our returning hoppers and armored Pullman (on lease ath this time). Could use plastic pellets for the foam plant. Boxcar or covered hopper, either way is fine with them.

Brad

[Fergmiester]

Now Available: 10 Car Loads 400 Pontsietas/car

Just in time for Christmas

Fergie

[Anonymous]

Inch - There should be 2 gon loads of wire reaching you sometime soon. There'll be 2 more as soon as unload those 2 carloads of scrap your sending.

QUOTE: Originally posted by twcenterprises
Ken
Do you handle copper ore?

Brad - I'll need to lease some of Fergie's ore jennies to do that, since all my regular opentop hoppers are being used on unit coal trains or on loan to CW

Fergie - I've got 3 tanks of locomotive paint headed your direction, they originated from somewhere in central Alabama, could'nt read the handwriting...

[Anonymous]

Counter Weight

I will need the empties back each time to keep the flow coming. That should be an interesting sight an old 2-4-2 or a 4-8-4 with a few new M1A1 Abrahm Tanks. Will you be taking all the loads or just some and if so which ones.

twcenterprises

Let Me acess the damage and ill get back to u on that one.


Shipment sent out this morning

0 Loads

Also i cant find it right now but someone said they were out of hoppers, i have a few on stand by for lease if needed i just cant remember who said it

[Anonymous]

I can use the bauxite twcenterprises; I'll evaluate your copper mill's output and see what I can use.

Nharrision21 I'll take all your military traffic. They have priority over everything else on the railroad.

[Anonymous]

Counterweight

roger that will have them forwarded to u as soon as they come on friday

[twcenterprises]

Ken

I have plenty of 34' open top hoppers, not a problem. Gotta load 'em short, though, the bridge on that line is only good for 50 ton loads. I gotta check with the engineering department, but the Jennies may not work on that line, I think we need to use longer cars to spread out the weight on that old bridge. Besides, I save money on per diem charges by using our own cars. You got anything to load in the 34 footers? We can use either Bauxite (aluminum ore) or silver ore.

Should I go ahead and send copper ore in your direction? If so, check with CW to see what to do with finished product.

nharrison21

Copy that on the 44 tonner. Have a bunch of 34' hoppers available for lease, also have some on captive service to CW.

BTW, I may need to have another Pullman or coach fitted with armor for security service, can your shop handle that?

CW

I think you misunderstood me on the Bauxite, I was looking for it to come my way. We can probably load out maybe 100 tons per day on the copper ore. That'll probably refine down to 50-75 tons depending on the purity of the ore. Let me know what form (wire, sheets, tubes, pipe, etc.) to ship it.

Inch53

Soybeans are unloaded and being processed. Should have a reload on Friday. Should I send another load of foam on Friday along with them?

Recap

2 inbound loads received and delivered. No other loads interchanged today.

Brad

[Anonymous]

twcenterprises

No problem on the Pullman, Just need to know how thick u want the armor, will depend on how long it takes to get done.

[Anonymous]

twcenterprises

Whups made a boo boo on the bauxite. However, I can use wire, sheets, tubes, pipe copper. Also in cabling as well.

Im thinking one load each per week for now looks like One gon for wire, covered gon for the sheet and tubes each and pipe small enough for household use on boxcars as well as joint fittings.

Let me know if you were able to cover this order.

[Fergmiester]

QUOTE: Originally posted by KenLarsen

Inch - There should be 2 gon loads of wire reaching you sometime soon. There'll be 2 more as soon as unload those 2 carloads of scrap your sending.

QUOTE: Originally posted by twcenterprises
Ken
Do you handle copper ore?

Brad - I'll need to lease some of Fergie's ore jennies to do that, since all my regular opentop hoppers are being used on unit coal trains or on loan to CW

Fergie - I've got 3 tanks of locomotive paint headed your direction, they originated from somewhere in central Alabama, could'nt read the handwriting...

I have about 40 "jennies" kicking around so give me directions and they'll be on their way.

Fergie

[Anonymous]

Fergiemeister,

I was able to acquire additional hoppers to meet demand. I am freeing your "On loan" cars up for other service. "Thanks!"

Let me know how things go in future.

[inch53]

BRAD ; go ahead n send anothe load of foam out to me.
I gong to send out 3 more hoppers of beans to on the 6 am morning run , for bean meal back

KEN L ; 2 loads of scrap headed for you

RT ; Could use another tanker of eegnog, and a car load of your booze mixed

CW ; I've lost your order right now have to post it in the morning.
I do know , i need a car load of eletrical parts and will have a car load of marine chargers tomorrow night

all for now
mike

[twcenterprises]

nharrison21

Copy that on the armor. Will check with engineering dept. on that.

How about fitting a caboose with bulletproof glass? No need to send the caboose up there, just send us the glass and our crews should be able to install it. Between that and the 1/4" steel siding, that should provide enough protection for our needs.

CW

Can do on the copper. The plumbing grade stuff will be all loaded on one boxcar if that's OK. The wire and cable will be naked wire, no insulation. If electrical wire is needed, I'll need to send the wire and cable to another customer to have the insulation put on and packaged or spooled as appropriate. We can then send these packages and smaller spools with the plumbing items, or the larger spools shipped in a gon. Since we don't have any covered gons (and no way of lifting the cover off of one anyway), we'll ship the sheets and tubes on a flatcar and tarp it.

Ken

Copper ore is loaded on our 34' hoppers, just need the go ahead to send it your way.

Fergie

Appreciate the offer on the Jennies, but our engineering dept. says we'd only be able to load about 30 tons in each unless we handle them singly or with idler cars over our old bridge. We can use 34' hoppers with 50 tons each because they help spread out the weight. Our bridge can only handle maybe a 75 ton car by itself with an idler car and a light locomotive (44 tonner) moving it. Ah, such it is with older branchlines...

Inch

Will send out the car of foam and 2 cars of bean meal when they are ready sometime tomorrow.

Recap

No loads interchanged today.

Brad

[Anonymous]

Will do.

I need to see if I can find a supplier or establish a industry to create spools, wire insulation and or asociated hardware.

If anyone has this capability of any or all of the above, I would like to make a connection (Pun not intended) as I do have the wood and small fittings (Nuts and bolts) that can supply such a operation.

[Anonymous]

Inch - 2 more gons of wire headed back to ya!

QUOTE: Originally posted by twcenterprises
KenCopper ore is loaded on our 34' hoppers, just need the go ahead to send it your way.Fergie

You got it Brad - send them on up and I'll route 'em thru to CW.

[Fergmiester]

Re: 34's. How many and what kind of lease arrangement are we looking at? Is there anything you need when we ship the hoppers to you? coal, gravel, gypsom, dolomite, salt, wood chips, etc.

Fergie

[Anonymous]

Ok well due to the ICE storm last night my shipment was put in to a 2 hour delay due to not being able to get into the locos (doors frozen shut), but now that problems taken care of, the following shipment(s) were sent out this morn at 0948 EST. Enjoy.


Weekly Friday Shiment

Counter Weight
12 Flatcars - 3 Tanks Each
20 Flatcars - 4 Humvees Each
05 Flatcars - 1 Tractor Trailer Each
10 Flatcars - 3 Bradley Tanks Each
07 Passanger Cars - 100 Troops Each
03 Boxcars - Troop Supplies & Extras

twcenterprises
1 Box assorted Pieces of Bullet Proof Glass For Caboose (box of glass is located in second locomotive just ask the engineer for it, no need for a whole box car for one shipment of glass hahaha, need two guys to lift)

[Anonymous]

That could have been a LCL shipment in a Boxcar... Nharrison21 LOL

Your traffic will be reflected in my sunday evening report weekly until you either make changes to it or cease.


twcenterprises

I did some thinking regarding the copper. I propose we split the business down the rails both ways..

1- I supply the spools that are made near the sawmill.
2- I will also supply the fittings (Small fasteners etc)

3- I propose you find a way to insulate the wire
4- I propose you place the insulated wire onto the spools and ship back.

I dont have a problem regarding the gondola situation as long as the wire is in it's finished form. No use covering those up if they are going to be strung for the next 10 years off telephone poles.

To all others,

I recently started to produce telephone poles. They are 40 feet in length and have 4 loads ready by sunday night. Please let me know if you would like to have some.

[twcenterprises]

Ken

OK 100 tons of copper ore headed to you, loaded in 2 34' open hoppers. Will send 2 more loads about middle of next week. Please refine this into copper wire and forward to Southwire (near Atlanta). They will put insulation on it & will forward to CW when done.

CW

OK send the spools ready to use to Southwire (near Atlanta). That will be a good return load for a boxcar. They are going to receive the bare wire from Ken and ship the finished wire to you. I'll have them load it in gons, I'll take a return load of poles.

nharrison21

Got the glass. My crews have all this weekend to install it. Thanks.

Any word on the 44 tonner?

Fergie

I forget how many hundred 34' hoppers we have (own), but they're all in the 12,000 number series. I remember seeing #12,834 the other day.

How many do you need?

Inch

2 cars bean meal and 1 car foam enroute to you. I expect I'll see your loads get to me over the weekend.

recap

2 loads of copper ore set out
1 car foam insulation
2 covered hoppers soybean meal

5 cars total on interchange track.

Brad

[Anonymous]

twcenterprises

Done!

Ken

Can you do it?