The Virtual Interchange and Shipping Office

[twcenterprises]

Interchange list for 12-19-2005

JPowell

QUOTE: Needed -
10,000 rail ties - No rush as project will be slow moving for the next 2 weeks thanks to the holidays and vacations.

Will send 2000 (4 gons) this week and 2000 (4 more gons) next week, you need these "green" or treated? I'm willing to send 2000 per week until order is filled.

Fergie

5 loads Kubota tractors (happy to load containers for overseas shipments, just let us know.)

nharrison21

1 load Asbestos

Yoshi

1 load foam insulation
2 loads lumber

Ken

2 loads copper ore

Noah

3 cars of pulpwood
2 loads coal (100 +/- tons)

Inbound (to me) 2 loads tractor seats. Reload out 2 loads Kubota tractors.

Inch53

1 load foam insulation

Awaiting soybeans for processing into bean meal.

luct

1 load antique autos (auto rack)

CW

4 loads of Coal
2 Gold ore
2 Cotton (baled)
1 Expanded foam insulation
1 Asbestos
1 Mixed load of Wine and Beer
3 Wood Chips
2 Flour
2 Textiles
6 loads Kubota tractors
2 boxcars with antique autos (ramping up to 4/week)
1 gon wire on spools (brokered load)

Copper products from Ken
1 boxcar copper plumbing (includes fittings)
1 flat with copper tubes and sheets (tarped)

1 armored Pullman on captive service lease

QUOTE: (Do I have everything right this week?)

Almost. Delete outbound coal, make it iron instead. Inbound will be 3 (three) copper loads, 1 gon with finished wire, 1 boxcar with copper plumbing including fittings, and 1 flatcar with copper sheets and tubes, tarped. The wine will be with beer, 1/2 load of each in one car (as reflected above). If you need more wire and less other copper products, be sure to let us know.

Recap

49 loads outbound plus 1 armored Pullman interchanged (excluding 2 from Ken)

All traffic listed above will be considered permanent weekly traffic except JPowell's ties which will be for 10,000 ties.

Now that all this is sorted out, I have new customers to serve, so that's really gonna screw up the works (hopefully not).

Brad

[twcenterprises]

Send 'em on. Effective immediately, this will be considered permanent traffic unless otherwise specified.

1/week: Wood mouldings and trim (Peachtree)
1/week Aluminum extrusions (Peachtree)
2/week Glass, sheets (Peachtree)
2/week Pallets (Concept)
2/week Crate assemblies (Concept)
1/week Wood boards (Concept R&D purposes)
1/day Baled wool (Mount Vernon Mills aka MVM)

The wool load will be a reload, do you want raw textiles or finished consumer goods? Also, Peachtree loads 1-for-1, so that will be 4 loads windows/doors, should I send them your way? The Concept loads are primarily for Kubota, so those will reload from Kubota (as usual). If this is acceptable, then this will be considered permanent outbound traffic.

Brad

[Anonymous]

Here is what was shipped on Sat. Morn enjoy.

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
10 40' Hoppers - Road Salt - per week

Railroadyoshi
05 40' Hoppers - Road Salt - 1 week load

Inch53
10 40" Hoppers - Road Salt - 1 week load

Army 12 Flatcars - Empty
20 Flatcars - Empty
05 Flatcars - Empty
10 Flatcars - Empty
07 Passanger Cars - Empty
03 Boxcars - Empty

twcenterprises
44 tonner 1 week remains on refit

And my Current Inventory:

Locos
10 EMD Slugs - Primer - Refurbished
02 SD40-2 - Primer - Crash Refurbish
01 SD50 - Conrail - Flood Refurbish
01 SD60M - Norfolk Southern - Crash Refurbish
13 SD80MAC - Primer - *New From Factory*
01 Dash 8-40CW - Santa Fe - Faulty Engine Refurbished
01 Dash 9-40CW - Primer - *New from Factory*
01 C30-7 - NW - Crash Refurbish
01 MP15DC - Conrail - Crash Refurbish
01 B36-7 - Fire Refurbish
01 AC4400CW - CSX - Fire Refurbish
07 F7 A+B - Parts (01 going to museum)


Rolling Stock
12 Depressed Flat Cars
03 Gondolas - C&O
04 Pulpwood Flatcar - Deleware & Hudson
20 Passanger Cars - Amtrack Aquistions - Crash Refurbish
02 70 Ton Closed Side Hoppers - Rio Grande
24 Assorted Truckes and Couplers
12 Impack Cars - BNSF - Crash Refurbish
03 3 Bay Covered Hopper - CN
55 40' Hoppers Road Salt

[Anonymous]

On the LS&I:
I'll be shipping 500 ore cars of iron ore (taconite and magnetite) daily. (Taconite: March - August) (Magnetite: December - Janunary)
Needed: 1-2 tankcars of LP gas.
Wisconsin Central will be taking these to the Vreeland Rail.
Needed: 1 hopper of powdered esplosives.
Needed: 1 tank car of hot ammonium sulfate solution.
Shipping: 1-5 gondolas from scrap yard (You supply the gondola)
Any takers.

[Anonymous]

LSIModeler I am asking to learn a "Location" of your virtual railroad on this thread.

Ken can use your scrap, if I am located between, I will bridge your scrap to him. Regarding the iron ore, I may need some after all for my booming foundry by establishing a small plant to process it to a form useable by the foundry.

twcenterprises

Accepted and written into pernament traffic.

Im working on improving ore production, we are near several small mines that date back to colonial times and it is slow and steady. I consider this commodity fully utilized at this time with no excess production capacity except what might be bridged in from other railroads.

[Anonymous]

counter weight can u make a post as to every ones track ownership? im in the process of making a map to post for easier reference. include base cityies and adjoing track if at all possible since i know u have the most info on this stuff.

One note for ALL the NS Yard/Spur Railline will be CLOSED from 21DEC05 - 29DEC05 for the holiday period no traffic will be transiting the lines so we can have an all Green Light Christmas.

Thanks

Nick

[Anonymous]

nharrison21

That scope of everyone's track ownership is beyond me. But my line is located in western maryland area with connections in Harrisbrug PA, Wheeling WVA (thinking of routing direct to either Somerset or Harrisburg) Manassas Va

I think Ken is to my east and he is my port and sea access.

I think twcenterprises is to my south.

Fergie is overseas and I access his traffic via others with port access.

While it is obvious I did not cover everyone I hope it will help you and others locate me on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Also Operations on Falls Valley will cease effective Christmas Eve GMT and resume the midnight after christmas day.

Helper Service is being readied for severe service at Summit and all signals set to green. With the exception of Summit Helpers no trains or service will exist for this time period.

This is to assist in having a Christmas with all high Greens.

[Anonymous]

ok will get yours, kens, fergies, and twcenterprises maps created im making one per person for better reference so if every one can send me the info ill get yours done even faster

[Anonymous]

I'm shipping and recieving in Ishpeming/Marquette. You can take it from Escanaba or Sault Saint Marie or other place near there.
I also will ship out explosives in box cars (up to 10 box cars). And shipping 50 cars a/week of logs.

[Anonymous]

Anybody want some old cabooses. (good for restoration.) Also 10 thrall all-doors. Will ship anywhere. I also have an oredock on my line so anybody overseas or along the Great Lakes will be able to take iron ore. I can accomadate 1,000 footers. I'm located in the middle of Lake Superior.
1 per week : Also looking for Bentonite and Dolomite

[Anonymous]

Im surprised we dont have Tycoons running Chicago or something like Omaha with a iron fist.

[Anonymous]

service is back with an ex SW7 borrowed from Yoshi

[JPowell]

TWCEnterprises -
Treated, please? Also, can you wait till he 3rd of January to ship them? A few of my MoW crewmen are coming down with what looks like the start of the flu. I've told them to take the next 2 weeks off, so they can be well rested for the holidays.

Attention all -
Effective immediately, the CNY Rail Corp is on minimal staffing, including office personnel. Due to this staffing level, for the next 2 weeks, we'll only be accepting 'Emergency' bridge traffic to and from Fergie. All other inbound and outbound traffic will be routed at either Albany (Selkirk Yard) NY, or at any of the yards in the Buffalo NY area. All carriers have been notified of this and have started effective noon today to follow these routing instructions.
Also, effective from 12noon on the 22nd of December, till 8am on the 26th, these offices and yard will be closed and all lights will be GREEN

//signed//
John Powell
President and CEO
CNY Rail Corp

[JPowell]

Quick note to nharrison - I'm in the Syracuse NY area. If you refer back to pages 1-3, you'll see where everyone that came to this thread at the beginning, has posted their locations, along with connections, etc.

JP

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JPowell

Quick note to nharrison - I'm in the Syracuse NY area. If you refer back to pages 1-3, you'll see where everyone that came to this thread at the beginning, has posted their locations, along with connections, etc.

I have a connection at in ishpeming/negaunne that goes to escanaba. A Connection that goes from Rebublic to E&LS Channing, Michigan. A CN Connection from Rebublic to Nestoria. Go here to see most of all of my tracks (my tracks are in the Upper Peninsula)http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Maps/Counties/52-MarquetteCoEastMap.htm

[Anonymous]

thanks LSI ive already done that im just getting a few more details to help out the maps are coming out ok right now its just a slow process getting everyones locations that map is big to fit all locations so the raillines ar sort of generalized to make it easy to read. if there is major probs with your please let me know.

Nick
Counter Weight


Twocenterprises


Fergie


Inch53


Nharrison21


Noah


Sierrarr


LSI



Please bear with me if there are any mistakes but i think this will help everyone out visually, any comments, shoot them at me

Nick

[Anonymous]

Where is my trackage. Mine is supposed to be in the upper peninsula in Michigan. Would you like me to make the map?

[Anonymous]

I have created my map. Green Bay, Duluth, Quinnsac, Sault Saint Marie, Escanaba, Marquette, Ishpeming, Negaunne

[Anonymous]

I have a detailed version.

[Anonymous]

I also need supplies for making paper (tank cars and box cars.) I have 2 hungry paper mills. I also export paper and limestone.

[Anonymous]

sorry LSI i put u in the north east corner of indiana im an idiot

[Noah Hofrichter]

LS&I, can I get 3 cars of pulpwood a week? My interchange facilities are located in Green Bay WI, or Oshkosh, WI(the ARK is a shortline) so if you can ship them via WC They’ll be sure to get to me.

Nick, as far as my map goes, you are close, your in the right state, but you made the ARK look more like an empire then it really is. It’s a shortline, so my track age is basically a dot on a map as big as you have. I run between Appleton and Oshkosh WI, by way of a little neighborhood called Rivermoor. If were to draw a line between Green Bay and Oshkosh WI, you would be close enough. If you made a “C” from Appleton, WI, around the lake that it there, and down to Oshkosh WI, you would be even closer yet.

Also note that we are technically part of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad. So, if you see this map: http://www.wsorrailroad.com/images/sysmap3a.gif, you will note that Oshkosh is at the end of the WSOR’s line. If you add a line North from Oshko***owards the top of Winnebago county, this would be considered the fictional ARK line. If you want to rough out the whole WSOR system too you can, as it is technically part of the ARK, but just the line from Oshko***o Green Bay described in the last paragraph would be good enough.

Noah

P.S. I got to get me Google earth, it sure looks like it would work well for things like route planning.....

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Noah Hofrichter

LS&I, can I get 3 cars of pulpwood a week? My interchange facilities are located in Green Bay WI, or Oshkosh, WI(the ARK is a shortline) so if you can ship them via WC They’ll be sure to get to me.

OK I will get an engineer to pick them tommorow and they should arrive maybe by thursday. Will this be permament

[Anonymous]

Nice maps.

Here is mine.

I moved the Wheeling Interchange to Cumberland Md due to excessive hog law problems.

http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/8742/fallsvalleyrailroadrouting8pm.jpg

I could not get it to come up properly due to the URL getting trashed by it's long length on this post box.

In my fictional railroad that I have planned in HO scale, the trains will come out of staging (Interchanges) and go to the main yard. There they get sorted into locals to serve several towns that do the pick ups and set outs. Traffic that are bridge traffic simply go thru with Helper service or even fuel/water stop.

Enjoy

[twcenterprises]

nharrison21

On the F7's, are they ballasted or "light"? I have an old bridge that needs light-footed engines and these might be perfect. If so, I'd take all of them, even the dead ones for "parts".

Next week, in anticipation of our 44 tonner returning, we expect to send 2 of 4 RS3's for overhaul. Upon their return, the next 2 will ship out. Afterward, we will look into our F units.

Please note the correct spelling is TWCEnterprises, no "o".

Geographically, I don't cover QUITE that much territory. My line runs from Gainesville north to Cleveland, and branches off to Dahlonega. About 55 miles of track.

LSIModeler

What kind of cabooses you got? We still use 'em. As for the "all-door", well, they can be great starting points for all kinds of conversions (Southern Railway had bunches of them and converted nearly all of them into various other things; pulpwood racks, coil cars, you name it.)

JPowell

OK, the gons have been pulled from the interchange track, we will ship out the first batch of treated crossties on New Year's Weekend, for arrival on or around the third of Jan.

Brad

[Anonymous]

The cabooses are lettered for the LS&I so are the thrall all-doors. Here is a picture of the caboose.

[Anonymous]

ok lets see here, so atleast no one "hates" the maps just kidding , but ill try and make the modifacations if possible,

TWCEnterprices

sorry just taking a glimpse and it looks like two, lets see all are light, 1 of them is goin to the museum in my town 2 work and 4 dont if u want them ill have them shipped out today since there will be nothing holding them back for shipment. also if u have any stock that no one is taking i take it, im gonna stock up on everything no one wants and try to be a good size depot

the 44 tonner will ship on its own on monday but my office will be closed. an engineer is using it to get home for the holidays so its a bonus for him hahaha

Nick

[Fergmiester]

Nick: you were slightly off the mark on locale. However not to worry I finally found a downloadable map of Nova Scotia! Though I prefer the posted version.



Sheet Harbour is an Interchange for MESS and Maritime Trunk (DER 5887)
Truro is an interchange between MESS and CN
Strait of Canso (Town of Mulgrave is our Seaport)can handle VLCC's

Fergie

JP Thanks for the Green Lights So no coal for you!

[Anonymous]

yeah fergie was kinda hard firguring out how to put u on the map but i tried hahaha