Edit post

Edit your reply below.

Post Body
Enter your post below.
[quote user="Convicted One"] [quote user="Los Angeles Rams Guy"] Can anyone tell me what their operations are like and what commodity groups are strong for them?  I'm guessing that the mainline isn't up to the lofty PRR standards these days, though. [/quote]   Inside Fort Wayne, the vast majority of traffic you see on this line is NS's triple Crown using the lines as a staging area for access to their yard. I see triple crown trains stopped on this single track main, all the time, giving you an idea just what a priority these lines are. NS also uses a portion of this line as a bridge between their new castle district (to cincinnati) and their NKP line into chicago. This by far is the heaviest moving traffic use this line sees. On top of that I frequently see a scrap metal train westbound, that may actually be CF&E traffic And there is a sulfur train that comes through from time to time, that really shows just how bad a shape this line is in.  due to the weight of this train, there are sections where the rail bows up (BETWEEN WHEELSETS) high enough to pull the spikes right out of the ties, as the train rolls along. I guess that CSX has some absurdly small restriction (in the lease agreement to CF&E)  on just how many  (few) trains CF&E can operate on this line per day.  Makes the line pretty much worthless to anyone needing to move volume [/quote] Geez, it sounds like it hasn't improved much since I was out there last.  That ex-PRR main seems like it took a huge beating during WWI & WWII under gov't control and it hasn't recovered since.
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag