QUOTE: Originally posted by rrnut282 More fun news at TC. I talked to the contractor doing the trackwork and he plans to use steel ties on the new tracks with wood ties under the turnouts. TAG: As far as the new new lead, it will start just past the signals at "Mike Tower" and run into TC's yard. The "piqua wye" will slide over to connect to the new lead. There will be two cross-overs East of the piqua wye, one between the two leads and one from the old lead to CSX , so it will be possible, but not practicable, to have 3 WB TC trains at the west end of Piqua Yard. Grade work should finish up this week. Trackwork won't start until Sept.
QUOTE: Originally posted by MP173 Thanks for the great website on Ft Wayne. After I asked about the NS schedules I explored the site and was really impressed. Whoever put that together deserves a lot of credit and thanks. Just got back from vacation down to North Carolina and am catching up. Is the TC to Minneapolis going to run from Chicago? Do you think there will be loads from that area to the Southeast? Could be pretty interesting. Looking at the schedules, it shows two west bounds TC's to Chicago, 261 from Bethlehem and 264 from Jacksonville, yet only 1 eastbound - 262. Why do they have 2 and 1 instead of an even number both directions? thanks, ed
QUOTE: Originally posted by rrnut282 There will still be only one switch in the ex-Wabash EB main.
QUOTE: Originally posted by rrnut282 [%-)] I think so. The track changes all take place on the former Pennsy R/W. "Mike" and "Piqua" interlockings on the ex-Wabash will not change. Where the existing TC lead and CSX main come together to a single track at Mike is where the new TC lead will start (east of, or outside of the interlocking). The Piqua Wye switch that I am referring to is 700 feet west of the TC yard fence.
QUOTE: Originally posted by rrnut282 I think they should be able to do that. The Track 3 extension in effect becomes another lead east of the wye. It depends on the final locations of the cross-overs which have been moved to make it possible to build as many turnouts in-place without taking everything out of service and holding up trains.
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