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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by rrnut282</i> <br /><br />I was staking out new track centerline for a second switching lead into Triple Crown last week. When completed they should be able to have 2 TC trains switching at the same time. There are already two tracks from "mike" to the yard, one is CSX's main and the second is for TC to use. Starting just past the signals, the TC lead will split into two tracks, one connected to the northern three yard tracks and the other the southern yard tracks. <br /> <br />WB TC trains don't have to back in from "Mike". Most turn in at "Union" and use the old Fort Wayne Union Belt RR. You will hear them ask the dispatcher for the "hump and the belt" as they do go by the old hump tower of Piqua Yard into the Triple Crown facility. The Union Belt used to run from the NKP to Pennsy across US30, under the ex Wabash, through the old Gladeaux refinery, behind Phelps Dodge and the former Zollner Piston and International Harvester plants. It swings east almost to Meyer Rd where it turns from south to west opposite of the old Power Wheels plant (itself an ex IH parts building). It runs along the north side of the yard tracks and up to the hump. <br /> <br />Ed <br />use the link above to the fortwaynerailfan site and go to the operations page. It has a current listing of all trains running to/from Chicago that pass through Fort Wayne. I recommend to anyone interested in a good site to spend some time there. Most of your questions will be answered as you go from page to page.[:)] <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />So, those were your pink flags I saw out there tonight? (nice work) I went back for a closer look, and had a nice talk with a guy throwing switches as they broke down one TC train being backed into the yard as described above, and the funny thing is, while he was still breaking down, another TC train came in from the northeast, and staged in the "parkinglot" that used to be (should be) one of the main lines. <br /> <br />Funny thing is, I remembered that "union belt" track, and drove the "loop" out past Gladieux, around Meyer road, and back in oxford and though it twists to high heaven going through the harvester lot, looked like a maintained roadway, and I couldn't figure out why they wern't using it Seemed really odd, so I just figured the line was no longer "complete" at some point sight unseen. If as you say, it IS still functional, then it's REALLY odd they weren't using it, since the other night they had one of the TC trains waiting to stage for backing in through Mike, straddling Anthony Blvd a good 20 minutes waiting for a train to leave TC through mike, all the while an east bound mixed freight was gridlocked just west of mike...waiting to squeeze through between them. <br /> <br />Quite a mess actually. <br /> <br />So the new line to be added won't go all the way to the NS mainline? but will choke down before the junction? <br /> <br />And, unless I'm blind, those two CSX lines converge to one which then converges with the TC line to one before reaching Mike, only one line from the former pennsey direction crosses Hanna street on the bridge
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