QUOTE: Originally posted by MP173 Number of trains per day, including turning south at Centralia on the CN (if any).
QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 NS trains head the other way at Centralia. NS has rights on BNSF from Centralia NW through Sorento (connecting with a piece of NKP) to the KC line at Jacksonville, IL.
QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 QUOTE: Originally posted by nanaimo73 NS trains head the other way at Centralia. NS has rights on BNSF from Centralia NW through Sorento (connecting with a piece of NKP) to the KC line at Jacksonville, IL. This appears to be wrong. The map in the February 2004 Trains shows the rights extend north to Jacksonville. The map in the October 2005 Trains show the rights ending at Litchfield, on the St. Louis to Decatur route. The NS website shows the rights as being Centralia to Litchfield as well. NS has coal trains going to the generating station in Coffeen which use these rights between Litchfield and Sorento. http://www.dot.state.il.us/officialrailmap.pdf
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding Is the southern tip of Illinois really hilly, like southern Indiana? Or, does the line we're talking about follow the Ohio river, on a fairly flat grade?
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QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton QUOTE: Originally posted by Murphy Siding Is the southern tip of Illinois really hilly, like southern Indiana? Or, does the line we're talking about follow the Ohio river, on a fairly flat grade? Call it kind of hilly. The CN's (ex-IC) Edgewood cut-off is flat and almost tangent from Edgewood to the Ohio River, but everything south of Carbondale, Marion and Harrisburg is in low hill country. Actually foot hills of the Ozarks, I believe. ` Don't know what grades are involved, but the CN (IC) to Cairo (pronounce that Caaro) does curve around a bit. Jay
QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton The CN's (ex-IC) Edgewood cut-off is flat and almost tangent from Edgewood to the Ohio River, but everything south of Carbondale, Marion and Harrisburg is in low hill country. Jay
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