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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Poppa_Zit</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Chris30</i> <br /><br />120 trains on the Racetrack? That seems a little high. It was my understanding that since the BNSF merger a lot of freight traffic had moved over to the ex-SF Chilli Sub between the Chicago area and Galesburg. Most of the remaining freight on the Racetrack is freight that goes via the C&I to Savannah, Mpls, pacific NW, etc. The Chief was moved from the SF to the BN Racetrack more-or-less making the SF the freight line & the BN Racetrack the passenger line. <br /> <br />CC <br />[/quote] <br />Well, depending on where you locate yourself, Metra alone runs about 48 inbounds and 48 outbounds per weekday for 96 trains. There are two Amtraks in each direction daily, which makes 100 passenger trains. So an additional 20 freights would put us at 120, and I'd say there are maybe 40-50 freights on a good day. <br />[/quote] <br />There are about 50-55 Freights per day, most Trains expect all Coal, 1-2 Intermodals and a few Manifest Trains did stay after the Merger.
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