trains in southestern IL

[mattthefireman]

 I live in Golconda IL on the civilian conservation center about 36 miles from marin Il. there is a  one track main that runs through there would anyone who's it is.  

[moelarrycurly4]

Crab Orchard and Egyptian has a line.  (East west )The BNSF has a line near the mall there and the one that runs thru marion downtown I believe is BNSF ( north South)

[mattthefireman]

what is the rail traffic like busy or slow. what is the average number of trains.

[inch53]

BNSF and the CN/IC both have lines running north from Metropolis IL through the Shawnee forest. Those two are the only rail I know of going through that area any more.

inch

[mattthefireman]

 Does the traffic on these line have a high volume of trains on them.

[mattthefireman]

where in the forest do the BNSF and CN run

[inch53]

The BNSF runs south from Marion to through the forest to Vienna, then on to Metropolis. CN starts south at Edgewood [off the Cairo line] to Robbs then into Metropolis where they cross the Ohio into Paducah KY.

I don't know about traffic, but when me n the wife were camping by Metropolis in July, the mornings seems to be the busiest.

inch 

[moelarrycurly4]

BNSF has a lot of coal as does the CN/IC UP has trackage right on BNSF and CN(P&I) into Paducah. Most BNSF goes to cook coal termial in metropolis some makes it over to calvert city Ky on the P&L . CN has coal that goes into calvert and grain that goes into fulton. we are starting to see lots of graintrians to fulton. BNSF has a twice weekly local that runs to Paducah. We sometimes have 6 -8 train in daylight hours thru paducah. more on the edgewood cutoff  and bnsf in IL