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Posted by csxns on Friday, January 10, 2020 3:11 PM

kgbw49
Charlotte, NC in the south.

Will the trains come to Monroe NC and take a turn and run to Charlotte or come into Bostic NC and take a turn and run to Charlotte?NS has the better route going into Charlotte but CSX tried to build a new Intermodal yard but was shot down it was going to be somewhere around the state line.

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Posted by kgbw49 on Saturday, January 11, 2020 8:13 PM

csxns,

Not sure of the details. For an intermodal shipment they just need to have a terminal in the metro area to unload.

The BNSF Intermodal Map shows both NS and CSX getting to the Charlotte Metro Area.

It is all conjecture but if they were to extend their intermodal network to the Charlotte Metro Area, the most logical option would be to extend their successful agreement with CSX to Atlanta.

http://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/maps-and-shipping-locations/pdf/intermodal-map-large.JPG

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Posted by Deggesty on Saturday, January 11, 2020 8:46 PM

csxns

 

 
kgbw49
Charlotte, NC in the south.

 

Will the trains come to Monroe NC and take a turn and run to Charlotte or come into Bostic NC and take a turn and run to Charlotte?NS has the better route going into Charlotte but CSX tried to build a new Intermodal yard but was shot down it was going to be somewhere around the state line.

 

 

Was that where the Monroe-Atlanta line crossed the NC-SC state line?

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Posted by daveklepper on Sunday, January 12, 2020 12:29 AM

Monroe - Atlanta is ex-SouRR now NS, not CSX.

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Posted by Deggesty on Sunday, January 12, 2020 7:46 AM

daveklepper

Monroe - Atlanta is ex-SouRR now NS, not CSX.

 

David, I am sorry, but Monroe-Atlanta is CSX. NS does not go through Monroe.

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Posted by csxns on Sunday, January 12, 2020 8:52 AM

Deggesty
Was that where the Monroe-Atlanta line crossed the NC-SC state line?

Yes.

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Posted by daveklepper on Sunday, January 12, 2020 3:03 PM

What????!!!!

Old 97 Ballad:  "They gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia, saying Pete.."

CSX may serve Monroe, but the main line to Atlanta through nearbly Lynchburg, and on through Greenville and Charlotte definitely belongs to Norfolk Southern.  I rode the Crescent, the Piedmont Limited, more than once.

But maybe I can learn that there was also an ACL or Seabord or whatever line or combination that became a CSX line between Monroe and Atlanta?  But that is an addition to the NS line used by Amtrak.

 

 

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Posted by charlie hebdo on Sunday, January 12, 2020 3:16 PM

Two Monroes.  One in VA on the NS,  one in NC near Charlotte on the CSX. 

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Posted by Deggesty on Sunday, January 12, 2020 4:40 PM

charlie hebdo

Two Monroes.  One in VA on the NS,  one in NC near Charlotte on the CSX. 

 

Yes; if you go back to the post Friday at 2:11 p.m. MST, you will see that Monroe, N.C. is named.

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Posted by charlie hebdo on Sunday, January 12, 2020 4:46 PM

Yes.  I guess Dave drifted over to the Virginia Monroe. The drifting thread was about alternatives to  Chicago for E-W interchange or through routing. 

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Posted by Deggesty on Sunday, January 12, 2020 8:28 PM

In the days of passenger service Washington-Chattanooga and points south and west of Chattanooga, Monroe, Virginia, was the point at which N&W and Southern crews and engines changed. I have the impression that this became the change point when the trains through Roanoke began using the Kemper Street station instead of the Union Satation in Lynchburg. 

You may remember that it was in Monroe that a new Southern engine crew boarded for the run to Spencer (just above Salisbury, N.C.)

Now, back to Monroe in the Old North State.

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Posted by daveklepper on Sunday, January 12, 2020 10:21 PM

Apologies.  Did not know about Monroe, NC.

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