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With the decline in intermodal traffic, what is the current staus of Hoosier Lift? It is mainly a crew base. It receives Z-EPHL Tu, Th and Sa earlt morning and sends out Z-HLEP Su, Tu and Th night. The 0900 Indiana Local works west to Gilman and east to Logansport. The through train's power is used to make the CSXT interchange run to Lafayette and return. FBI Buildings unloads centerbeam flat cars. Autoracks were loaded here in spring 2003. Also, due to the rail congestion in Chicago, is there any chance that the BNSF, CSX or NS might try to aquire the TP&W and use it as a bridge route bypassing Chicago (SF tried 20 years ago)? If any Class I tried this, it sounds like they would have a lot of work to do on the physical plant. I don't expect a Class 1 to buy TP&W unless we have some transcon mergers. RailAmerica has done some extensive crosstie replacement but I'm not sure if tracks speeds were raised to 40mph (as rumored). Santa Fe and PRR/Penn Central/Conrail used TP&W as bridge route in 1927 - 1981. After Santa Fe merged TP&W into its system 12-31-83, they neglected the East End grain traffic dropped, the Hoosierlfit didn't get the expected business. DPJ
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