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RJ Corman is in the process of adding that siding in Avoca (near Middletown). I have heard this is for excursions of the steam engine to the Ryder Cup this...
I have noticed that CSX has recently changed their traffic pattern in the area. A southbound train no stops short of Reamers lane uncouples the needed ...
Hey George whats at Obannon???? FORD!!!! Must be autoracks or the big box cars which contain auto parts or frame cars. Most of those cars come from cincy but...
We are getting a 4.5 mile new industrial rail spur in Ohio County, Kentucky. It projected to be operational 1 July 2008, although no work has started on a...
Does this train come through within a set time range, e.g. 2pm - 4pm daily, or is its schedule looser, e.g. anytime in the 24-hour period? Andy _____ From:...
Just joined and like the group already. Spent the afternoon going through all the great photo albums. Shortine engineer in the frozen north of Michigan. Very...
Hey Larry...welcome aboard! This is a fun group and you're right, KY has some terrific shortlines. I find myself drawn to TTI up in Paris and, of course, RJ...
The siding being built at Avoca is for the storage of business train cars during the Ryder Cup golf event. Corman will build a wye at the west end of...
I am not sure but it happens sometimes for than once a day. It seems like one time is between 4-7PM which is bad for everyone (not me) that lives in the ...
... Its train #241 Usually Q241. Its a dedicated Ford parts train. It hits O'Bannon in the time frame anywhere from 5-8pm. When it first started running they...
q241 has no set schdule the crew gets called to work out of cincy at 1000 this train usually dogs and gets recrews about 90% of the time. At obannon at about...
So it is going to run backwards to 25 miles to get back to the business cars??? They could probably build a wye in Anchorage and do just as well. or wye it...
I'm sure it has something to do with the freight but the question is why the change in exchange pattern which ties up the main line for an hour+ Geo In a...
There's a siding just a mile or two further south that runs from HK Tower almost all the way to the O'Bannon switch. I've seen long cuts of cars (auto racks...
Mike, when was the last time you were in the area? That siding has been changed to a second main with the siding ending north of O'bannon. many time the...
George, It doesn't tie up the railroad! Q241 usually has some HOTT cars for the truck plant. by the time the b&o(q241 is a assigned b&o job) crew gets on there...
It is the new Armstrong Coal Spur connecting to PAL at McHenry. They are currently transloading the new steel rails from flat cars at Beaver Dam. It is...
... 4pm daily, ... KTP ... high ... around ... later ... summer ... that ... Actually there should be little if any change regarding parts destined for LAP...
As for as I know, the Avoca siding is being built to store business train cars during the golf tournament. The business cars will presumably be from the major...
Will RJ use this siding for ballast pickup from the quarry? It seems unusual for a railroad to build a siding (expensive) for another railroad to use so to...
So there's no real decrease in demand, they're just trying to build the trucks with lower cost. So why all the drama about demand downturn?? I love my '96...
The information I have re: the Avoca siding and the Shelbyville wye came from a Corman official last Fall....others were told the same thing. The siding may...
My supposition would be that they're building the siding using money that's budgeted for their participation in the Ryder Cup which would be charged to public...
Even if those are "hot" cars, why can't they just drop the cars in the siding and go on? Even with a plodding crew it shouldn't take long to do that, ...
I believe this is a daily around 4:30-6:30 P.M. My friends on the list-serve can help me with that one.... In a message dated 3/6/2008 9:57:56 A.M. Eastern...
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