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Red unit circus train from Charleston WV to Albany NY arrived at Hobson Yard Middleport OH on NS West Virginia Secondary Track at around 11AM heading north for Columbus after crew change. Symbol out of Hobson 048 with power BNSF 5194, BNSF 1967, NS 2617.

Hocking Valley Scenic Railway in Nelsonville OH has CR 64531 (NYC 625) Russell 5-1946 which they acquired from CSXT. They have it on display near the depot.

NS has managed to keep trains moving this week despite high water. 380 & 381 have operated close to normal schedule all week but with a hi-rail patrol checking ahead. Current operation usually has 380 called Watkins Sunday-Thursday around 1630 and at Hobson 0800 Monday-Friday. Northbound 381 is usua...

380 out of Watkins Yard Tuesday night was powered by demonstrator unit EMDX 2012. May turn on 381 out of Dickinson called for 630AM Thursday morning.

NS has a somewhat rare daytime coal train out of Hobson about 1030AM headed for Columbus on the WV Secondary.

NS 696, road power NS 8065 & 1047, 99 loads/0 mty 14185 tons, J6R helper NS 2752 & 6574.

Helpers usually cutoff at Thurston and return to Hobson

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380 is on duty Watkins late afternoon/early evening Sunday-Thursday, on duty Hobson around 5AM-7AM Monday-Friday. Usually has one 6-axle unit and 20-40 cars; stone for metals plant at Alloy, cement for Nitro, chemicals in tanks and covered hopper, empty scrap metal gons, loaded gons with pipe, occas...