That Guy wrote:So have our "PALS" been out hyrailing?
So will there be a Detroit-Louisville-Paducah connection?.... I can see it now, overhead traffic to Paducah Kentucky. thank god for the Ohio River
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:21 pm
by midland sub
No not by any stretch.....
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 2:50 pm
by heartlandguy
I&O light engines south by Columbus Grove @ 2:40pm. OC 4028, HLCX 8140, and CIND 2002, one of the orange gensets. Look out if they run a Northstar extra tomorrow, as the genset is facing north...
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:13 am
by alittlevanwerty
LNL built and almost ready to go. Very good size train considering they have no ore gons in the consist. HLCX 8140 will lead north, OHCR 4028 south.
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 12:24 pm
by CG Tower
Ore gons?
alittlevanwerty wrote:LNL built and almost ready to go. Very good size train considering they have no ore gons in the consist. HLCX 8140 will lead north, OHCR 4028 south.
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 12:39 pm
by AARR
CG Tower wrote:Ore gons?
alittlevanwerty wrote:LNL built and almost ready to go. Very good size train considering they have no ore gons in the consist. HLCX 8140 will lead north, OHCR 4028 south.
Did you mean pig iron gondola's?
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 2:09 pm
by midland sub
Indeed he meant the gons used for pig iron. I&O struggling mightily in Cincy getting anything moved with any sort of regularity. They are talking about bringing back the old 204/209 which would be a solid pig iron train three days a week. I don't think logistics are in place to pull that off i.e. another set off power, but possible next year.
Track equipment set to begin work on the old Brookville line to the new wheat mill. A good chunk of wheat is supposed to come via CN and Flat Rock.
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:07 pm
by heartlandguy
midland sub wrote:Indeed he meant the gons used for pig iron. I&O struggling mightily in Cincy getting anything moved with any sort of regularity. They are talking about bringing back the old 204/209 which would be a solid pig iron train three days a week. I don't think logistics are in place to pull that off i.e. another set off power, but possible next year.
Track equipment set to begin work on the old Brookville line to the new wheat mill. A good chunk of wheat is supposed to come via CN and Flat Rock.
More leasers? Vaguely remember those 204/209 trains, but it would be cool to see them back. Also good to hear about the wheat traffic...
I wondered if something was up down towards Cincy on the I&O, as their whole operating pattern seems to have shifted recently. LNL's running during the day, random pig iron runs, etc. Power has been swapped around a lot as well, the current sets are 5678/8161 and the 4028/8140, but its changed so much in the last week that I've lost track.
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:09 pm
by Y@
LNL is now regular daylight run.
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 8:49 pm
by midland sub
NS has a couple track projects for the Dayton Dist over the next month so I don't know if that also played into the decision.
Very power short at the moment. 9500 is dead and on the way to the OC and Morgan Run for repairs. It's on a loaded 80 car stone train for the Logan Sub. Hopefully CSX pulls it off in Parsons for the OC to pick up Tuesday. HLCX 6227 is the other new Helm turd they've using on the Logan stone trains. Its got some sort of air problem so it got pulled off and swapped with 4084. 4070-4084 will be gone for figure a week on the stone train. Before 9500 crapped out and 6227's air problems, they figured they are around 4 six axles and two four axles short of power for what they need. Loaded grain train has been sitting at Trupointe in South Chuck since Wednesday...,
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:28 pm
by heartlandguy
So here's a new one for you guys...
Was in Lima this morning for a doc. appointment, and went the back way home past Ford Park Yard. I&O 5013 was sitting on the south leg of the wye with a cut of covered hopper. Nothing new there. But, sitting on the fuel pad was a surprising pair of freshly painted NS EMDs. Don't have the numbers off hand, but the 1st unit was an OLS GP38-2, followed by one of the ex-Helm SD40-2s (3400-series).
No clue why or how these got here, any thoughts?
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:48 pm
by looshi
They are probably the locomotives scheduled to be used for the excursion on Sunday. These trips are being run by the Allen County Historical Society in partnership with Cincinnati Railway (http://allencountymuseum.org/ACM2/Ridin_the_Rails.html). Last I heard the plan was to lease a couple locomotives from NS rather than ship a CNRY locomotive up and back.
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:46 pm
by alittlevanwerty
A chase from July, finally got it uploaded today. 6637 leads 8161/8140
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:41 pm
by heartlandguy
LNL currently working SteelTec on the loop in Ottawa. OHCR 4028 on point for today's run south
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 5:56 pm
by AARR
alittlevanwerty wrote:A chase from July, finally got it uploaded today. 6637 leads 8161/8140
Always enjoy your video's, vanwerty. Thanks for posting.
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 10:47 pm
by GP30M4216
What's the schedule like these days for the 400/401 Flat Rock turn jobs? Are they still Tues/Thurs or more/less often? Daylight or under cover of darkness? I've been out of the loop for a long time~!
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 5:57 am
by AARR
GP30M4216 wrote:What's the schedule like these days for the 400/401 Flat Rock turn jobs? Are they still Tues/Thurs or more/less often? Daylight or under cover of darkness? I've been out of the loop for a long time~!
Y@ will know the schedule but IIRC the Delta switcher still pretty much operates as it always has on duty around 6am going to Flat Rock 3x per week or so. The big change is the LNL runs days now rather than nights.
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 4:32 pm
by Y@
400/401 have been gone for a few years now. Delta job works 5-6 days a week and goes to Flat Rock 3-4 times. They're OD sometime before sunrise. LNL is an 0800 call now AFAIK and the XLNL's still run randomly. Grain trains for Metamora are sporadic but should be getting a little more regular soon now that harvest is here.
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:27 am
by alittlevanwerty
Re: IORY North End
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 3:06 pm
by mutant of Flat Rock
Maybe this should be in the Michigan Forum??...but it is the north end of the Indiana and Ohio afterall....My son and I caught an I&O drilling the Flat Rock yard yesterday (10-22-2014) with the 5678 (old CP rail). What a neat old crusty well worn locomotive with that single rear light. The train was doubling up a couple tracks in the yard and blocked the crossing for a bit much to our delight. Lots of loaded scrap gons, loaded lumber centerbeams, plastics covered hoppers, and some boxcars thrown in for good measure. Lighting was almost in line with the mainline to the southwest so forgive my camera positioning. I still need to stitch together the videos and will post on the utoob later tonight hopefully...Shawnmutant is my handle there. I am happy to have caught this move as they are somewhat elusive up this way.
