Everything/Anything CF&E thread...Part 2

[AARR]

We caught the LIPG coming back into Lima.

I love your video of a long and slow train on jointed rail going over a diamond

[midland sub]

Looks 100 times better! Who would have thought!

[alittlevanwerty]

MASSIVE 100 plus car LIFW waiting to head west along Elida rd here in Lima. CF&E 3316/IORY 4034. Mostly Bunge cars. Blocking at least 2 crossing right now. Anyone from The College gonna be late!

[bnsf8000]

3/27/13. WB LIFW through Van Wert at 11:26AM. In the lead was CFE 3316/IORY 4034 with 57 cars. Very heavy on grain cars: CSYX, AEX, BNGX, BNSF, FMLX, CGLX and NOKL among others, 2 loaded steel flats, 6-8 box cars, 2-3 tank cars. That G&W orange is looking weathered already on the CFE 3316. Looks like the mechanical issues have did some of it on the side when it was headed WB. Good to see it though.

3/26/13. EB grain train around 3PM had 2 CSX engines and the CFE 3316 on it. Had CSX unit grain train in tow.

Thanks for the headups on the LIFW with CFE 3316 leading avanwerty!

3/26/13. I'm guessing around 9:45AM the LIVW was in town with CFE 3886 and brought in 4 covered hoppers. Took 1 car out to CSP and brought back 4 from there. Left town with 3886 and 5 cars EB back to Lima. May have worked the VW Terminal.

At last check there were 11 covered hoppers at the VW Terminal for soda ash transload and 6 tank cars for the bean oil.

They are making some progress on the VW supersite work. Have started the bridge grading and footing work that I can see. Some good photos on the fwarailfan.net site in the forums/message section. Also, they were working at US 127 this morning along side of the highway. Hopefully, this will all pay off for the region someday. Got to have it in place to have a chance.

PW

[alittlevanwerty]

The stopped in Delphos and dropped some cars. Maybe once my videos are uploaded someone will count the cars for me.

[alittlevanwerty]

CF&E 3316 IORY 4034 with the Bunge Grain by alittlevanwerty, on Flickr

CF&E 3316 IORY 4034 rolling into Delphos Ohio by alittlevanwerty, on Flickr

CF&E 3316 and its engineer by alittlevanwerty, on Flickr

[bnsf8000]

3/28/13. Yesterday, EB CFE train at 11:13AM through Van Wert. Leading were IORY 4036/4034 and around 20 cars The train consisted of 15 loads of new stick rail on TTX flats and around 5 gons.

PW

[alittlevanwerty]

I don't know how I managed to stay asleep while they ran through town!

[NW_1218]

Because 4036 was leading, and it doesn't have it's monster RS5T on it anymore!

[bnsf8000]

4/3/13. WB LIFW ar 9:20PM through Van Wert. Leading long hood forward was CORP 4023 with around 14 cars. Train had 8 covered hoppers, 5 steel flats and 1 tank car.

I believe on 4/1/13 LIVW was in VW and worked CSP on the southside of town. Was told it was CORP/I&O units. There are 6 covered hoppers for CSP just south of the Scott Equity: 4 ACFX, 1 NAHX and 1 SHPX.

Making good progress on the Van Wert supersite ground work for the railroad out to it. Have took a house down by US 127 and have knocked down the old Marsh barn also. It's in progress as we speak.

PW

[60Tonner]

There was a house by US127? I thought that was all industrial area.



60Tonner

[wildcatsa1fan]

The house is on marsh road not 127!!

[bnsf8000]

I thought there was a house just north of CW storage tanks on US 127. Right where the railroad ROW is going through on the very east side of US 127. I'll have to check that out with someone from the city/county if I can. Maybe I'm dreaming!

PW

[wildcatsa1fan]

Nope I live and work there no house just a red barn!!

[60Tonner]

What mailman delivered to that house on 127? Hmmmm.

[bnsf8000]

Yea, the red barn is still there. I must be dreaming. Must a been something in the salad from McD's. I guess no mailman could've delivered there. Is PR Tech still getting the switch put in when the trackwork commences? Plus, I hope they're going to use the siding to start with. I wonder if Carter Lumber could/would want a switch put back in? Now's the time if it's worth to them. Might not be justifiable.

PW

[AARR]

I wonder if Carter Lumber could/would want a switch put back in? Now's the time if it's worth to them. Might not be justifiable.

PW

In MI Carter Lumber opened a distribution yard on CN's Mt Clemens sub about a mile north of Mt Clemens. Its a large place that when Erb Lumber operated it received 20 cars a week during busy times. Carter is probably about half that with room to grow.

[wildcatsa1fan]

Barn and house apparently not going any where row to the north barely!

[DT&I]

IORY 4034, SCRF 6---, CFE 3880, and CORP 4024 all facing east at cole st. Yard with 2 good sized trains.

[bnsf8000]

4/5/13. WB LIFW through Van Wert at 10:46PM. In charge were CORP 4024/CFE 3880 and 21 cars. Train consisted of 10 covered hoppers: FMLX, DOWX, TILX among others, 6 MTY TTX steel flats, 4 loaded gons and 1 box car. Train worked the Van Wert Terminal before rolling through VW.

Still 6 covered hoppers for CSP: 4 ACFX, 1 NAHX and 1 SHPX just south of the Scott Equity.

CFE pickup hirailed the Cincinnati Northern remnant this morning heading NB in Van Wert.

Still 8-10 soda ash covered hoppers and 3-4 tank cars at the Van Wert Terminal.


PW