North Baltimore yard.

[CSX Q109]

Hi guys I wanted to ask when the new North Baltimore yard opens up? I heard sometime next wekk but I do not know if thats true or not? Thanks. Also will thire be any new trains from the North Baltimore yard?

[JoJames]

February 23 for flat switching. Yes there will be a few new trains. Details to come. Also the month of March will be used to get the bugs out of the system. Then it will be full speed ahead.

[PowellWye]

Hearing talk of a new intermodal pair out of North Baltimore toward the east coast but not by the routing one would first guess.

[sd70accsxt700]

These are the advertised crew districts for NB to take effect this weekend.

Buffalo to NB, home Buffalo
Cincy to NB, home Cincy
Columbus to NB, home Columbus
Celeveland to NB, home Celeveland
New Castle to NB, home NC
NB to Chicago, home NB
NB to Detroit, home NB

All pools to have three crews in them. There is also a list of train symbols, but the only ones I can rember are, Q148-Q149 out of Celeveland, Q133-Q134 out of Cincy. Q140 is the one to New Castle, but dont rember the other one.

[CSX Q109]

Heres some info I recived from a good freind today. Northwest Ohio Phase 1 Plan – February 23



Trains to be operated via Northwest Ohio Intermodal Terminal



Q130 – Effective date 2/23

Days of Operation: Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Train will originate at North Baltimore (2030) and terminate at Portsmouth (0430 Day 3).
Blocks carried will be PORT – Solid Portsmouth train.
Q13022 will be last train to originate at Cleveland .


Q133 – Effective date 2/23

Days of operation: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Train will originate at North Baltimore (1930) and terminate at Cincinnati TOFC (0330 Day 2).
Blocks carried will be JAXT and CINI.
Q13320 will be last train to originate at Chicago TOFC.


Q134 – Effective date 2/22

Days of Operations: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Train will originate at Cincinnati TOFC (2230) and terminate at North Baltimore (0630 Day 2).
Blocks carried will be NWOC, BNCO, EZMT and PNCT.
Q13419 will be last train to terminate at Chicago TOFC.


Q139 – Effective date 2/21

Days of Operation: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Train will originate Portsmouth (2200) and terminate at North Baltimore (0730 Day 3).
Blocks carried will be NWOC and CH5T.
Q13918 will be last train to terminate at Cleveland .


Q146 – Effective date 2/22

Days of Operation: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Train will originate at Chicago TOFC (1800) work North Baltimore (0100-0300 Day 2) and terminate at Columbus TV (0915 Day 2)
See profile for block patterns
Q14621 will be last train run without working at North Baltimore


L146 – Effective 2/25 (blocking difference between L and Q)

Days of Operation: Friday and Saturday
Train will originate at Chicago TOFC (1800) work North Baltimore (0100-0300 Day 2) and terminate at Columbus TV (0915 Day 2)
See profile for block patterns
L14619 will be last train run without working at North Baltimore
Q147 – Effective date 2/22

Days of Operation: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Train will originate at Columbus TV (2130) and terminate at Chicago TOFC (1400 Day 2)
See profile for block patterns
Q14721 will be last train to run without working at North Baltimore .


Q148 – Effective date 2/23

Days of operation: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Train will originate 59th Street (0400) work North Baltimore (1200 – 1530) and terminate at Cleveland (1930)
Train will carry NWOC, DETT, PORT, CBST and CLET blocks. At North Baltimore will set out all blocks except CLET. CLET will be PT at North Baltimore .
Q14822 will be last train run without working at North Baltimore .


Q149 – Effective date 2/23

Days of operation: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Train will originate at Cleveland (0500) work North Baltimore (0900 – 1330) and terminate at 59th Street at (2100)
See profile for blocking pattern
Q14922 will be last train to run without working at North Baltimore .


Q150 – Effective 2/23

Days of operation: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Train will originate at North Baltimore (1130) and terminate at Detroit TV (1845)
Train will carry DETT block.
Q15122 will be last train to operate from Cleveland to Detroit . Q150 will run east from North Baltimore to Detroit ..
Notes – Q19622 will be last train to operate from Chicago to Detroit .


Q151 – Effective 2/23

Days of operation: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Train will originate at Detroit TV (0900) and terminate at North Baltimore (1630)
Train will carry JAXT, EXMT, PNCT, BNCO and NWOC blocks
Q15022 will be last train run Detroit to Cleveland
Notes – Q19521 will last train to run fro Detroit to Chicago .


Q157 – Effective 2/23

Days of operation: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
Train will originate at South Kearny (2030), work Syracuse (0700 – 0830 Day 2), works North Baltimore (2200 – 0500 Day 3) and terminates G1 UP (1300 Day 3)
See profile for blocking pattern
Q15721 will be last train to run without working at North Baltimore .


L157 – Effective 2/22

Days of operation: Tuesday and Thursday
Train will originate at South Kearny (2030), work Syracuse (0700 – 0830 Day 2), works North Baltimore (2200 – 0500 Day 3) and terminates G1 UP (1300 Day 3)
See profile for blocking pattern
L15717 will be last train to run without working at North Baltimore .


Q164 – Effective 2/24 (New Train)

Days of operation: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Train will originate at North Baltimore (0800) and terminate Syracuse (2130 Day 2)
Train will carry KAET, EZMT, PNCT and NYCT






Train Schedule Changes not routing via Northwest Ohio Intermodal Terminal



Q112 – Effective date 2/22

Remove NYCT block
NYCT at Chicago will now become an NWOC on Q/L146 and connect to Q164 at North Baltimore .


L112 – Effective date 2/26

Remove NYCT block
NYCT at Chicago will now become an NWOC on Q/L146 and connect to Q164 at North Baltimore .


Q113 – Effective 2/23

Remove PNOD block at Syracuse
Traffic will move in NWOC block on Q/L157


Q/L115



Q122 – Effective date 2/23

At Columbus remove DETT, PORT and NYCT blocks – traffic will run in NWOC block on Q147
At Cleveland remove pickup of NYCT block – traffic will move Q149
Departing Cleveland train will be blocked EZMT, PNCT, WORT, PNCT and EZMT.




Q123 – Effective date 2/23

At Syracuse remove DETT block – traffic will run in NWOC block on Q/L157


Q/L137 TBD



Q159 – Effective date 2/23

At Port Newark remove the DETT block and replace with NWOC block


L159 – Effective date 2/22

At Port Newark remove the DETT block and replace with NWOC block


Q161 – Effective date 2/23

At South Kearny remove the LTG2, PNUP, CTBE and CTBN blocks


Q163 – Effective date 2/23

At Port Newark remove the DETT block and replace with NWOC block


L163 – Effective date 2/22

At Port Newark remove the DETT block and replace with NWOC block


Q195 – Effective date 2/21 – Train being removed from service

Q19521 will be last train to run.


Q196 – Effective date 2/22 – Train being removed from service

Q19622 will be last train to run.


Q241 – Effective date 2/23

Q24122 will be last train to pickup JAXT block at Walbridge.
JAXT block will move via Q151


Q290 – Effective date 2/23

Train will operate seven days a week


H711 – Effective date 2/22

CBST block is replaced with NWOC block.

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[redside20]

According to CSX Huntington Yahoo Groups there is talk of routing the Q130/139 test pair down the Columbus and Northern Subs down through West Virginia and Virginia and vice versa. It is supposed to take place March 1st.

[PowellWye]

....that was the routing one would not first guess I eluded to above. Very odd move by CSX if you ask me but I'll take it. At any rate if the current Q130/139 schedules are adhered to, they will be under darkness in Ohio for the most part.

Whit

[CSX Q109]

Sounds like the yard master is on ARR channel 65. Also CSX 8420 Remonte unit.

[JoJames]

Yes yardmaster on channel 65. 8420 8421 8423 have been set up for remote use in the yard.

[PowellWye]

North Baltimore should become quite busy very shortly. Q147 is by Ridgeway heading to NB for the first time as is Q139 and Q134 which are supposed to arrive by day break. It's going to be little interesting in NW Ohio as CSX gets the facility up and running.

[CSX Q109]

Q139 is at Republic ohio as of 12:50am.

[StupidFlee​t]

According to the Fostoria radio traffic Q130, Q139, and Q147 are all in North Baltimore.

[CSX Q109]

You can add Q146 to that as well.

[sd70accsxt700]

Officaly as I was passing by the yard, (I was on Q13822) Q146 was the first train to enter the new yard at 01:30. Followed verry shortly by Q139 & Q147. Q147 was also getting a recrew and continuing on towards Chicago. That is not in the plan they told us so I have no idea how long that will last.

[willardgarrett]

I may be missing something, but does this mean that there is no longer Chicago-Cincinnati service? I don't see anything about the a CINI block from Chicago.

[sd70accsxt700]

Chicago-Cincy will be Q133 & Q134.

[JoJames]

Thought 133 and 134 would be North Baltimore to Cincy trains. 146 along with 147 would move traffic to and from Chicago.

[southshorepapa]

CSX cargo hub begins operations

2/24 - North Baltimore, Ohio - A big cargo handling facility in southern Wood County is in operation ahead of schedule. The first cargo containers quietly came off trains at the CSX intermodal yard near North Baltimore on Wednesday.

CSX officials emphasize this is still a test phase for cranes at the site-- but now they're handling real cargo, with a few trains running in and out of the facility. But it also means the facility is on the right track.

What may look like a giant erector set is actually five cargo cranes on a size and scale never seen before in Northwest Ohio. Cargo containers are loaded and unloaded from trains to truck and vice versa. Eventually, the cranes will handle two million containers per year.

"It's going to be a gradual ramp-up to when they're in full operation, but they did have their first lift today, so in the literal sense, they're open and operative today," said Tom Blaha, executive director of the Wood County Economic Development Commission (WCEDC).

The intermodal yard is creating 200 to 300 new jobs, but it is hoped ten times that many spin-off jobs develop, as warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing facilities are built nearby. That could go a long way in making up for the recent closures of two plants in Bowling Green.

"Regional economies are much like families,� explained Blaha. �Grandpa passes away this year, little Billy is born next year. Companies have certain life spans. Industry sectors have certain life spans."

Chances are you'll see more trucks with those cargo containers running up and down I-75. The CSX rail yard may mean a third lane will be built between Perrysburg and points south. The hope is the CSX cargo hub will link up with air cargo facilities at Toledo Express Airport and shipping operations at the Port of Toledo.

"The rail moving through this facility is east-west traffic, so it's not going to decrease truck traffic,� said Blaha. �In fact, it might increase on 75."

Some of those potential factories would literally be built right across the street from the intermodal yard-- and bring in components from the U-S, Europe, and Asia. Once they're put together as consumer products, they're shipped right back out from the same intermodal facility.

Fox Toledo

[CSX Q109]

Sounds like Q148 is going to be comeing out of the yard to head east soon. Q147 is also going to depart soon sounds like. Q149 is at attica comeing west.

[sd70accsxt700]

I see in the computer today they added three more turns to the Chicago pools. They are running Q148-149-146-147 to Chicago.