Colorado Coal on the Indy Line

JoJames · Unread post by **JoJames** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:43 pm

CSX will be receiving on the average of one loaded coal train a day from the UP at St Louis. Trains will be bound for Newport News Virginia for export. Ridgeway to Columbus and then on the former C&O to Virginia will be the routing of these new trains. Twenty empty trainsets have been placed in service to start. Some trains will operate via Chicago and Fostoria Ohio due to train capacity issues on UP and CSX. Nothing will operate via Cincinnati due to the usual bottleneck there .

cbehr91 · Unread post by **cbehr91** » Sun Dec 30, 2012 8:29 pm

Have these been running as U765/E417? There was a U765 that ran down the Scottslawn on Christmas Eve.

CSXIndyLine · Unread post by **CSXIndyLine** » Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:30 am

U765 is the loaded symbol, yes.

CG Tower · Unread post by **CG Tower** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 1:53 pm

Low water on the Mississippi River causing all kinds of traffic changes on the railroad as good normally shipped by barge now is being sent by rail.

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PowellWye · Unread post by **PowellWye** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:46 pm

After the initial rush of about 6 of these before Christmas, I haven't heard one of these in the past week. There was an E417 the went west after Christmas but that is the only one since.

Here is on I shot south of Columbus, OH before the holidays -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30790308@N03/8302078929/

CSX_CO · Unread post by **CSX_CO** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:33 am

Operations at Avon were told to expect 2 trains a week, running within a few hours of each other. Had a flurry of trains when they first started running, but haven't had one since before Christmas now. Had an empty hopper train come out of St. Louis for the KY coal fields yesterday, so I'm thinking they sent too many trainsets west. Interestingly enough, UP has been using CSX 900's on these trains, and using them with a UP DP unit.

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redside20 · Unread post by **redside20** » Fri Jan 04, 2013 3:44 pm

A couple of years back there was a UP powered train that headed west down the Indy Line symbolled "EO65". Back when the bullsheet was operable, I read that the train was an empty hopper symbol heading back to Colorado...where the train was coming from is anyones guess.

CSX_CO · Unread post by **CSX_CO** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:32 pm

Well...as fast as they appeared, they disappeared. Haven't seen one of these since the first of the year through Avon...

Other Indiana coal moves are booming though...

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