Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:31 pm
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Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:43 pm
Jokes for the win! 
Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 9:52 pm
Are any of the NS Chicago Line train estimates based on any real data?
Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 10:20 pm
Just a lot of records and logsPatAzo wrote:Are any of the NS Chicago Line train estimates based on any real data?
Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 2:17 am
PatAzo wrote:Are any of the NS Chicago Line train estimates based on any real data?
No. Just a lot of guesswork and imagination.
Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 6:09 am
*reasonable and logical estimatesStupidFleet wrote:PatAzo wrote:Are any of the NS Chicago Line train estimates based on any real data?
No. Just a lot of guesswork and imagination.
Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 11:24 am
Lolno
Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 3:48 pm
NS documents? Rail fan observations? Were the movements, times and dates recorded or is it recollections?Toppysager wrote:Just a lot of records and logsPatAzo wrote:Are any of the NS Chicago Line train estimates based on any real data?
Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 5:49 pm
Ok i found my OS from when i did 24 hours at Elkhart station back in November of 2012 and got 82 trains not including the Grand Elk they didn't run, This was the day after Thanksgiving Friday 18:00 to Saturday 18:00 hours.
Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 6:12 pm
Yes as a matter of fact I do record trains. In a yearly,computer recorded binder that are all over 120 pages. I've seen 696 trains in both 2010 and 2011, 788 trains in 2012, 904 in 2013, and 929 in 2014. I record time, company, engine #, #cars, direction, type, and location. I'd say theyre significant logs and recordsPatAzo wrote:NS documents? Rail fan observations? Were the movements, times and dates recorded or is it recollections?Toppysager wrote:Just a lot of records and logsPatAzo wrote:Are any of the NS Chicago Line train estimates based on any real data?
Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 6:27 pm
I think that is a cool hobbyToppysager wrote:Yes as a matter of fact I do record trains. In a yearly,computer recorded binder that are all over 120 pages. I've seen 696 trains in both 2010 and 2011, 788 trains in 2012, 904 in 2013, and 929 in 2014. I record time, company, engine #, #cars, direction, type, and location. I'd say theyre significant logs and records
. BL2 does the same from Howell, MI, since the 1970's.Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 7:29 pm
Except BL2 has records from the same spot for every train he has witnessed (he lives right on the tracks) since 1971!AARR wrote:I think that is a cool hobbyToppysager wrote:Yes as a matter of fact I do record trains. In a yearly,computer recorded binder that are all over 120 pages. I've seen 696 trains in both 2010 and 2011, 788 trains in 2012, 904 in 2013, and 929 in 2014. I record time, company, engine #, #cars, direction, type, and location. I'd say theyre significant logs and records
Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 7:56 pm
Yeah I record all the trains I see. And while I haven't done it very long (only 6 yrs) I have records from 16 different states and provinces and from all my railfanning experiencesMQT3001 wrote:Except BL2 has records from the same spot for every train he has witnessed (he lives right on the tracks) since 1971!AARR wrote:I think that is a cool hobbyToppysager wrote:Yes as a matter of fact I do record trains. In a yearly,computer recorded binder that are all over 120 pages. I've seen 696 trains in both 2010 and 2011, 788 trains in 2012, 904 in 2013, and 929 in 2014. I record time, company, engine #, #cars, direction, type, and location. I'd say theyre significant logs and records
Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 8:06 pm
I have everything I have filmed since May? Of 2012 logged. Works out to 535 entries, granted a half dozen don't involve a train - like the Godfrey signal cutover and GR Amtrak Grand Opening...
Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 8:07 pm
How many trains have you seen in 2014?MQT3001 wrote:I have everything I have filmed since May? Of 2012 logged. Works out to 535 entries, granted a half dozen don't involve a train - like the Godfrey signal cutover and GR Amtrak Grand Opening...
Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 12:50 pm
We can absolutely verify that CSX train counts between Garrett and Deshler are 70-75 trains a day. It isn't like one of the people posting here is a track inspector on that section of track or anything.
Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 12:51 pm
Toppysager wrote:How many trains have you seen in 2014?MQT3001 wrote:I have everything I have filmed since May? Of 2012 logged. Works out to 535 entries, granted a half dozen don't involve a train - like the Godfrey signal cutover and GR Amtrak Grand Opening...
Eleventeen billion.
Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 2:23 pm
Ummm ok? I never said it wasn't 75 a day. I just thought it was lower...but apparently not. No matter what number I say someone's going to disagreeMagnumForce wrote:We can absolutely verify that CSX train counts between Garrett and Deshler are 70-75 trains a day. It isn't like one of the people posting here is a track inspector on that section of track or anything.
Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 2:43 pm
MagnumForce wrote:Your hilariousToppysager wrote:How many trains have you seen in 2014?MQT3001 wrote:I have everything I have filmed since May? Of 2012 logged. Works out to 535 entries, granted a half dozen don't involve a train - like the Godfrey signal cutover and GR Amtrak Grand Opening...
Eleventeen billion.
Re: Busiest Indiana rail hotspots 2015
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 4:32 pm
This should tell you something.Toppysager wrote:No matter what number I say someone's going to disagree