Chicago line meltdown.

[M.D.Bentley]

Anyone else notice the single track main between Fairlane OH and Conway, PA ? The weather Tuesday packed a wallop with the flooding , signals and dead crews ( & trains ) everywhere around the Cleveland area. Almost nothing NB on the Detroit line from the East, anyways.

[CSX_CO]

Anyone else notice the single track main between Fairlane OH and Conway, PA ? The weather Tuesday packed a wallop with the flooding , signals and dead crews ( & trains ) everywhere around the Cleveland area. Almost nothing NB on the Detroit line from the East, anyways.

Impossible. NS doesn't have problems like that. Just ask on any railfan board, anywhere.

Practice Safe CSX

[ns8401]

Anyone else notice the single track main between Fairlane OH and Conway, PA ? The weather Tuesday packed a wallop with the flooding , signals and dead crews ( & trains ) everywhere around the Cleveland area. Almost nothing NB on the Detroit line from the East, anyways.

Impossible. NS doesn't have problems like that. Just ask on any railfan board, anywhere.

Practice Safe CSX

NS? Problems with late trains and gridlock on the Chicago line? Nah it can't be...

[MagnumForce]

Living up here close to "Chicago Mains" of NS and CSX I can tell you that both of them are at the brink. NS does have two things going for them though, there are a lot of sidings West of Toledo where they can park trains and are still able to keep both tracks open and they don't have NWO thrown into the mix.

[Y@]

Living up here close to "Chicago Mains" of NS and CSX I can tell you that both of them are at the brink. NS does have two things going for them though, there are a lot of sidings West of Toledo where they can park trains and are still able to keep both tracks open and they don't have NWO thrown into the mix.

You say this all the time, but really, how is four sidings "a lot?" Not saying they don't help the situation, but really...

I may be wrong, but all I can think of is the siding up around Holland/Sylvania (I forget the CP's), then CP 304 to 307, CP 327 to 329, and the "third main" between Goshen and Elkhart. They rarely park trains in Bryan. I can't think of one between Bryan and Goshen.

[StupidFlee​t]

Living up here close to "Chicago Mains" of NS and CSX I can tell you that both of them are at the brink. NS does have two things going for them though, there are a lot of sidings West of Toledo where they can park trains and are still able to keep both tracks open and they don't have NWO thrown into the mix.

You say this all the time, but really, how is four sidings "a lot?" Not saying they don't help the situation, but really...

I may be wrong, but all I can think of is the siding up around Holland/Sylvania (I forget the CP's), then CP 304 to 307, CP 327 to 329, and the "third main" between Goshen and Elkhart. They rarely park trains in Bryan. I can't think of one between Bryan and Goshen.

292 to 295. Middle crossover at 293

There is not one between Bryan and Goshen. I've seen trains parked in the SCS at Bryan but it does not happen often.

[cbehr91]

There was a washout around Hudson (south side of Cleveland) this week and they're just beginning to catch up. Still lots of single track and dead trains. Holiday weekend and autorouter don't help either.

[M.D.Bentley]

I think GE spent more money on promoting the AutoDispatching than they did on the program !

[MagnumForce]

4 sidings for dead trains that always seem to be filled with dead trains. That is generally about what it is west of Defiance and that is now more single track than not. I think it definitely helps them or at the very least gives them options. I see crew swaps at these locations a lot, especially Swanton and Archbold.