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Napoleon, Defiance and Western: The Definitive Thread
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Note the bumblebee mailbox with NDW diamond on it.
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Friends & I are heading down that way this mon. What time does the crew "normally" come on duty and on the average how long does it take them to get their train ready for the trip to Napoleon ????
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Crews OD around 0700 and the train is not always in Defiance.Fred wrote:Friends & I are heading down that way this mon. What time does the crew "normally" come on duty and on the average how long does it take them to get their train ready for the trip to Napoleon ????
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Trains will start moving as soon as it's light out basically. Normally in Defiance but can be at Napoleon or anywhere else on the line.
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Thanks guys, we'll start at Napoleon & work our way west. After that Lima is next, St Mary's & then to Columbus
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OMG...They are laying ballast in Napoleon...
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As in quite a bit (hopper loads)? WOW!AC60CW wrote:OMG...They are laying ballast in Napoleon...
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Just went by with about 8-10 hoppers. I will go out an take a picture for proof in a minute. lol
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Awesome! And thanks for the photo. Seems like these guys are really trying hard to make this a better property.
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I wonder when the last time any part of the line was ballasted outside of accidents? I bet before Pioneer did it,it was the N&W
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Okay, question on this picture. normally, you can see the ties- so this seems like a lot of ballast between the rails. Can I assume they will then have something come through and tamp that stuff in? does if raise the rails/ties a bit out of the ground, or just push into the ground? Just trying to understand how this works.
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Indiana Hi-Rail did track work, less than Pioneer is doing, but more than the previous owner.JStryker722 wrote:I wonder when the last time any part of the line was ballasted outside of accidents? I bet before Pioneer did it,it was the N&W
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maw even dropped some ballast west of Okie
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TC Man wrote:Okay, question on this picture. normally, you can see the ties- so this seems like a lot of ballast between the rails. Can I assume they will then have something come through and tamp that stuff in? does if raise the rails/ties a bit out of the ground, or just push into the ground? Just trying to understand how this works.
Tamper will raise the rail along with ties if they are spiked to rail and squeeze stone underneath ties.
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Are they loading the rock cars online or coming off CSX?
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CSX.alittlevanwerty wrote:Are they loading the rock cars online or coming off CSX?
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Should be interesting when they run the tamper... Went through Cecil earlier this week and attached picture of the track west of Cecil. Looks like the amount of cars that are interchanged with the NS has increased. I was surprised to see the CSX ballast cars at the interchange in Defiance, I would have thought they could pull ballast from Hanson's outside of the Lafarge Facility.
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In the pic, will tamping the new ballast help smooth that rail out some?Notch 8 wrote:Should be interesting when they run the tamper... Went through Cecil earlier this week and attached picture of the track west of Cecil. Looks like the amount of cars that are interchanged with the NS has increased. I was surprised to see the CSX ballast cars at the interchange in Defiance, I would have thought they could pull ballast from Hanson's outside of the Lafarge Facility.
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