Fostoria District traffic jam this morning

[chowetrains]

I had to go out to Woodburn this morning to take a friend into work and seen a big back up of trains on the Fostoria district line east out of New Haven around 5am. There was a train, a Triple Crown, at New Haven pass, couldn't tell if it was on the siding or the main. Then the next train was stopped at the Casad signal, looked like 233(lead engine 2595). Then there was a train in the siding at Dawkins, with what looked like a short Triple Crown train jammed in behind it on the siding(hard to tell for sure in the early morning darkness and seeing behind all the growed up corn fields). Then, when I turned onto 101 and crossed the tracks, there was another westbound train stopped just short of the crossing with NS 9269 for its lead engine. That made for a total of 4-5 trains in a short distance(couldn't tell if there was anything else parked behind the train at 101). Wonder what caused all those westbounds to get stacked up like that?

As an aside note, when I got to the Wabash line, I had to wait on what looked like westbound 181. I'm guessing it made it through New Haven because it was doing track speed as it passed me, so apparently the problem was on the Fostoria side and wasn't affecting the Wabash line.

[Chris7092]

I read something about 307 being in emergency Friday morning, that probably had something to do with it. 306 tied up the line Thursday evening while it was in emergency down by the east end of New Haven Pass...just another day on the railroad I guess.

Chris
K8CRQ

[Funitsforever]

yep, situation normal

[CIOR]

Snafu? we all know what that stands for.

Besides, I heard they tried testing a engineer only train the other day for a short distance..!!!!

[Funitsforever]

and it would have worked too

[Funitsforever]

I read something about 307 being in emergency Friday morning, that probably had something to do with it. 306 tied up the line Thursday evening while it was in emergency down by the east end of New Haven Pass...just another day on the railroad I guess.

Chris
K8CRQ

and where did you read that at?

[Ibflattop]

Hey Just another normal day on the NS Remember that ML! Hey Can tell ya many stories of Going into a siding and sitting their watching the trains going by just because of one JM. If ya got on JM bad side he would put ya into a siding and let ya sit there. I guees singing " Bottom of a Bottle" didnt help eather!!!!! Oh man did I say that????????
KB

[CIOR]

Kev, in some cases it doesn't help when you run a conductorless train.

Yes, JCM had fun with more then a few crews. Rusting to the rail was something a few guys got use to.
I made a few trips that I saw every siding from Cincy-FtWayne.....then some other trips I never saw a siding.
LOL you could say it was fun at times.

[matt]

speaking of traffic jams,i read on another site that a recent presentation was done saying that by 2030 trains especially around the chicago area could be idle for days due to backed up traffic.but what could be done ?it's not like you could just put track back on abandoned right's of way.it would cost too much and these right's of way either have buildings built on top of them or have just been plowed up in sections.i've been seeing more stopped trains on the old water level route around the kendallville area lately too.

[Funitsforever]

speaking of traffic jams,i read on another site that a recent presentation was done saying that by 2030 trains especially around the chicago area could be idle for days due to backed up traffic.but what could be done ?it's not like you could just put track back on abandoned right's of way.it would cost too much and these right's of way either have buildings built on top of them or have just been plowed up in sections.i've been seeing more stopped trains on the old water level route around the kendallville area lately too.

Ill be retired by then, so its not my problem.
I wonder if JCM is in Kendallville?

[rrnut282]

I think I saw him last week waving to crews at CP 379. If he drives a little blue car with multiple antennas on it, that is.

[Mark]

234 was in New Haven siding early this morning waiting for
a crew. They ran 857 east ahead of 234. 857 did not swap power
at East Wayne.
145 and 146 passed somewhere West of Hugo
last night.233 passed 234 at New Haven pass.

Mark

[chowetrains]

I think I saw him last week waving to crews at CP 379. If he drives a little blue car with multiple antennas on it, that is.

That sounds like John's car.

[Michael Meisener]

I saw John on Tuesday in K Ville. He no longer has a blue buick. He now has a little white 4 door GM car.

[KEITH_HARRIS]

MIKE, DO YOU SUPPOSE HE STILL HAS HIS PLASTIC BAG TO COVER HIS HAND HELD RADIO WHEN HE IS OUT IN THE RAIN TALKING TO THE TRAINS ? THIS IS NOT A STORY, I SAW THIS MYSELF ONE AFTERNOON AT THE MAIN CROSSING IN K'VILLE. HE DID NOT HAVE A RAIN COAT ON AND IT WAS POURING RAIN. SURE ONE OF A KIND.


KEITH