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The brake console is set up for "trail". The automatic is in Handle Off position and the independent is cut-out. The remote system has its own brake control valves. Not sure what he is talking about on "control voltage", unless he is reading a meter on the back wall. The meter on the right is the am...

A little trivia for the modelers, the Atlas Penn Central 2-bay covered hopper is the same road number as the sand car that was at Sterling Yard.

I ran in and out of SAA from Split Date until about 2003-2004, when I was on 304/305. That train ran Stanley to Sterling Heights daily. The job came off sometime after I got off of it and all the SAA cars from CSX were then handled through CSX Rougemere, because the Detroit Terminal Sup't wanted to ...

Robertrains wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:44 am

BnOEngr, are you permitted to mention where CHS 44-Tonner #3 is going?

No. Also, I am not authorized to make or answer PMs per His Royalness...

CHS 3 has been sold and will be staying in MI.

Yes, there were 3 different sections to the signals in the book after split date. the Seaboard (CSX Standard as they are now called), the "C-" prefix rules which were Chessie (B&O & C&O) and "CR-" prefix which were CR/NORAC aspects. B&O CPL aspects have been moved to the CSX Standard section, and CS...

That is not correct. The different sets of signal rules are divided into distinct sections in the CSX rulebook. As shown, they are both Rule C1288 (which is Chessie-derived). It doesn't matter how the graphics actually look, and I would bet that the rulebook author simply copied/pasted the graphics...

My signal chart is ripped right out of our rule book and the sign entering the signal rules specifically calls out the rule numbers. You can see the same / similar sign going the opposite direction near the Plymouth Diamond on the line that runs to GR. What is the difference then between 1288(a) an...

What you have to understand about these signal charts, is that the square head aspects are the "Seaboard" or CSX Standard aspects. The oval head aspects are the C&O aspects. While not shown here, the Conrail aspects are depicted by round head aspects. That should be a slow approach. 10 mph past the ...

R/Y/Y on C&O signals is Medium Approach
R/Y/R on CSX Standard signals is Medium Approach
R/Y/R on C&O signals is Slow Approach
R/R/Y on CSX Standard signals is Slow Approach
R/Y on C&O signals is Restricting

The long stretch is formerly the northwest siding. The south switch was just north of the diamond. The NW Wye switch off the NW siding was a hand-throw until the 1990s when Deshler's plant was modernized. In the zeal of eliminating trackage, the south switch was removed, essentially making the track...

A basic rule of thumb for "back in the day" for new diesel locomotives was a dollar a pound.

...but I think theres also 2 coal trains that run Tue-Sat...

You must be referring to the iron ore train and the corresponding empties, not coal. Also, it's Mon-Fri.

CSX RULES All Double Mains East/ West, Single Mains North/ South (example Toledo Sub in Deshler and Toledo Branch at Galatea) TIMETABLE Rules?? What rule number are you claiming says this? Does the B&O through Lima, Sidney, Dayton and south of Trenton become east/west because they are double track?...

wrote:#47 is on the end of a track rotting in the fields of Ohio after spending time in Indiana and Hillsdale.

Where?

Currently used for signal Department storage, also reporting point for area trades; plumbers, carpenters, electricians. Also contains a mechanic's shop. Is occasionally used for quarterly training classes for M of W. Building is for sale if interested...

Delray wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 11, 2023 4:16 pm

However, 1225 is still up on blocks. The wheel sets are back in the shop finally

The drivers were in the shop when I was there last fall. What wheel sets are you talking about?

CSX's geometry trains hit the whole system (mainlines) twice a year. Maybe the FRA hits everybody in the country once a year?

Two of the guys putting it together are a former NS manager and a CN sales guy. I think there was a third principle but can't remember his pedigree. All I'll say is "good luck"...

If you read about the topic on other forums, the consensus seems to be that it just leaked out enroute.