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Are they going to fill in the quarry on the south west corner. last I heard it was to be built on the north west corner its a short distance to IO s yard run the engines around the train and head south. check Google map. also in the Lima News "project to alleviate rail congestion" a while back.

Indiana Hi-Rail corporate moto was 'Run the rails off the ties then walk away'

Indiana Highrail did the same to the Cloverleaf in Van Wert County. When I lived in Ohio City Norfolk and Western would roll through town at 15- 20 mph track was clear of brush and good shape. Then highrail took over, it was not long before they could barely make it to Delphos in one day, because of...

Is Corman storing crude oil tank cars for Husky on the old EL line by Elgin. I have seen them fill the line west of St Rt 81 with flameble placard cars then pull them later replace them with more tanks.

I went thru Spencerville Oh today drove by D&D apparently Doc is putting a siding in hooking to the old EL large stack of ties on north side of building.

Did any one else see the NS office train roll thru Van Wert at 9:30 this morning. I was outside taking my break heard the horn thought I would see a oil train, but out from the corner of the factory in to my line of sight four cover wagons two A units and two B units with long set of passenger car d...

I remember Smith was also involved with getting Spencerville & Elgin started, when I worked for Farm Service Center in 78, Fred V. ran the train out of Spencerville later operations where move to Ohio City. I also worked at Ohio Dec. The landscape of Spencerville has really changed from what it was ...

Made a trip to Delphos today. While crossing the tracks to D&D at State Rd, I saw contractors leveling out ground next to old track prepping for another track.
The contractor was working from State Rd west to D&D facility.

I am not a young pup, I remember NW rolling thru Ohio City at a respectable 30 ish MPH,also Drove truck for the fellow who started Spencerville and Elgin RR. The first trip west involved digging out tar patch at the crossings. Thankfully these two segments of track have survived.

D&D bought the old Mcdonald industry building on State Route 117 west edge of Spencerville.

D&D get a lot of rail cars from CFE and have built up a large yard to move them around. Hopefully my pixs from January at State rd load ok usually would catch CFE there around 3 to 5 O clock.

Yes, miscalculating the amount of thermal contraction or expansion can create a failure. In the southwest slow orders are issued during high temps. Rails expand creating a chance of rail spread, but haven't been a lot of reports of trains falling off the tracks. One other point, if now is not the ti...

How will the weather create a broken rail?, if the rail is not supported properly its logical that it would lead to a broke rail. The temperature needed to make the rail brittle would be hard to attain with out using a heat treat furnace, and quench tank (I teach Metallurgy). The track work had to b...

I went to Van Wert today, and also saw the track equipment on the CN. Then I drove west of VW to check out track and found two machines working west of Convoy near mentser church rd. CFE pickup was with them.

Track gang was working yesterday in Middlepoint Ohio area inserting ties, tamping and grading the ballast. Most of the pickup trucks had Norfolk Southern logos on them.