An Increase on NS in Fostoria? A Decrease on CSX in Fostoria

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An Increase on NS in Fostoria? A Decrease on CSX in Fostoria

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Yesterday when I was at NTD in Toledo. Someone gave me a flyer about Fostoria Rail Fest. I said I go there every so often. I asked him about the decreased traffic. Because I watch the cams on RS and I was there in February. I noticed something that I thought would never happen: Decreased traffic. Last year the trains were strong I seen like 10-12 in like 2 hours. I understand there are days that are not so busy. But now I would get like 10 trains from 2:45 pm to 6:30 pm. So the man told me that the NS will see an increase in traffic due to the Bellevue Yard Expansion. He also told me that CSX is decreasing because they are making their trains much bigger. I can totally see where thats going with Hunter Harrison in charge. I plan to be in Fostoria on Saturday for 3-4 hours. So is NS increasing their traffic and is CSX making bigger trains?

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Re: An Increase on NS in Fostoria? A Decrease on CSX in Fost

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Several train ID's have returned in the past month on CSX. Traffic has actually increased also in the past few months on CSX.

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Re: An Increase on NS in Fostoria? A Decrease on CSX in Fost

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Oh thats good for CSX. What about on the NS side?

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Re: An Increase on NS in Fostoria? A Decrease on CSX in Fost

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CSXBOY wrote:Oh thats good for CSX. What about on the NS side?
Depending on whats run, some days are busier than others on the Fostoria District. Any given day can see up to 20-30 trains in a 24 hour period. Some new trains have been introduced or reintroduced like NS 10R, or 12Q and M2Q
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Re: An Increase on NS in Fostoria? A Decrease on CSX in Fost

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Yeah I heard railfans say that you sometimes get it just right and sometimes you dont get it. Its all luck on the NS in Fostoria.

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Re: An Increase on NS in Fostoria? A Decrease on CSX in Fost

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Ok I went on Saturday I got 6 NS trains 2 locals and 4 freights and the rest were CSX trains all between 12:30 pm to 3:15 pm

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Re: An Increase on NS in Fostoria? A Decrease on CSX in Fost

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6 trains in less than 3 hours on almost any line on a Saturday is not bad!

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