Wabash Central railroad in Bluffton.

[matt76]

I was wondering if anyone knew when they run. I have Thursday off and was wanting to try to get some pics. Thanks for any info.

[Ibflattop]

Its a hit and miss on this line. They run as a need to basis. We ran the line a couple of weeks ago and found that they had parked the engine over at Warren at the Grainery. Thanks Kevin

[Fred]

What do they have for power, is it lettered for them? When parked at Warren is the eng accessible for photos???

Thanks a lot

[AARR]

http://www.fwarailfan.net/wbcr.htm

Operations
The main yard for the Wabash Central is on the southwest side of Bluffton at the Bond St. crossing. This is also their base operations. Trains are usually put together here for delivery to shippers and interchanging. Activity on the line is sparse east of Bluffton but they operate fairly regularly west to Warren. Wabash Central operates a pair of ex-Illinois Central GP10s. WBCR #6 and MAW (Maumee & Western) #12 are currently assigned to the line. The Norfolk Southern locals L80 or L88 will deliver and pick up cars to and from WBCR typically during the weekdays. The largest shipper on the Wabash Central is Weaver Popcorn in Van Buren. Monitoring the WBCR radio frequency is sometimes helpful but only during switching operations. You can follow a train fairly easily on the line as speeds are about 10 mph, but plan on driving on a lot of dirt roads if you do. As with other area shortlines, the line is operated under restricted speed.

What do they have for power, is it lettered for them? When parked at Warren is the eng accessible for photos???

Thanks a lot

[Fred]

Thanks for the link & info.

[AARR]

I enjoyed reading it too. I get more satisfaction railfanning shortlines than Class 1's Looks like they have two small customers east of Blufton and four customers to the west.

Thanks for the link & info.

[Fred]

I'm the same way. I prefer shortlines & regionals.