Saturnalia wrote:If they take everything they're supposed to, they'll have 236 totaling 13,000 feet of train.SW wrote:EB D908 arriving at Plymouth. CSX 5365+4228+4022+4021+24 cars. Currently pausing at milepost 25. There are a boatload of cars west of that milepost awaiting the trip back west. 187 off today's L392 alone.
Come on guys, get over it and just run Q334/335 three days a week and let the locals be locals.
Nope.SW wrote:ANNNNNDDDD looks like they just shifted the problem.
I just arrived on scene by bike, and the crossings are STILL blocked!!!Racer wrote:I'm watching it as we speak and it's worse! The yard job that pulls these cars to Beck Road has stalled on the Southwest Wye and is now blocking the main roads in downtown Plymouth which is where all the traffic from south of town has been trying to get to which is congestion on top of congestion. There's too many cars and not enough motive power to lug it all to Beck Road. I've been watching this operation change since the first day with all the conditions that have come along with it....and it just DOESN'T WORK! You have only one local on the east-end of the Plymouth Sub that has too much work that couldn't get done when 334/335 were running. There's too many cars to interchange that blocks too many roads and obviously there's not enough motive power to pull the cut west.
At least Ann Arbor Trail and Lilley Rd. are clear, so there is a route open to downtown. They are also fouling the main, and that could have been avoided, unless the west track is out of service. Just wait until Southbound 275 closes in May.I'm watching it as we speak and it's worse! The yard job that pulls these cars to Beck Road has stalled on the Southwest Wye and is now blocking the main roads in downtown Plymouth which is where all the traffic from south of town has been trying to get to which is congestion on top of congestion.
Once that happens, I will be avoiding the city if I see any sign of Q392 or Q399. I won't go near that mess. With CSX's efficiency on this situation, running Q334/335 for three days would cover up anything the locals are doing.GTW6401 wrote:Just wait until Southbound 275 closes in May.I'm watching it as we speak and it's worse! The yard job that pulls these cars to Beck Road has stalled on the Southwest Wye and is now blocking the main roads in downtown Plymouth which is where all the traffic from south of town has been trying to get to which is congestion on top of congestion.
At this point if CSX is never going to add more trains in any form on the Plymouth Sub including a road train that would end what's currently happening, then I'd rather see a Class 3 operating it than continue what is happening now. A class 3 would run more trains and operate more consistently than they do now. There's too much business for 2 locals to handle on the Plymouth Sub. Period. I've lived in Plymouth my entire life and even when there was twice the trains as now it was never this screwed-up as this "392 set-out for D708" crap. For the first time ever, I actually go home when that train shows up - everything gets squirrelly really quick. If this is CSX's only future for that line, sell it to someone who will run it smoother.CSX_CO wrote:Just cut east of GR and Plymouth problem is solved.
So be careful what you guys wish for.
. One crew could operate to Plymouth one day and back to Lansing the next. Another crew could switch Lansing and work west to wherever CSX cuts the line. Customers will rejoice and business will grow 
. TSBy390 wrote:Personally i think that the GLC should get the plymouth sub if it ever went for sale, it connects at the ann-pere and i feel they would be able to reach all the customers on the sub if they hired on more crews and invested in more locomotives
In the old days, investment in the property usually led to disposal (via abandonment or other means) once the work was complete. It had something to do with the accounting and the expenses being greater than the revenue the line could generate. I think they've changed how things are done since then, but...TSBy390 wrote:Im no expert on railroading at all but it seems even with the obvious downfall of the plymouth sub over the past months CSX has been installing new antennas and trackside sheds by signals and crossings and they have been inspecting switches etc (at least in Howell)...it seems like they wouldn't bother doing all this unless they are trying to make it look better for a lease or if they are going to sell the plymouth sub entirely. I dont picture CSX putting this much effort on a sub they hardly use anymore for no reason.(but who knows)
Brought to you by the same fun cheapskates who refuse to put enough power on Q326! "But..but...the manual says one engine can pull............There's too many cars to interchange that blocks too many roads and obviously there's not enough motive power to pull the cut west.
Doktor No wrote:You folks continually amaze me to no end. And yes the problems are real but the track isn't going to anyone else. 98% of you have never worked on a railroad, never worked a freight in your lives and never read a union agreement. People are doing mandated federal tests and examinations and its a sure sign of an imminent sale?Give it a rest.
There, now the rest of you can dislike me now.
