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Whether CSX considers them locomotives or not, I would like to know if they are still running as they would be the last remaining locomo- err, pieces of equipment, which are technically still in the YN1 paint scheme. I have done some research on the area and I am planning to use it for my youtube c...

Pensyfan19 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:11 pm Does anyone know the current status of these narrow gauge GE 55 Ton switchers, and whether they are still in use?

A reliable source tells me that CXS has acquired two Amtrak certified private cars for addition to their executive fleet. One is a Budd dome-sleeper-lounge and the other is a Budd 10&6 sleeper. The dome-sleeper-lounge is of C&O/B&O ancestry, while the full sleeper was a SP Sunset Limite...

The only numbers CSX ever published that I believed were those that were printed on my paychecks - and only to the extent that the checks didn't bounce - the didn't, unlike those of some Penn Central employees I was acquainted with. (Just spotted this.). Depends on what bounced means. In New York, ...

Does anyone know if the ex-Chessie System narrow gauge GE 55 ton switchers are still operating in Toledo? If so, then they would be the last locomotives on CSX's roster which are still technically in the YN1 paint scheme. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locolist.aspx?id=CSX&mid=417 ]Here is a ...

A reliable source tells me that CXS has acquired two Amtrak certified private cars for addition to their executive fleet. One is a Budd dome-sleeper-lounge and the other is a Budd 10&6 sleeper. The dome-sleeper-lounge is of C&O/B&O ancestry, while the full sleeper was a SP Sunset Limite...

Backshophoss wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2020 9:46 pm The "Hedge Fund goons" want more $$$$$$ then offered.

Cowardice!

gokeefe wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 4:40 pm Wow, I had never heard that PC had gotten to the point there they bounced payroll.

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During the very difficult 2Q2020, CSX opened up its operating ratio lead 63.3 vs. 70.7 over NS. Adjusted for pencil sharpness, CSX operating ratio 63.3, 60.7 first 6 months 2020 vs. 66.8 for NS. Though railroading is a long game, clearly CSX has outperformed NS in PSR transitioning and with legitim...

There are no such things as 'set times' for the passage of trains anywhere in the networks operated by freight carriers. They do have schedules they try to adhere to, that being said, on a daily basis things happen that cause trains not to operate on their schedules. Passenger trains may operate at ...

1Q2020 CSX operating ratio 58.7, down 80 bps from 1 year ago and 500 bps ahead of NS who reported adjusted OR of 63.7. Beyond the dramatic end of quarter Covid-19 traffic loss, coal traffic loss challenged both carriers, down 15% on CSX and 31% on NS with total traffic volume down 1% on CSX and 11%...

Ohio: TimesReporter.com CSX Transportation has rejected a local offer to purchase a rail line it owns in central Tuscarawas County, but area economic development officials still hope that a deal can go through in the future. ... The rail line begins at the Aleris plant south of Uhrichsville, crosse...

Amtrak is just following the Penn Central passenger playbook that was in effect before the creation of Amtrak - make the 'service' so miserable and erratic that any possible demand for the service is killed.

Everybody wants to talk about running trains - be they passenger or freight.

Track and its facilities need maintained - that takes track time for MofW and Signals and everything else that is required to keep the property in shape to run its business.