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Discussion of the operations of CSX Transportation, from 1980 to the present. Official site can be found here: CSXT.COM.

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 #81208  by emd_SD_60
 
Scotty Burkhardt wrote:NS still runs on the IC mainline. i dont know where theyre going but i can telll you that NS/CRL/CSS connects with the IC mainline at 95th and cottage grove. NS runs several auto stack trains down the mainline, high hoods are a common sight on those runs
I think this was between 1993-1995. When CN and IC merged (damn that merger!) that was it for NS trains. :( Although in your post, they still use the main line around Chi-town, but don't use it in the southern part of Illinois. I think they're using UP trackage now in southern Illinois. :wink: