by Matt Langworthy
As SD80mac stated earlier, there is often a "donut hole" effect when Amtrak shows up on CSX. For example, the hour from 5 to 6 PM on Saturdays would usually see no activity except for Amtrak 281. And when I refer to an average, I mean just that- an average of 2 trains per hour. Some hours may have 4 trains and other hours may have none. Everyone reading and posting here, myself included, understands there is no guaranteed traffic level. It was recently posted somewhere on Facebook that CSX has 38 scheduled road freights on the Buffalo-Selkirk corridor, plus Amtrak and locals. If that information is indeed correct, then that would equate to roughly 48 trains per day. Perhaps CSX is busier during the morning hours before you are able to get to Chili Jct.
Matt Langworthy
"It is highly likely that the 1990s were an overrated decade."
"It is highly likely that the 1990s were an overrated decade."