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On Wednesday 1-10-24 KNWA train 380 departed NS Watkins Yard in Columbus with WAMX 4221 & 6000 (SD40M-2 & SD60) turning off the previous days inbound 381. Trailing this power were newly received WAMX 6051 & 6052 (exUP SD60M) both in modified UP paint. Additional information has been released regardi...

KNWA has been approved for $16.2 million under the the recently announced CRISI grant program. WATCO and NS are committed to provide a 50% match which will bring the total project to $32 million plus. The project is intended to restore KNWA track to at least FRA Class 2 condition.

The train lead by NS 3664 is a WATCO Kanawha River Railroad coal train coming off the former K&M/T&OC/NYC/PC/CR/NS West Virginia Secondary Track now leased to WATCO. It has the standard power arrangement of 2 NS run through units and 2 WAMX 6000 series SD60s which are exNS units. The SD60s usually a...

Over the summer CSXT has replaced a number of ties on the Pomeroy Subdivision between Kanauga Junction MP119.0 and Hobson Yard MP127.9. KNWA is normally the only user of this track under trackage rights dating to 1886. The Pomeroy Subdivision connects with KNWA at both ends points and is used by KNW...

Parent company owns Bucyrus Railcar which acquired the former T&OC/NYC shop facility in Bucyrus Ohio a few years ago. I believe there was an article in TRAINS regarding that operation and the family behind it. Apparently they have decided to expand into shortline operation. Hopefully they will do we...

Exemption notice is up on the STB site today. They will lease High Yard, the former B&O mainline Parkersburg-Belpre segment, and the Marietta Sub.

Schedule fluctuates based on coal moves but most often it works this way. 380 Watkins to Hobson late afternoon/evening on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, continues Hobson to Dickinson the following day (Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday) with crew on duty Hobson in the 11AM-1PM time frame. The outbound 380 c...

KNWA 380 usually departs Watkins in late afternoon Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Northbound 381 arrives in late afternoon or evening on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. The crews normally operate between Watkins and Hobson (Middleport, Ohio). 380 continues from Hobson to Dickinson (Quincy WV) on Tues...

Late last week WATCO subsidiary Kanawha River RR filed paperwork with the STB to begin the process of leasing the NS West Virginia Secondary plus a portion of the NS Princeton-Deepwater District. WATCO plans to begin operation in July with 2 Dickinson Yard WV based locals and southbound Columbus-Dic...

Apparently Wednesdays 380 and yesterdays 610/381 were the last runs. The only activity today north of Hobson has been a track inspector and an Ohio Central BOT1 working the mine at Burr Oak. Additional cars have arrived at Watkins based on the old classification software and there was speculation th...

NS 610 alias 381 arrived at Hobson at 345 PM. Train was recrewed at Kanauga before coming on to CSXT Pomeroy Sub. The outbound crew took over the train there and has yard track at Hobson and the main on to Refugee in Columbus. Train has NS 6344, 6803, 5329 with 65 cars, a mix of gons, hoppers, cover...

The 2 bay cars on 380/381 have usually been cement loads south, empties north. 380-03 yesterday came out of Watkins around noon with NS 6344 & 9449 with 37 cars. They stopped at Thurston to work the grain operation there with is located on the stub of the former NYC Ohio Central Division Eastern Bra...

NS has continued to operate 380 & 381 on there regular schedule except for January 22-23 which were annulled due to heavy snow in the Charleston-Dickinson area. 381-02 departed Hobson earlier this afternoon with NS 6344 + 6803 and 30 cars. The latest word is that Watkins will dispatch a final 380 to...

NS ran a 380 south Friday night and a 381 north to Hobson on Saturday. The 381 continued on north out of Hobson Sunday afternoon with another good size train. Last night 380 went south out of Hobson with NS 6339 leading. Also last night a J98 crew was called at Hobson apparently to taxi to Corning w...

381 on the CSXT Pomeroy Sub approaching Hobson NS 8444 & 6344 +77 cars (41 hoppers, 1 covered hopper, 35 tanks). 2 units and a decent size train like the old days.

Tuesday 381 had NS 2801 NS 3445 with 41 cars into Hobson, 2 gons, 10 covered hoppers, 29 tanks. What is now the WV Secondary has had a rough life from the beginning. The 1931 opening of the Deepwater bridge was a big break. Virginian was happy to route traffic north and west via NYC instead of givin...

WV Secondary traffic for the new year out of Hobson. January 1 380 south with NS 8444 leading January 3 698 north with UP 8477 leading January 4 698 north with NS 1083 leading & NS 1065 (S&A Heritage unit) trailing January 4 380 south with NS 6344 leading January 5 381 north out of Dickinson, not to...

Train loads south of Dickinson, not sure of specific mine. Coal traffic has been all over the place. No coal for weeks, then for several weeks 3 trains per week, then more recently one or two per week. The most unusual part of the operation is that NS has not operated empty coal trains south via thi...

380 and 381 have recently been on a 3 run a week schedule. 380 operating Monday-Wednesday-Friday and 381 operating Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday. The Saturday 381 has been running to Dickinson-Hobson on Saturday evening and then departing Hobson on Sunday morning. Apparently this allows a crew to take 3...

The 381-26 that was called out of Hobson Sunday morning was a big train because it was the only 381 NS ran last week. They also ran a coal train north on Tuesday and a 380 south on Monday last week. 380-28 NS 8949 went south out of Hobson last night with around 60 cars and 381-29 NS 2801 arrived at ...