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Former Southern to St. Louis

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 12:53 pm
by MSchwiebert
How many trains per day on average does this line see? If I recall correctly, this line is not signaled - is that correct? Anything noteworthy from a scenery perspective on the line (especially west of the Illinois/Indiana border)?

Re: Former Southern to St. Louis

Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 8:45 pm
by Y@
I may be wrong but I believe it is signaled for at least some distance west of Louisville.

Re: Former Southern to St. Louis

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 11:54 am
by cbehr91
I've seen shots of the line from southern Indiana and they could easily be mistaken for being on the Rathole.

From the timetable I looked at, it's a mix of Rule 261 and 271, so there are some signals but it's not all CTC.

Re: Former Southern to St. Louis

Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 12:45 pm
by RailsandTrucks
Not %100 but I believe this line sees anywhere around 12-16 per day, maybe a little more. It's definitely a pretty line! I believe I recall seeing signals at Corydon Junction (New Salisbury Indiana) due to the interchange with Lucas Oil (formerly LNAC) railroad but my memory is a bit foggy right now, and I only stopped briefly to check it out on the way home last spring-so I wasn't there longer than 10 minutes or so.

Re: Former Southern to St. Louis

Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 8:09 pm
by BerkshireKid
It's operated by track authorities issued by the Decatur East Dispatcher. I'll get my rulebooks out later and post more info.