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Eastbound local freight booking right along by the airport in Jackson at 6:45am this morning with NS 3321, NS 3556, NS 5815 and 28 cars headed for Jackson Yard.

Spent 21 hours in Deshler from 5:30pm Wednesday July 1 through 2:45pm on Thursday July 2. Then cruised over to Fostoria by 3:30pm and caught a couple of trains on the way before heading to my hotel. Slept from 6pm until 5am Friday morning. Was back at it though on the job at 6am trackside in Fostori...

I am looking for volume of trains, yes. Sounds like Wellsboro might come through for me better than west Valpo then.

I am going to be working in Wanatah Indiana for the next two weeks on a construction project and am looking to get some fanning in after hours. Will be available 6pm to dusk each evening. Would I see more action sitting in Wellsboro between the CSX and CN that time of evening? Or would it be better ...

BL2-1843 and I spent four straight days trainwatching in northern Ohio last week. Spent from 6am Thursday morning, May 21 through 6am Friday morning, May 22 in Fostoria. Then headed east to Greenwich where we spent from 7:30am through 5:00pm at the diamonds. Headed back west late Friday afternoon an...

Jackson Yard has six units present tonight. Road power appears to be 3452-9534-9962. Switching the west end of the yard was GP38-2 5334 while the 5268-5651 pair sat further back into the middle of the yard. Nice to see half a dozen locomotives in town.

Must have been B33. I spotted the 3528 and 9962 sitting at the west end of Jackson Yard at 6pm last evening. Also at the yard was GP38-2 5330. Nice change to see road power sitting in Jackson again.

I was trackside at the junction in Dolton, Illinois with my brother last Sunday from 6:30am through 4:00pm. Recorded 48 train movements during that time period. Here is what we saw: NS35J Engs 8410ns-9754ns 6:30am West K039 Engs 8114bnsf-7438bnsf 6:40am West Q010 Engs 5254csx-8737csx-3050csx 6:52am ...

I can't wait to get back again myself! If not late May, then June for sure.

Thanks for the info JoJames. Q272 and Q512 probably then went by not too long after I left town then. Any truth to what I am hearing of CSX extending Q041/Q042 up from Cincinatti to North Baltimore soon? Just curious.

Love that Q335 power! You have to love a trio of SD50's in 2015. And who doesn't love the 50 series??? As for those rentals on 334, you can have them.

Check out my latest post under the Trip Report section to see what I saw in Deshler for 32 hours of non-stop action.

For those of you out there interested in what trains 'actually' run through Deshler, Ohio, I just got back from a 32 hour non-stop trip this past weekend. Was at Crossroads Park from 6:30am Saturday morning through 2:30pm Sunday afternoon and saw a total of 95 trains in that time period. Did not mis...

Caught an eastbound NS local, Robinson Road, Jackson, Michigan running push pull at 12:45pm today. Power on the east end was GP38-2 5337 with unrebuilt GP59 4641 on the west end. Had 11 cars in the middle.

Was over in Battle Creek this morning getting my car serviced right near the tracks and caught 3 CN trains in 20 minutes. Not sure how many trains a day come through BC now, but I thought catching 3 in 20 was excellent. Had an eastbound double-stack at 9:20am with a pair of filthy older CN units tha...

Thanks for verifying the Q385 and Q395's new routing. As for the Wiki above, great source of information, and I have read it in detail, but I think it has not been updated in quite some time. It still shows the Q109 as Boston to E.St.Louis and we all know Q109 is now the North Baltimore turn. Doesn'...

Anyone out there have a current list of all the CSX Q trains currently operating through Fostoria? Headed over in a couple of weeks and would like to know what to expect. Heard some rumor that Q635 no longer operates and has been replaced by Q385 Selkirk to Russell and Q395 is now Toledo to Kirk ins...

Ogihara now has the most railcars in its plant than at any other time since the rail facility was built. As of today, there are 36 cars in the plant with 31 auto parts box cars and 5 scrap gons. Auto parts service to Ford Mexico to begin any day now.

I heard it said from someone not too long ago that CSX was going to be starting up four new trains to/from North Baltimore on June 1. Could someone 'in the know' please give us an update since June is now here?

Thanks for the information.......I will definately post my trip report!