The Monon RR (Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville)

[Saturnalia]

FYI the dumper is back at West Olive.

Let me know when the next train is coming, as we'll schedule some Saugatuck Hill MOW work around it (there'll be lots of slow-orders on the hill, so coal trains won't make it even with pushers). We may ask for it a day late if need be.

Next coal train up that way should be on Wednesday of next week.

Alright. We're going to start the work Monday, finish up early Wednesday. Wrse comes to worse the train sits in Michigan City overnight.

[heartlandguy]

FYI the dumper is back at West Olive.

Let me know when the next train is coming, as we'll schedule some Saugatuck Hill MOW work around it (there'll be lots of slow-orders on the hill, so coal trains won't make it even with pushers). We may ask for it a day late if need be.

Next coal train up that way should be on Wednesday of next week.

Alright. We're going to start the work Monday, finish up early Wednesday. Wrse comes to worse the train sits in Michigan City overnight.

Roger, sounds good.

[heartlandguy]

CL-1 brought CIL 2019 (GP40E), CIL 2017 (GP40E), and MQTX 329 (GP35) into Lafayette for the local off the Wabash. The train will mainly consist of coil and scrap steel from the Nucor plant, and aggregates and ore going into the Nucor plant.

Trains on the Monon as of 2:30pm
CL-1 at Crawfordsville; CIL 3349 (C40-8W), CIL 2046 (SD38-2)
LC-2 at New Pekin; CIL 4000 (AC60CW), CIL 3319 (SD40-2)
CI-1 at Delphi; MQTX 332 (GP35), CIL 3321 (SD40-2)
IL-1 at Frankfort; CIL 3344 (SD45)
BL-1 at Gosport; NREX 5668 (SD40-2), CP 6007 (SD40-2)
667 at New Albany; CP 6250 (SD60), CP 9632 (AC44CW)
664 at Lafayette; UP 4599 (SD70M), UP 6326 (AC44CW)
703 at Bedford; CIL 3379 (C420), CIL 3376 (hi-hood C420)
705 at Monon; CIL 2033 (SD38-2), CIL 2041 (SD38-2), CIL 3377 (C420)

[heartlandguy]

WCNL is running around at Crawfordsville. Left Lafayette at 12:30pm and switched around in Nucor for about an hour and a half. The train will then go back north to Lafayette and then be transfered to the WCSR (minus the Monon power)

Trains on the Monon as of 3:45pm.
CL-1 at Bloomington; CIL 3319 (SD40-2), CIL 3306 (SD40-2)
LC-2 at Bedford; CIL 3344 (SD45), CIL 2041 (SD38-2), CIL 3377 (C420)
CI-1 at Frankfort; CIL 4000 (AC60CW)
IL-1 at Delphi; CIL 3321 (SD40-2), CIL 3307 (SD40-2)
BL-1 at Greencastle; CP 8726 (ES44AC), CP 8801 (ES44AC)
MCM-1 at Francesville; CIL 603 (U23B)
LNL at Battle Ground; CIL 2006 (GP38E)
LSL at Romney; MQTX 301 (GP35)
WCNL at Ames (Crawfordsville); CIL 2017 (GP40E), CIL 2019 (GP40E), MQTX 329 (GP35)

[heartlandguy]

Tomorrow's coal drag ready? You'll be getting your old trainset back BTW, expect the train back in 12 hours....

Yes it is MQT. It was loaded today and is called at Bear Run at 11am tomorrow. It is the trainset you gave us last week, so that will work well. Is MQT power gonna run through on that set you are returning us?

[Saturnalia]

Tomorrow's coal drag ready? You'll be getting your old trainset back BTW, expect the train back in 12 hours....

Yes it is MQT. It was loaded today and is called at Bear Run at 11am tomorrow. It is the trainset you gave us last week, so that will work well. Is MQT power gonna run through on that set you are returning us?

Nope, your train will go in on Track #2, locos will run-around on #4, and couple up to the outbounds on 5.

[heartlandguy]

Tomorrow's coal drag ready? You'll be getting your old trainset back BTW, expect the train back in 12 hours....

Yes it is MQT. It was loaded today and is called at Bear Run at 11am tomorrow. It is the trainset you gave us last week, so that will work well. Is MQT power gonna run through on that set you are returning us?

Nope, your train will go in on Track #2, locos will run-around on #4, and couple up to the outbounds on 5.

OK, so we'll be picking up the original coal train set at W. Olive then? (correct me if I'm wrong)

[Saturnalia]

Yep, same power, different cars coming back.

[heartlandguy]

Yep, same power, different cars coming back.

Alrighty, sounds good! Train should be at CP Hoosier sometime around 16:00, but can't be sure because of all the crosstraffic between La Crosse and Alida...

[Saturnalia]

Yep, same power, different cars coming back.

Alrighty, sounds good! Train should be at CP Hoosier sometime around 16:00, but can't be sure because of all the crosstraffic between La Crosse and Alida...

MQT Crew called for 16:00. Abnormal day on the MQT Tomorrow, as that work will be finishing up...CP trains as normal by the MQT stuff will be combined. Pushers will be put on at Hoosier. Crew said they want to beat their recod and be back at Hoosier in 8 hours or less

[heartlandguy]

Yep, same power, different cars coming back.

Alrighty, sounds good! Train should be at CP Hoosier sometime around 16:00, but can't be sure because of all the crosstraffic between La Crosse and Alida...

MQT Crew called for 16:00. Abnormal day on the MQT Tomorrow, as that work will be finishing up...CP trains as normal by the MQT stuff will be combined. Pushers will be put on at Hoosier. Crew said they want to beat their recod and be back at Hoosier in 8 hours or less

Alrighty, Turn n' Burn, man. Just don't break anything....

[heartlandguy]

The Monon announced this morning that it is going to rebuild it's Paoli Branch from Orleans to service a handful of industries in Paoli, IN. It was once a part of the French Lick line to French Lick Springs, which was ripped up a long time ago. The line will be served by OPL (Orleans-Paoli Local), a new local train established in Orleans. A small yard, probably about 4 tracks, will be built in Orleans as well for traffic off the line. Local train NANL will work the yard. Work on the line will start in December.

Customer list on the Paoli Branch:
Orleans:
-Paoli Warehouses Inc (Boxcars)
-Layne Scrap (Gondolas)

Paoli;
- S. Indiana Woods Co. (Lumber)
-Paoli Plastics Co. (Covered Hoppers)
-Crestwood Manufacturing (Lumber, Woodchips)

[heartlandguy]

833 left Bear Run coal mine near Victoria, IN about 5 min ago. This train will be heading to the MQT at Michigan City.

Trains on the Monon as of 11am...
A-LC2 at Gosport; CSX 7768 (C40-8W), CSX 5321 (ES44AC)
I-CL1 at Farabee; CIL 3371 (C40-8W), CIL 3364 (C40-8W)
CL-1 at Crawfordsville; CIL 4000 (AC60CW), CIL 3303 (Indiana University SD40-2)
CI-1 at Dyer; CIL 3344 (SD45), CIL 606 (U23B)
BL-1 at Lafayette; CP 9614 (AC44CW), SOO 6024 (SD60)
MCM-1 at Francesville; CIL 601 (U23B), CIL 603 (U23B)
BSL at Bedford; CIL 2011 (GP40E)
LNL at Chalmers; CIL 2006 (GP38E), CIL 2007 (GP38E)
LSL at Linden; MQTX 301 (GP35), CIL 2012 (GP40E)
WCNL at Battle Ground; MQTX 329 (GP35), CIL 2019 (GP40E), CIL 2017 (GP40E)
833 at Vicksburg; CIL 3346 (SD45), CIL 3341 (SD45), CIL 3332 (SD45)

[Saturnalia]

833 left Bear Run coal mine near Victoria, IN about 5 min ago. This train will be heading to the MQT at Michigan City.

Trains on the Monon as of 11am...
A-LC2 at Gosport; CSX 7768 (C40-8W), CSX 5321 (ES44AC)
I-CL1 at Farabee; CIL 3371 (C40-8W), CIL 3364 (C40-8W)
CL-1 at Crawfordsville; CIL 4000 (AC60CW), CIL 3303 (Indiana University SD40-2)
CI-1 at Dyer; CIL 3344 (SD45), CIL 606 (U23B)
BL-1 at Lafayette; CP 9614 (AC44CW), SOO 6024 (SD60)
MCM-1 at Francesville; CIL 601 (U23B), CIL 603 (U23B)
BSL at Bedford; CIL 2011 (GP40E)
LNL at Chalmers; CIL 2006 (GP38E), CIL 2007 (GP38E)
LSL at Linden; MQTX 301 (GP35), CIL 2012 (GP40E)
WCNL at Battle Ground; MQTX 329 (GP35), CIL 2019 (GP40E), CIL 2017 (GP40E)
833 at Vicksburg; CIL 3346 (SD45), CIL 3341 (SD45), CIL 3332 (SD45)

I see your 833 isn't doing too well. That's okay, the crew got pushed an hour anyway...

[heartlandguy]

833 left Bear Run coal mine near Victoria, IN about 5 min ago. This train will be heading to the MQT at Michigan City.

Trains on the Monon as of 11am...
A-LC2 at Gosport; CSX 7768 (C40-8W), CSX 5321 (ES44AC)
I-CL1 at Farabee; CIL 3371 (C40-8W), CIL 3364 (C40-8W)
CL-1 at Crawfordsville; CIL 4000 (AC60CW), CIL 3303 (Indiana University SD40-2)
CI-1 at Dyer; CIL 3344 (SD45), CIL 606 (U23B)
BL-1 at Lafayette; CP 9614 (AC44CW), SOO 6024 (SD60)
MCM-1 at Francesville; CIL 601 (U23B), CIL 603 (U23B)
BSL at Bedford; CIL 2011 (GP40E)
LNL at Chalmers; CIL 2006 (GP38E), CIL 2007 (GP38E)
LSL at Linden; MQTX 301 (GP35), CIL 2012 (GP40E)
WCNL at Battle Ground; MQTX 329 (GP35), CIL 2019 (GP40E), CIL 2017 (GP40E)
833 at Vicksburg; CIL 3346 (SD45), CIL 3341 (SD45), CIL 3332 (SD45)

I see your 833 isn't doing too well. That's okay, the crew got pushed an hour anyway...

That was as of 11/11:30am, when the train had just left the mine. Should be close to/through Monon, IN by now...

[conrailman75]

A new industry is locating along the Monon at Reynolds, IN at the site of the aborted VeraSun facility near the diamond with the TPW in town. This is a real industry and here is a link to the story over on the Indiana board:

viewtopic.php?f=27&t=26192

My PC is already in negotiations with GW, the new owners of the TPW, over trackage rights and run through agreements to serve this place when it opens.

[heartlandguy]

A new industry is locating along the Monon at Reynolds, IN at the site of the aborted VeraSun facility near the diamond with the TPW in town. This is a real industry and here is a link to the story over on the Indiana board:

viewtopic.php?f=27&t=26192

My PC is already in negotiations with GW, the new owners of the TPW, over trackage rights and run through agreements to serve this place when it opens.

Wow...thats impressive. Looks like there is already a large amount of tracks there. I'll have to start making plans as well...

[heartlandguy]

CI-1 nailed the rear end of a pick-up truck at Rensselaer, IN on the Hammond Sub at around 12:45pm. The driver is a bit dizzy, but otherwise ok. The same could not be said for the truck... The crossing, US-231 N. McKinley Avenue, is equipped with gates and cantilever flashers. Lead unit, CIL 3313 (SD40-2), has minor plow damage, but was cleared to lead back to Indianapolis...

Trains on the Monon as of 2pm.
A-LC2 at Linden; CIL 3346 (SD45), CSX 4716 (SD70MAC)
CL-1 at Greencastle; CIL 3351 (C40-8W), CIL 3326 (SD40-2)
LC-2 at Borden; CIL 3303 (Indiana University SD40-2), CIL 3371 (C40-8W)
CI-1 at Monon; CIL 3313 (SD40-2), CIL 3320 (SD40-2)
IL-1 at Frankfort; CIL 3344 (SD45), HLCX 3813 (GP38-2)
MCM-1 at South Wanatah; CIL 601 (U23B), CIL 603 (U23B)
BL-1 at Crawfordsville; CP 5972 (SD40-2), CP 6223 (SD60M)
LNL running around at Monon; CIL 2006 (GP38E)
LSL at Romney; CIL 2012 (GP40E), CIL 2007 (GP38E)
BSL at Mitchell; CIL 2011 (GP40E), CIL 2008 (GP38E)
WCNL at Crawfordsville (in the hole for BL-1); CIL 2017 (GP40E), CIL 2019 (GP40E), MQTX 329 (GP35)
866 at Bloomington; CIL 3381 (hi-hood C420), CIL 3341 (SD45)
705 at Lafayette; CIL 2034 (SD38-2), CIL 3329 (SD40-2)
666 at Dyer; CP 8881 (ES44AC), CP 6003 (SD40-2)
664 at Rensselaer; UP 6738 (AC44CW), UP 7118 (AC44CW)

[Saturnalia]

Empties called the Slow Clear at CP Hoosier at 1:53 EST this morning. Nice run indeed. 24-hours Mine to Plant to Mine (not including unloading)

[heartlandguy]

Empties called the Slow Clear at CP Hoosier at 1:53 EST this morning. Nice run indeed. 24-hours Mine to Plant to Mine (not including unloading)

Very nice, very nice! Expect another one around the same time next week...