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NS Fostoria District Traffic
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2023 3:01 pm
by NickThatRailfan
So I have heard about the Fostoria District alot I always here different train counts on it some people have told me 5 trains a day ive been told 13 ive been told 20, etc. Whats true? Whats the train count on the Fostoria District is it alot? I know for being a single track and with PSR I doubt it will exceed 25 how many trains a day on the Fostoria District?
Re: NS Fostoria District Traffic
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2023 1:37 pm
by joeyuboats
rxThe NS line through Fostoria is double track. Used to have quite a bit of traffic, as did the CSX. Have not been there in a while due to being sick. My son and I once counted about 65 trains, ON BOTH LINES,CSX AND NS , in a 12 hour time frame. Don't know what it is now. Probably less.
Re: NS Fostoria District Traffic
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2023 2:12 pm
by ~Z~
Nick - feel free to turn on the Fostoria webcam, count the number of NS trains over the past 12 hours. Wait 12 hours, pull up the camera feed again, rewind the previous 12 hours again and get a 24 hour count. Same advise we gave for getting CN train counts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siw7qIsn29Y
Re: NS Fostoria District Traffic
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2023 6:56 am
by NickThatRailfan
~Z~ wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 2:12 pm
Nick - feel free to turn on the Fostoria webcam, count the number of NS trains over the past 12 hours. Wait 12 hours, pull up the camera feed again, rewind the previous 12 hours again and get a 24 hour count. Same advise we gave for getting CN train counts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siw7qIsn29Y
Thats right I completely forgot about that cam, lol
Re: NS Fostoria District Traffic
Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:51 am
by GTWTD3
11 scheduled trains per day, 8 locals. Average day last week showed 12 trains (other than locals) through there, with high mark of last Monday having 17 trains and low mark of last Sunday having 9 trains
Re: NS Fostoria District Traffic
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:48 pm
by penn central
The last time I did 24 hours at Fostoria was in May of 2022 I can't believe its been a year and 7 months already but I got 8 trains on NS that is the lowest amount I ever got in a 24 period at Fostoria since I started going there in February of 1992. Back in the 1990s it was consistently between 20 and 30 trains per 24 hours on NS and then the breakup of Conrail happened and some trains where diverted by 2001.
Re: NS Fostoria District Traffic
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 4:32 pm
by GTWTD3
penn central wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:48 pm
The last time I did 24 hours at Fostoria was in May of 2022 I can't believe its been a year and 7 months already but I got 8 trains on NS that is the lowest amount I ever got in a 24 period at Fostoria since I started going there in February of 1992. Back in the 1990s it was consistently between 20 and 30 trains per 24 hours on NS and then the breakup of Conrail happened and some trains where diverted by 2001.
Same. I'll never get used to the new counts
Re: NS Fostoria District Traffic
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:58 am
by penn central
GTWTD3 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 4:32 pm
penn central wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:48 pm
The last time I did 24 hours at Fostoria was in May of 2022 I can't believe its been a year and 7 months already but I got 8 trains on NS that is the lowest amount I ever got in a 24 period at Fostoria since I started going there in February of 1992. Back in the 1990s it was consistently between 20 and 30 trains per 24 hours on NS and then the breakup of Conrail happened and some trains where diverted by 2001.
Same. I'll never get used to the new counts
Yes sir the good old days of Fostoria back in the 90s.