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Hi All,

Is Carleton any good now, and what days does the I&O run?
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Last I heard IORY operates from Delta to Flat Rock three days per week (T, Th, Sat). They usually arrive in Flat Rock late morning and depart early afternoon. Hopefully if I'm mistaken on something someone will post the correct information.
David Collins wrote:
Wed Feb 24, 2021 6:59 pm
Hi All,

Is Carleton any good now, and what days does the I&O run?
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I haven't seen much running out of the south end of Flat Rock in a few months. At one point in the last few weeks the rails had a decent amount of surface rust on them.

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Rusty rails --- oh, my! Flashback for me to the 1970's when rails were very shiny. I'm kind of out of the loop, but I presume the tower is still standing? If so, it's about the only building I worked in that remains so.

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As far as I know, CN does not run anything south of Flat Rock anymore. The only regular train to ply those rails now is I&O's thrice-weekly turn out of Lima.
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SD80MAC wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:10 am
As far as I know, CN does not run anything south of Flat Rock anymore. The only regular train to ply those rails now is I&O's thrice-weekly turn out of Lima.
Sure a far cry from the late 1990s; back then, whenever I'd go to Carleton, I was usually guaranteed at least one CN movement, no matter what time of day or night I'd go.

Seems like they just upgraded the signals along that line not too long ago, as well.

Come to think of it, my job has taken me to Carleton a few times in the past month, and I don't recall hearing anything at all along there.
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Speaking of rusty rails...past few times I've crossed the Lincoln Secondary south of Brownstown, I've noted quite a bit of surface rust on those rails also. And, I can count on one hand the number of trains to/from Carleton that I've seen along that line in the past year or so.
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Eric Berger wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:09 pm
Speaking of rusty rails...past few times I've crossed the Lincoln Secondary south of Brownstown, I've noted quite a bit of surface rust on those rails also. And, I can count on one hand the number of trains to/from Carleton that I've seen along that line in the past year or so.
There's been far less train traffic around here for the last year or so. Even NS has gone from 6-8 trains a day to maybe 3 on a good day. Covid killed rail traffic and its yet to recover.

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Does the Guardian glass plant still get rail service?
Chip wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:53 pm
Eric Berger wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:09 pm
Speaking of rusty rails...past few times I've crossed the Lincoln Secondary south of Brownstown, I've noted quite a bit of surface rust on those rails also. And, I can count on one hand the number of trains to/from Carleton that I've seen along that line in the past year or so.
There's been far less train traffic around here for the last year or so. Even NS has gone from 6-8 trains a day to maybe 3 on a good day. Covid killed rail traffic and its yet to recover.
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AARR wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 7:49 pm
Does the Guardian glass plant still get rail service?
Chip wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 6:53 pm
Eric Berger wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:09 pm
Speaking of rusty rails...past few times I've crossed the Lincoln Secondary south of Brownstown, I've noted quite a bit of surface rust on those rails also. And, I can count on one hand the number of trains to/from Carleton that I've seen along that line in the past year or so.
There's been far less train traffic around here for the last year or so. Even NS has gone from 6-8 trains a day to maybe 3 on a good day. Covid killed rail traffic and its yet to recover.
I'm not sure, I haven't been down that way in a while.

Of course since I made my last post I've heard the horns of 5 NS trains so there goes that.

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It doesn’t help for the Lincoln Secondary that CSX runs 90% of their trains via Plymouth since Q150/151 doesn’t use the secondary anymore because they work Oak Yard. Q132 also hauls a block for Rougemere that is dropped off along the way to Livernois that eliminates the need to use the secondary. To my knowledge Q131 is supposedly the only regular train to use the secondary, yet I keep seeing it through Plymouth often.

In regards to the line itself, Conrail still has a few locals that work the line all the way down to Guardian Glass.
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Racer wrote:
Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:26 am
It doesn’t help for the Lincoln Secondary that CSX runs 90% of their trains via Plymouth since Q150/151 doesn’t use the secondary anymore because they work Oak Yard. Q132 also hauls a block for Rougemere that is dropped off along the way to Livernois that eliminates the need to use the secondary. To my knowledge Q131 is supposedly the only regular train to use the secondary, yet I keep seeing it through Plymouth often.

In regards to the line itself, Conrail still has a few locals that work the line all the way down to Guardian Glass.
Q15026 just went north thru there yesterday

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Let me rephrase, I go by guardian glass every day on my way too/from work but never at the time of day they typically get serviced via rail, not since I moved to day shift. This time last year I would see a NS Geep sitting at the gate on my way to work (about 5pm) typically about once a month. I've only been stopped by a train there once in the last year, and it was a crazy short CSX intermodal.

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AARR wrote:
Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:38 pm
Last I heard IORY operates from Delta to Flat Rock three days per week (T, Th, Sat). They usually arrive in Flat Rock late morning and depart early afternoon. Hopefully if I'm mistaken on something someone will post the correct information.
David Collins wrote:
Wed Feb 24, 2021 6:59 pm
Hi All,

Is Carleton any good now, and what days does the I&O run?
AARR, does IORY usually operate to Flat Rock every Saturday? What time in the afternoon does it typically depart Flat Rock going south? I hope to see it on Saturday May 29! I will also get the "Ohio Rail Experience" special the next day! :wink:
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Robertrains wrote:
Sun May 16, 2021 3:58 pm
AARR wrote:
Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:38 pm
Last I heard IORY operates from Delta to Flat Rock three days per week (T, Th, Sat). They usually arrive in Flat Rock late morning and depart early afternoon. Hopefully if I'm mistaken on something someone will post the correct information.
AARR, does IORY usually operate to Flat Rock every Saturday? What time in the afternoon does it typically depart Flat Rock going south? I hope to see it on Saturday May 29! I will also get the "Ohio Rail Experience" special the next day! :wink:
Robert, AFAIK they still operate on Saturday but I'm relaying what I've been told and haven't observed them personally.
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I've never seen them on a Saturday but I have seen them on Wednesday afternoon

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Chip wrote:
Sun May 16, 2021 8:43 pm
I've never seen them on a Saturday but I have seen them on Wednesday afternoon
I have seen them on Saturdays before! Supposedly IORY brought in "Jet Fuel" for Metro Airport!!!! They used to come in Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (sometimes Saturday)! I would just like to know if they now are regularly scheduled to go to Flat Rock on Saturdays! Can we verify? :?:
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I doubt they run to Flat Rock every Saturday, it's probably on an as-needed basis.

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Speaking of Guardian Industries, I noticed a centerbeam at their concrete dock in a satellite image. Anyone know what Guardian would receive on a centerbeam?
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Lumber When I worked at River Rouge back in 2010 they would get the occasional load of lumber along with the normal cars of sand. I believe the lumber was used when the glass was being shipped out in the truck

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