• HOW SCREWED UP IS WILLARD???

  • Discussion of the operations of CSX Transportation, from 1980 to the present. Official site can be found here: CSXT.COM.
Discussion of the operations of CSX Transportation, from 1980 to the present. Official site can be found here: CSXT.COM.

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  by shlustig
 
Stopped at Greenwich yesterday, and some trainwatchers said that trains were lined up on both sides of Willard waiting to get in or through the terminal.

In the 2' I was there, CSX ran 3 eastbounds via the B&O side to New Castle (1 85-car unit grain, 1 160+-car mixed, and 1 I/M) and 5 via the x-Big four to Berea (2 mixed, 1 salad shooter, 2 I/M, and 2 Auto-racks).

East of Greenwich on the Big Four side there were 5 westbounds holding: 2 freights, 2 I/M's, and 1 Auto-Rack, with several xg's blocked for extended periods.

When I got to Berea, trains were being held on the Short Line as Collinwood was plugged and as the Disp announced over the radio, there were no rested crews available to move traffic to Buffalo.

Not bad for a Sunday!
  by Noel Weaver
 
It is sad to hear of this kind of railroading. You and I and lots of others can hold our heads high for being a vital part of Conrail when we got trains over the road safely and efficiently. I am very glad that I am retired.
All the best!
Noel Weaver
  by mmi16
 
Further proof that EHH has no idea of how to operate CSX.
  by Gilbert B Norman
 
Wasn't Willard supposed to be X-roads of Chessie's East-West operations such as Conrail established at Cleveland and outlined in the book "The Men Who Loved Trains"?
  by Noel Weaver
 
Gilbert B Norman wrote:Wasn't Willard supposed to be X-roads of Chessie's East-West operations such as Conrail established at Cleveland and outlined in the book "The Men Who Loved Trains"?
BOTTLENECK might be a better word for Willard.
Noel Weaver