MONON BOARD
MONON Activity Post Merger => CSX - Monon Sub => Topic started by: Vern Sargent on May 26, 2013, 07:54:56 pm
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Sure is quiet on here! Caught this one on the 24th. Vern @ G.
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Great color Vern, top quality.
Pete
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Vern,
This brings up a question. If this is a northbound at Putnamville, is CSX backing trains down to Cloverdale or is there a siding to allow a locomotive to run around a train?
There is a small siding right near the grain elevator in Cloverdale, but it doesn't seem big enough for this type of maneuver.
George L.
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George, there is a four track yard at the ethanol plant north of I-70. Vern @ G.
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Vern, I believe the elevator track in Cloverdale has a switch at both ends too, doesn't it? / Ron
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Yes it does. Vern @ G.
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I'll add a little more about the Ethanol Plant.
There are five tracks inside the plant. Track 1 is for loading covered hoppers and track 5 for loading tanks. Tracks 2, 3 and 4 are storage tracks. Normally and hopefully one of these tracks is clear. If there is a clear track we will pull in it, set the cars to either of the other tracks and go back to the other end of the plant to pull. A few times this place has gotten so full that we had to drop the cars by at Cement and shove them 5 miles to the ethaonl plant.
As for the Cloverdale elevator in town. I can't remeber the last time anyone took cars down there.
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The elevator track is about 5 car lengths.
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Thanks fellas for keeping us informed and updated on current operations on the former Monon tracks.
Rick