Northbound at Putnamville

[Vern Sargent]

Sure is quiet on here! Caught this one on the 24th. Vern @ G.

[Pete Pedigo]

Great color Vern, top quality.
Pete

[George Lortz]

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.

[Vern Sargent]

George, there is a four track yard at the ethanol plant north of I-70.  Vern @ G.

[Ron Marquardt]

Vern, I believe the elevator track in Cloverdale has a switch at both ends too, doesn't it?  / Ron

[Vern Sargent]

Yes it does.  Vern @ G.

[Craig Myers]

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.   

[Gene Remaly]

The elevator track is about 5 car lengths.

[Rick Dreistadt]

Thanks fellas for keeping us informed and updated on current operations on the former Monon tracks.
Rick