24 Hours On NS's Chicago Line in Goshen IN

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Hello everybody. This count started on Thursday Jan. 10, 2008 and finished Fri. the 11th. The SB/NB trains are taking the branch here in Goshen and heading down to Marion and beyond.

    1. 1:40 pm EB 14Q Elkhart - Bellevue
    1. 2:20 WB 23K Buffalo - Chi 47th 30+ trailers, many ups
    1. 2:54 WB 205 Ayer MA - Chi 47th dom. stacks and trailers
    1. 2:57 NB 144 Birmingham - Elkhart
    1. 3:11 WB Coal deex
    1. 3:49 SB 19K Elkhart - Decatur
    1. 3:57 EB Stack ie short
    1. 4:40 SB 143 Elkhart - Chattanooga
    1. 4:52 EB 38E Elkhart - Detroit
    1. 5:02 EB 60Q potash from CN
    1. 5:03 WB CP 23T ie stacks
    1. 5:13 WB 31M Detroit - Gibson autos
    1. 5:31 EB CP 24T ie stacks
    1. 6:23 WB 21Z Rutherford - Chi 63rd 97 trailers
    1. 6:46 EB 10M Elkhart - Columbus
    1. 7:25 NB 18K Mitchell IL - Elkhart
    1. 8:36 EB 681 Coal from BNSF
    1. 8:51 WB 25K?? stack mix
    1. 8:53 EB CP stack/auto
    1. 9:30 WB 19A Conway - Chi Clearing
    1. 9:58 SB Freight
    1. 10:09 WB 15N??
    1. 10:20 EB Capitol Limited
    1. 10:24 WB 21N Detroit - Chi Cicero short ie stacks
    1. 10:33 EB 22W 47th - Rutherford 79 trailers, lots ups
    1. 10:39 WB 21Q Morrisville - 47th 25 trailers all dom, big.
    1. 10:41 EB 18A Proviso - Conway short
    1. 11:26 WB 13Q Bellevue - Elkhart very big
    1. 11:29 WB 25Z Croxton - 47th 10 trailers, all dom.
    1. 12:23 WB M1K Allentown - Elkhart extra
    1. 12:52 EB 24V 47th - Dockside NJ ie mix
    1. 1:19 WB CP 29T autos
    1. 1:36 EB 20Q 47th - Morrisville big all dom stacks, trailers.
    1. 1:49 EB Lake Shore Limited
    1. 2:01 WB B38 Local
    1. 2:04 EB 20R 47th - Elizabethport dom. stacks
    1. 2:18 WB Freight 69Q???
    1. 2:22 EB B38 Local
    1. 2:41 WB 21J Morrisville - 47th lots p
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Hey Tyler…great report.

To help add to the info you already have listed, the 143 runs from Elkhart to Chattanooga with the 144 taking the reverse route. You may in the future see the 17M/18M rerouted down the Marion Branch as the Heartland Corridor causes reroutes from time to time depending on which phase of the construction they are in. We ran both those trains for a few weeks last fall but lost them due to lack of available crews.

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Thanks Big Ed, I’m glad you liked. The website I got the symbol data said Birmingham but I’ll get that changed.

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144/143 used to terminate/originate in Chicago when they went through Fort Wayne via the NKP line.