Heard some shanty talk that CSX has split up the Jacksonville dispatching center into six offices across the system. Just wondering if this indeed is true.
Take a look at the December TRAINS, page 18. And IMHO it’s a welcome return to sanity.
Regardless of where the dispatchers are physically located…the same decision makers are making the same decisions…
You’re probably right; most of the JAX people just got moved somewhere else; it doesn’t seem to be an excuse for a house-cleaning. But there’s something – the empathy factor (who in Jacksonville can imagine a N’oreaster?) – or being a little closer to the action – or maybe it’s just railway bureaucracy and politics, but somehow complete centralization isn’t working for them.
So which is more “typical” among Class One’s: A fully centralized board like BNSF’s in Ft. Worth, or a more regional/traffic intensive approach like the one CSX is shifting to?
well csx put their dispatchers in a hurricane and frequent lightning zone.how are you supposssed to run a railroad with frequent power outages? The deshler diamond though is still controlled by 3 dispatchers depending which way you want to go.makes for interesting conversation.
stay safe
joe
All of CSX’s dispatch centers have generators on site for when the local power goes out. They are set up to kick on as soon as the local power goes out.
joe- deshler “diamond” is controlled by one dispatcher (IO) in Indianapolis. or you can turn north for the chicago division or turn south for the hunnington div.
Yes, its true…
Jax will be split…
The first one to go will be baltimore in '08
Doesn’t the IP control Deshler?
the north south line is the toledo sub.west of the diamond is the garrett sub(RN disp out of chicago).east of the diamond is the indianapolis dispatcher.(willard sub)
stay safe
joe
Very true, however the IP dispatcher in Indy controls all signals and switches for the Deshler diamond and connecting tracks.
Will that stay the same?
Yes, however the AR desk, which controls the Toledo Sub will be move from Jax to Cincy.