Did anyone here have any frieghts operating on Christmas Day in their area? A frieght parked here in Nelson when it came in on the 24th and left sometime on the 26th.
I believe most RR were shut down for christmas I know NS got all the crews home for christmas but I heard Amtrack was running
The EJ&E was running a couple trains Christmas, but not too much. Metra was running on a modified schedule, every two hours instead of the normal weekday schedule. BNSF was pretty much shut down.
I know this is kind of late but when I was on my way to my aunt’s house on Xmas, the BRC ran one of it’s Geeps with an HLCX unit and a nice new BRC caboose past 55th and Central in Chicago with no freight. Just a quick power movement I guess.
I didn’t see anything between Christmas and 1/2/08. Not to say that there wasn’t anything running, but it was slow.
All local and most yd jobs were off for the holiday but mainline jobs kept running as usual. Our local yd closed down at the end of 2nd shift shift the 24th and came back start 2nd shift 25th. This was also in effect for new yrs as well but again as stated through frts kept on turning the wheels
The NB Crescent ran through on time Christmas. The only train I saw or heard all day.
Gary