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peak in 2008 of 158 million short tons. The forecast states production will fall from 115 million short tons in 2014 to 98 million short tons in 2016.
Cincinnati Changes
During May, a number of changes were made to trains scheduled via Cincinna- ti in order to reduce congestion through that busy terminal, as well as on the Central and Lake Divisions’ routes into the city. In the carload network, mani- fest Train 15Q (Chattanooga, Tenn.– Belt Railway of Chicago Clearing Yard, Bedford Park, Ill.) has been removed from the routing via Columbus and Bel- levue, Ohio. Instead, it now departs Cin- cinnati via the New Castle District to Fort Wayne, and then into Chicago via the Claypool connection and Elkhart, Ind.
With 15Q shifted from its Dayton Dis-
trict routing to the New Castle District out of Cincinnati, just the opposite ma- neuver has been done with Train 174. This Macon, Ga.-Elkhart train now runs via Columbus, Bellevue, and Toledo, and picks up Elkhart traffic at Sharonville Yard, the former New York Central fa- cility located on the north side of Cincin- nati.
Out of Conway, Pa., Train 169 no lon-
ger operates via Columbus to terminate at Sharonville. It now terminates in Bir- mingham, but avoids the Central Divi- sion’s CNO&TP mainline by running via Columbus and Roanoke to the Hurt, Va., connection with the former Southern mainline. It then travels to destination via Linwood, N.C., and Atlanta. South of Cincinnati, Train 175 (Elkhart-Macon) will set off Birmingham
Restored Centennial Returns to St. Louis
Former Union Pacifi c EMD DDA40X No. 6944 was returned to the Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, Mo., on June 25, 2015. The cosmetic restoration was completed by Norfolk Southern’s Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pa., in return for the loan of N&W Y6a No. 2156. The 6600 h.p. “Centennial” class diesels were constructed in 1969 for UP for use on high- tonnage, high-speed priority freights. The majority were retired by 1986, with a few examples saved for preservation. See page 16 for details.
PHOTO BY MARK MAUTNER
traffic at Harriman Junction, Tenn., for pickup by Train 179 (Bellevue-Birming- ham). Train 177 (BRC/Clearing-Ma- con) no longer sets off Shelbyville, Ky., autos at Cincinnati. Train 197 (Fort Wayne-Chattanooga) now terminates at Gest Street Yard in Cincinnati, with its south cars connecting with Train 147 (Cincinnati-Chattanooga). The Memphis Toyota multilevels once picked up at Georgetown, Ky., by 197 for furtherance to Chattanooga are now lifted by Train 123 (Decatur, Ill.-Chattanooga). In addition, one automotive sched-
ule has been created to keep Train 289 (Oakwood, Mich.-Shelbyville, Ky.) from picking up at Gest Street and 375 (Bel- levue-Alton & Southern/East St. Louis, Ill.) from setting off there. New Train 273 runs from Fostoria, Ohio, to Princ- eton, Ind., via Fort Wayne and Cincin- nati, originating on Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday. Its functions include moving empty multilevels from Georgetown to the Shelbyville automotive mixing cen- ter and the Toyota facility in Princeton. It also handles loaded multilevels for set-off at Shelbyville.
Ohio Service Discontinuance
NS and Toledo, Lake Erie & Western Railway (TLEW) have jointly filed with the STB to discontinue rail service over 1.8 miles of NS trackage near Toledo, Ohio. This is a remnant of the former Wabash Railroad’s branch from Toledo to Fort Wayne, Ind., via Defiance, Ohio. The portion in the STB filing extends from milepost TS 13.2 near Maumee, to milepost TS 15.0 at Waterville. The TLEW originally obtained authority to
operate the line in 2012, but it never developed any business and eventually defaulted on the lease.
Unit Train Loop for Pennsylvania
Construction of the new Deerfield Farms Service grain elevator is underway on NS’s remnant of the former Erie Rail- road mainline into Meadville, Pa. Locat- ed near the town of Geneva, Deerfield’s construction project helped win a state grant to help fund construction of a 7000-foot unit train loop track and also a 400-foot siding serving the industrial park in which the elevator is situated. The elevator will be in operation by later this year, but the unit train loop track will not be completed until 2016.
UNION PACIFIC KEVIN SNYDER
Locomotive News
In May, Union Pacific received from General Electric C45AHs 2549, 2551- 2553, 2555, 2556, and 2560–2569. All locomotives are Tier 4 credit user loco- motives in that they are Tier 3 internally but achieve Tier 4 compliance by using emissions credits that the manufacturer accumulated through previously built models already in service. UP 2520–2559 were built in Erie, Pa., whereas 2560– 2569 were built in Fort Worth, Texas.
Kevin Snyder is seeking a replacement to take over the Union Pacific news column. To be considered, please email him directly at
ksnyder@railfan.com.
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