Eastern Railroad Discussion > Double Stacks

Today's Q-015 from Chambersburg Pa. will be the inaugural run of international double stacks.

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Care to elaborate?

Has the time that Q015 runs changed at all due to the new business? This train is normally through Garrett between 5 and 7pm lately - great for afternoon photos.

FDF

Means that the National Gateway work necessary to run domestic doublestacks between Chambersburg & North Baltimore is done.

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> Care to elaborate?

Are you sure they are nternational cons? Almost all the business at Chambersburg is domestic stacks, mainly Schneider.

Only could handle domestic containers on the former B&O through the Alleghany mountains till this portion Gateway Project was completed. With Q-015 working North Baltimore it's running a different schedule.

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farmer Wrote:
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> Only could handle domestic containers on the
> former B&O through the Allegheny mountains till
> this portion Gateway Project was completed. With
> Q-015 working North Baltimore it's running a
> different schedule.

You've got it backward. Until this project was done, the line could only accommodate standard ocean/international containers, which are smaller. The clearance project now enables doublestacked domestic containers, as well as ocean high-cubes, on the route.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/15/13 06:48 by toledopatch.

Prior to the project, CSX could handle stacked low cube 8'6 marine cons thru to Baltimore even Howard Street tunnel, because they are no highr than enclosed multilevels. They did have to use certain tracks in some places east of Ohio. One fully loaded stack car of stacked 8'6 cons actually made it to Wilsmere, where it was set out or else it would have been 'fillet' in an unforgiving manner at Darby tunnel.

Good news about the Gateway Project. Not too far in the past, CSX would start something, then fire the CEO and quit it.