Eastern Railroad Discussion > Who is busier Birmingham-New Orleans?

CSX (former L&N) or NS (former SOU)?
How many trains are added to CSX below Montgomery (where the former A&WP ties in) and below Flomaton (where the line from Jacksonville ties in)?
Thanks!
Andy

The A&WP adds one train south to New Orleans, Q611, other traffic from that line either terminates at Montgomery or gets routed north to Birmingham.

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The NS line is by far busier, especially around Birmingham.

Here’s the average train density along the NS line:

•New Orleans, LA - Meridian, MS: 10 freight, 2 Amtrak plus road locals based in Nicholson, Hattiesburg and Meridian, MS
•Meridian, MS - Vance, AL: 19 freight, 2 Amtrak plus road locals based in Hattiesburg, MS
•Vance, AL - Bessemer, AL: 21 freight, 2 Amtrak plus road locals based in Tuscaloosa, AL.
•Bessemer, AL - Birmingham, AL: 28 freight, 2 Amtrak plus road locals based in Tuscaloosa and Bessemer, AL

Here’s the average train density along the CSX line:

•New Orleans, LA - Mobile, AL: 8 freight
•Mobile, AL - Flomaton, AL: 12 freight plus road locals based in Mobile, AL
•Flomaton, AL - Montgomery, AL: 8 freight plus road locals based in Flomaton and Montgomery, AL
•Montgomery, AL - Birmingham, AL: 9 freight plus road locals based in Montgomery and Calera, AL

As for trains entering exiting the CSX line:

•6 New Orleans - Waycross trains exit and 2 Pensacola - Birmingham trains enter at Flomaton, AL
•2 New Orleans - Atlanta trains exit, 2 Waycross - Chicago trains enter, and 1 Baldwin - Louisville rack train enter at Montgomery, AL

Andrew

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/07/18 15:29 by darkcloud.

florida581 Wrote:
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> The NS line is by far busier, especially around
> Birmingham.
>
> Here’s the average train density along the NS
> line:
>
> •New Orleans, LA - Meridian, MS: 10 freight, 2
> Amtrak plus road locals based in Nicholson,
> Hattiesburg and Meridian, MS
> •Meridian, MS - Vance, AL: 19 freight, 2 Amtrak
> plus road locals based in Hattiesburg, MS
> •Vance, AL - Bessemer, AL: 21 freight, 2 Amtrak
> plus road locals based in Tuscaloosa, AL.
> •Bessemer, AL - Birmingham, AL: 28 freight, 2
> Amtrak plus road locals based in Tuscaloosa and
> Bessemer, AL
>
> Here’s the average train density along the CSX
> line:
>
> •New Orleans, LA - Mobile, AL: 8 freight
> •Mobile, AL - Flomaton, AL: 12 freight plus
> road locals based in Mobile, AL
> •Flomaton, AL - Montgomery, AL: 8 freight plus
> road locals based in Flomaton and Montgomery, AL
> •Montgomery, AL - Birmingham, AL: 9 freight
> plus road locals based in Montgomery and Calera,
> AL
>
> As for trains entering exiting the CSX line:
>
> •6 New Orleans - Waycross trains exit and 2
> Pensacola - Birmingham trains enter at Flomaton,
> AL
> •2 New Orleans - Atlanta trains exit, 2 Waycross
> - Chicago trains enter, and 1 Baldwin - Louisville
> rack train enter at Montgomery, AL
>
> Andrew

U forgot about 172,226,225,154,153,27A,26A , 220,290,173,219,24E,23E ! Those come to/ from Atlanta

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Thanks FL581.  What a change from the early '70's when I lived in Birmingham.  Mid morning I could count on from Norris Yd bham #115 (MP/KCS run-thru), #193 (SP run-thru and #153 (Oliver Yrd termination) and 3B #183 to Mobile.  Similar trains ran north.  The L&N back then had a few more trains than SOU going to New Orleans.
Andy

florida581 Wrote:
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> The NS line is by far busier, especially around
> Birmingham.
>
> Here’s the average train density along the NS
> line:
>
> •New Orleans, LA - Meridian, MS: 10 freight, 2
> Amtrak plus road locals based in Nicholson,
> Hattiesburg and Meridian, MS
> •Meridian, MS - Vance, AL: 19 freight, 2 Amtrak
> plus road locals based in Hattiesburg, MS
> •Vance, AL - Bessemer, AL: 21 freight, 2 Amtrak
> plus road locals based in Tuscaloosa, AL.
> •Bessemer, AL - Birmingham, AL: 28 freight, 2
> Amtrak plus road locals based in Tuscaloosa and
> Bessemer, AL
>
> Here’s the average train density along the CSX
> line:
>
> •New Orleans, LA - Mobile, AL: 8 freight
> •Mobile, AL - Flomaton, AL: 12 freight plus
> road locals based in Mobile, AL
> •Flomaton, AL - Montgomery, AL: 8 freight plus
> road locals based in Flomaton and Montgomery, AL
> •Montgomery, AL - Birmingham, AL: 9 freight
> plus road locals based in Montgomery and Calera,
> AL
>
> As for trains entering exiting the CSX line:
>
> •6 New Orleans - Waycross trains exit and 2
> Pensacola - Birmingham trains enter at Flomaton,
> AL
> •2 New Orleans - Atlanta trains exit, 2 Waycross
> - Chicago trains enter, and 1 Baldwin - Louisville
> rack train enter at Montgomery, AL
>
> Andrew

Viewliner2_Supporter Wrote:
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>
> U forgot about 172,226,225,154,153,27A,26A ,
> 220,290,173,219,24E,23E ! Those come to/ from
> Atlanta


I didn’t forget about them. Those are all included in the NS train counts. The two Atlanta trains I was referring to were CSX trains Q610 and Q611 that depart the Birmingham - New Orleans Main at Montgomery.

Andrew

Also, forgot to mention
the Conrad Yel rock trains
coming out of Calera for unloading
sites south of Montgomery.......


JLSeale