Eastern Railroad Discussion > Norfolk Southern Birmingham to Chattanooga Questions

Good Evening:

How many trains per day does NS run between Birmingham and Chattanooga, TN? Is the route cleared for doublestacks? Also, what are the maximum authorized speed and is it all CTC? When visiting the area a few times, it seemed like this line was not very busy.

Thank you in advance.

There are about 8-10 trains a day on the AGS North District. Although no intermodals are profiled along this line, it is cleared for double stacks as there have been reroutes. Top speed is 50 mph ABS signaling. The following are the scheduled trains:

•manifest (daily)
109 Chattanooga, TN - Birmingham, AL
110 Birmingham, AL - Chattanooga, TN
130 New Orleans, LA (UP) - Chattanooga, TN
142 Birmingham, AL - Chattanooga, TN
147 Cincinnati, OH - Birmingham, AL
178 Birmingham, AL - Bellevue, OH
179 Bellevue, OH - Birmingham, AL
15T Allentown, PA - Birmingham, AL

•unit steel (~2x a week)
60C Indiana Harbor, IN - Calvert, AL
61C Calvert, AL - Indiana Harbor, IN

•locals
A52, A53, and A54 are all based at Attalla.

Various coal, coke, and grain trains run as needed.

Andrew



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/27/18 17:11 by florida581.