Eastern Railroad Discussion > Barr yard in Chicago

I was wondering as I passed by Barr yard on Q138 yesterday, where was all the foreign line power was going? There was more foreign power than our own sitting on the ready tracks!

Posted from Android

If if was U.P power, there has been a long line of retired units being stored there for GE for months.

Pair of Ferro Mex units heading east on Q200 today. Should be in Garrett around 1:00 PM

Posted from iPhone

Is Barr yard still closed or was that just a temporary stunt by Harrison to scare the troops into line? What a crazy idea...

Posted from Android

the BRC is still getting most of the chicago bound cars to be switched.

OldHeadRailroader Wrote:
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> Is Barr yard still closed or was that just a
> temporary stunt by Harrison to scare the troops
> into line? What a crazy idea...
>
> Posted from Android

It never was closed.

Posted from iPhone

Really? https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/CSX-Chicago-Barr-Yard-Belt-Railway-Hunter-Harrison/449105/

OldHeadRailroader Wrote:
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> Really?
> https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/CSX-Chicago-B
> arr-Yard-Belt-Railway-Hunter-Harrison/449105/

Yea, really. If the yard had been closed, as you claim, all of the staff would have been laid off not half. While its role was reduced, it never was closed.

That SA Harrison moved a lot of traffic to the BRC. After the numbers started to come back and showed that plan wasn't working, he brought some work back to Barr. So it never closed.

Yesterday there were a bunch CN Red Barns, a BNSF BW40-8, several UP CW40-8'S.

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What are your sources? Do you work there? If not, then you don't know that for certain. Barr Yard is a shell of what it was a few years ago. https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/CSX-Chicago-Barr-Yard-Belt-Railway-Hunter-Harrison/449105/

Typhoon Wrote:
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> Yea, really. If the yard had been closed, as you
> claim, all of the staff would have been laid off
> not half. While its role was reduced, it never
> was closed.

Barr was never actually closed. Locals and yard jobs worked out of it. More recently, some of the road trains that had been shifted to Clearing have returned to Barr.

So Barr has maybe half the traffic it had before EHH took over.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/12/18 10:28 by darkcloud.

darkcloud Wrote:
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> OldHeadRailroader Wrote:
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> > What are your sources? Do you work there? If
> not,
> > then you don't know that for certain. Barr Yard
> is
> > a shell of what it was a few years ago.
> >
> https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/CSX-Chicago-B
>
> > arr-Yard-Belt-Railway-Hunter-Harrison/449105/
>
>
> He knows.

Yes, Typhoon is one of those who is "in the know."

OldHeadRailroader Wrote:
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> What are your sources? Do you work there? If not,
> then you don't know that for certain. Barr Yard is
> a shell of what it was a few years ago.
> https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/CSX-Chicago-B
> arr-Yard-Belt-Railway-Hunter-Harrison/449105/

I've worked for the company the past 20 years! I've been a hogger the past 18! I pass by every other day working out of North Baltimore to Chicago.
Where in my post did I say things returned to normal?? MY EYESIGHT IS MY SOURCE OF INFORMATION!

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calumet Wrote:
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> Typhoon Wrote:
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> -----
> > Yea, really. If the yard had been closed, as
> you
> > claim, all of the staff would have been laid
> off
> > not half. While its role was reduced, it never
> > was closed.
>
> Barr was never actually closed. Locals and yard
> jobs worked out of it. More recently, some of the
> road trains that had been shifted to Clearing have
> returned to Barr.

There was also some intermodal block swapping going on for awhile too
>
> So Barr has maybe half the traffic it had before
> EHH took over.

My guess would be more than half. The BORE trains just started back out of there this weekend.

There's quite a bit of traffic!
The RA dispatcher put a slop train going to Garrett in front of us Saturday evening! We had a 14000 foot Q138 which he thought wasn't that important.

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Those CN barns have “LTEX” spray painted on the cabs below the numbers.

espeefan Wrote:
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> There's quite a bit of traffic!
> The RA dispatcher put a slop train going to
> Garrett in front of us Saturday evening!

You got to make that origination.