Eastern Railroad Discussion > Silent CSX

Lately radio traffic on the CSX in and around Berea, Ohio has been sparse at best.  Crews are no longer calling out signals and there is little talk from dispatch.  Has anyone else noticed this?  Could it be that CSX no longer requires signal calling?

Richard Kaminsky
North Royalton, OH
THE RAILFAN GALLERY

No we still do, or are supposed to. If PTC has been enabled, there will be less chatter between crews and dispatcher because the crew can see on their display what's happening up to 6 miles ahead. What you may hear is crews talking to the PTC desk trying to figure why PTC is throwing up stop signals where no signal exists!

engineerinvirginia Wrote:
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> No we still do, or are supposed to. If PTC has
> been enabled, there will be less chatter between
> crews and dispatcher because the crew can see on
> their display what's happening up to 6 miles
> ahead. What you may hear is crews talking to the
> PTC desk trying to figure why PTC is throwing up
> stop signals where no signal exists!

Is that considered a "red fence"?  I've heard that term a fair amount recently...

John R -- CP Spring
Carlisle, PA

It could also be because their traffic levels are lower than they've been in years...

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CSX volume (carloads) up 5.7% for the week ending 8/11
So far after 5 weeks of 3rd quarter of 2018 volume is up 4.3%

YTD is finally on the up side at +0.3%

Shows you how bad they were earlier this year.....

obviouly this is carloads, so train count may be the same as we all know they are running longer trains

For what it's worth, I hear very few CSX crews calling signals along the Mohawk in upstate NY.

Humidity is eating up radio signals.

I enjoy transmitting UP 4141 East Cp 13 #1 and watch the ensuing scramble

halfmoonharold Wrote:
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> Humidity is eating up radio signals.

Humidity does have an affect. We are having much trouble lately on the trains!