Eastern Railroad Discussion > n.s. main route chi-pitt-east coast q's

i am not very familiar with n.s.'s trackage or operations so i have a few questions

1. starting at chicago and running through elkhart,in to pittsburg,pa, what are the n.s.'s crew districts?

2. what amtrak trains operate on the n.s. between chi-pitt-nyc/phi?

3. what are some of the n.s.'s hot trains that run e/of chicago to the e/coast?

4. is the n.s.'s cleveland-buffalo line very busy with traffic? 

5. besides elkhart, are there any other major yards between chicago and the e/coast? 

that's it for now and thanks for any info..........

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3. what are some of the n.s.'s hot trains that run e/of chicago to the e/coast? 

205, 206, 20E, 20K, 20W, 21E, 21J, 21M, 21Z, 22W, 24M, 26E

4. is the n.s.'s cleveland-buffalo line very busy with traffic?  

Not really, only sees about 10 trains/day

5. besides elkhart, are there any other major yards between chicago and the e/coast?  

Bellevue, Conway, Enola, Allentown

Andrew Pine
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As far as Amtrak, there is a once-daily train between NYC and Pittsburgh, via Philadelphia, called The Pennsylvanian. I believe the Amtrak train numbers are 42/43. On the NS Pittsburgh line, 04T/07T.

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reel_smooth Wrote:
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> As far as Amtrak, there is a once-daily train
> between NYC and Pittsburgh, via Philadelphia,
> called The Pennsylvanian. I believe the Amtrak
> train numbers are 42/43. On the NS Pittsburgh
> line, 04T/07T.

West of Pittsburgh to Cleveland, the NS mainline route is used by the Capitol Limited, Amtrak Nos. 29-30 (NS symbols 03T/02T). West of Cleveland the Lake Shore Limited, Amtrak Nos. 48-49, and the Cap both use the NS through Toledo and Elkhart to Chicago. The Lake Shore's NS-style symbols are 08T-09T but I almost never hear NS-style symbols used in western Ohio except for the occasional Amtrak equipment extra, which will typically run with an NS symbol of R8T (eastbound) or R9T (westbound).

thanks everybody for the info.  this increasing knowledge of railroads e/of chicago is interesting..........

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Crew change points: Elkhart, Toledo, Cleveland, Conway, Altoona, Harrisburg. There are long pools that skip some of those terminals, especially for intermodal trains.

East of Harrisburg, Amtrak trains operate on Amtrak-owned lines to Philadelphia and New York City.  Norfolk Southern freight trains access the New York area (northeastern New Jersey) on former Reading and Lehigh Valley lines.