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Eastern Railroad Discussion > n.s. main route chi-pitt-east coast q'sDate: 05/15/19 21:03 n.s. main route chi-pitt-east coast q's Author: goneon66 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.......... 66 Date: 05/16/19 03:49 Re: n.s. main route chi-pitt-east coast q's Author: delvalrailfan 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 , Date: 05/16/19 07:38 Re: n.s. main route chi-pitt-east coast q's Author: reel_smooth 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.
Posted from iPhone Date: 05/16/19 07:42 Re: n.s. main route chi-pitt-east coast q's Author: toledopatch reel_smooth Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > 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). Date: 05/16/19 08:17 Re: n.s. main route chi-pitt-east coast q's Author: goneon66 thanks everybody for the info. this increasing knowledge of railroads e/of chicago is interesting..........
66 Date: 05/16/19 12:43 Re: n.s. main route chi-pitt-east coast q's Author: halfmoonharold Crew change points: Elkhart, Toledo, Cleveland, Conway, Altoona, Harrisburg. There are long pools that skip some of those terminals, especially for intermodal trains.
Date: 05/16/19 16:13 Re: n.s. main route chi-pitt-east coast q's Author: RuleG 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.
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