Eastern Railroad Discussion > More CSX Symbol Changes Affecting NY State

Autorack job Q261 Now originates out of Buffalo, NY and counterpart Q262 terminates there. Both previously were in and out of North Bergen, NJ. This, along with the recent abolishment of Q233/234 and Q620/621, has brought the Mohawk Sub down to 40-41 scheduled trains a day, only 32-33 of which are freight. A real shame considering how many trains that line had 5 years ago... 

Current Mohawk List:
Q363: (Selkirk, NY - Avon, IN)
Q364: (Avon, IN - Selkirk, NY)
Q367: (Selkirk, NY - Chicago, IL)
Q368: (Chicago, IL - Selkirk, NY)
Q388: (Chicago, IL - Selkirk, NY)
Q389: (Selkirk, NY - Chicago, IL)
Q560: (Cincinnati, ON - Selkirk, NY)
Q561: (Selkirk, NY - Cincinnati, OH)
Q626: (Buffalo, NY - Selkirk, NY)
Q627: (Selkirk, NY - Buffalo, NY)
Q634: (Selkirk, NY - Columbus, OH)
Q635: (Columbus, OH - Selkirk, NY)
TOTAL: 12

Intermodal:
Q001: (Bergen, NJ - Bedford Park, IL)
Q002: (Bedford Park, IL - Bergen, NJ)
Q003: (Kearny, NJ - Bedford Park, IL)
Q004: (Bedford Park, IL - Kearny, NJ)
Q007: (North Bergen, NJ - Rose Lake, IL)
Q008: (Rose Lake, IL - North Bergen, NJ)
Q009: (Bergen, NJ - Bedford Park, IL)
Q010: (Bedford Park, IL - Bergen, NJ)
Q017: (Worcester, MA - Bedford Park, IL)
Q018: (Syracuse, NY - Worcester, MA)
Q022: (Syracuse, NY - Worcester, MA)
Q115: (Worcester, MA - Syracuse, NY)
Q157: (Philadelphia, PA - North Baltimore, OH)
Q158: (North Baltimore, OH - Philadelphia, PA)
Q/L159: (Port Newark, NJ - Syracuse, NY)
Q162: (North Baltimore, OH - Port Newark, NJ)
Q/L167: (Port Newark, NJ - Syracuse, NY)
Q168: (Syracuse, NY - Port Newark, NJ)
TOTAL: 16, 17 on Tue/Thu 

Autorack:
Q253: (Doremus, NJ - Louisville, KY
Q258: (Buffalo, NY - Doremus, NJ)
Q263: (Worcester, MA - O’Bannon, KY)
Q264: (Walbridge, OH - Worcester, MA)

TOTAL: 4 

Amtrak:
P048: (Chicago, IL - New York, NY)
P049: (New York, NY - Chicago, IL)
P063: (New York, NY - Toronto, ON)
P064: (Toronto, ON - New York, NY)
P280: (Niagara Falls, NY - New York, NY)
P281: (New York, NY - Niagara Falls, NY)
P283: (New York, NY - Niagara Falls, NY)
P284: (Niagara Falls, NY - New York, NY)
TOTAL: 8

 1-4 Unit Trains Of Oil, Ethanol, Grain, and Coal Daily 

TOTAL: 41-44 Daily (With Unit Trains) 



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/05/20 14:45 by RiverLineProductions.

Somebody on CSX got a nice promotion for operating less trains and running off carload business.  Traffic down 5% is good news in their world.  

how many trains were on the line 5 years ago?

I believe over 60 during the oil train boom (including Amtrak)

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/05/20 19:22 by RiverLineProductions.

Actually CSX's merchandise traffic was flat in 2019 while Class I carload volume was down overall. Translation: They did better than the rest of the industry last year.


MEKoch Wrote:
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> Somebody on CSX got a nice promotion for operating
> less trains and running off carload business. 
> Traffic down 5% is good news in their world.  

Are the intermodal trains to/from Worcester combined with the Syracuse-Port Newark IM trains west of Syracuse (via DPU)? Or some other IM trains?

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MP403 Wrote:
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> Actually CSX's merchandise traffic was flat in
> 2019 while Class I carload volume was down
> overall. Translation: They did better than the
> rest of the industry last year.

That's pretty sad! It's a race to the bottom! I don't see railroads recovering - they don't understand what shipper need. The don't even see how irrelevant they are becoming.

Piston aircraft in a jet age!

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