Eastern Railroad Discussion > Ashland, KY, Intermodal Trains

I recently overnighted in Ashland, KY at the Delta Hotel and I had a room facing the CSX tracks along the Ohio River. I saw a few manifest trains and Amtrak during my stay but no intermodal trains. Does CSX run intermodals on this line or are they routed elsewhere?

Thanks for your responses.

No intermodal on this route for CSX.  The Portsmouth, Baltimore, and Chambersburg intermodal trains run the Sand Patch though Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Andrew

They did run on the C&O, single-level, for a time during construction on the Virginia Avenue Tunnel in Washington DC; from the Northwest Ohio terminal to Portsmouth, VA via Fostoria and Columbus, Ohio; Ashland, KY, Charleston, WV and Richmond, VA.  Once the tunnel was completed, they returned to the B&O main line via Sand Patch.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/07/21 11:50 by zars.

zars Wrote:
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> They did run on the C&O, single-level, for a time
> during construction on the Virginia Avenue Tunnel
> in Washington DC; from the Northwest Ohio terminal
> to Portsmouth, VA via Fostoria and Columbus, Ohio;
> Ashland, KY, Charleston, WV and Richmond, VA. 
> Once the tunnel was completed, they returned to
> the B&O main line via Sand Patch.


Rumor was they made better time on that route.

Posted from iPhone

Additional rumor is that Maersk liked the C&O routing more.

farmer Wrote:
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> zars Wrote:
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> > They did run on the C&O, single-level, for a
> time
> > during construction on the Virginia Avenue
> Tunnel
> > in Washington DC; from the Northwest Ohio
> terminal
> > to Portsmouth, VA via Fostoria and Columbus,
> Ohio;
> > Ashland, KY, Charleston, WV and Richmond, VA. 
> > Once the tunnel was completed, they returned to
> > the B&O main line via Sand Patch.
>
>
> Rumor was they made better time on that route.
>
> Posted from iPhone