My home, being bounded on the north by the Keystone Main and on the south by U S RT 30, I see rails, ties, car wheels & axels, subway car bodies, you name it on trucks on US 30. Daily. I find it interesting that rails go into Standard Wheel in Burnham, PA, wheel assemblies seem to come out on trucks. Someone closer would know better???? Every Sat the NS "Plate Train" moves from Lancaster's Dillerville Yard to Coatesville's former LUKENS Steel Mill and back to HIGH STEEL in Lancaster. Usually two "light" engines eastbound. Hauling plate steel for bridge fabrication. BIG plate steel. Almost always a couple of shiny EMD's on the point. Guess the GE's would get lost out here in the country. Anywhere from 2 to 10 cars, on average. Sometimes they haul empties east, usually just come back west with loaded cars. The cars usually make it to HIGH by end of day on Saturday, but, not always. The Sunday thru Thursday night "Local" would normally drop the empty cars for loading at Coatesville. NS isn't above or beyond running a "Local" on a Friday or Saturday either. Never saw "Big Blue" do that, may have. Lots of plate steel goes past the house on trucks, as well. Jim Lyle In a message dated 8/12/2013 6:06:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Kinda sad that the railroads ship by truck....
