richard carr
Western Thunderer
Friday morning I picked up a car at 6am and set off to explore Lima Ohio. Thats where they used to build steam locos.
The route there takes you along US30 which parallels the Chicago Fort Wayne and Eastern most of the way to Fort Wayne
First stop was going to be Warsaw Indiana, here the CFWE crosses the NS Indianapolis to Goshen route in the town centre.
I parked up by the tracks and then got a phone call from the Boss saying the TV in the spare bedroom wasn't working just as I heard a horn and this appeared.
Typical just when I didn't want to try to fix the TV
The rear loco is one of the rebuilt SD75s now with AC traction motors
I then carried on to Lima still 2 hours further on.
In theory there's quite a lot at Lima, the main route is CSX from Toledo to Cincinnati that passes through Deshler. There is a decent sized yard at the north end of town.
This is then crossed by the CFWE in the town centre. The Indiana and Ohio also has it's own route through the town and a yard to the east of the CSX one. It gets crossed by the CFWE too.
Norfolk Southern also has a route to Lima from Fostoria it splits off the main Fort Wayne line in Arcadia and heads through Findlay to Lima.
They appear to serve the large refinery in the southern part of town near the old loco works. This also crosses the I&OR and joins the CSX route for the last few miles through the town centre to the refinery.
I went to the CSX/CFWE crossing and found this parked up
It turned out to be heading north once it got moving, just as this came in from NS
I set off after the train, unfortunately I got stuck at every set of traffic lights and the train was no where to be seen when I arrived.
I waited for a while and eventually it ran round it's train and appeared.
Next I heard a horn on the mainline so crossed the road to see what was coming
It's the first responders CSX loco on the point
I was hoping that the NS train would leave now, but no luck, they just turned off the headlights and powered down the loco.
So I set off to explore the I&OR.
The route there takes you along US30 which parallels the Chicago Fort Wayne and Eastern most of the way to Fort Wayne
First stop was going to be Warsaw Indiana, here the CFWE crosses the NS Indianapolis to Goshen route in the town centre.
I parked up by the tracks and then got a phone call from the Boss saying the TV in the spare bedroom wasn't working just as I heard a horn and this appeared.
Typical just when I didn't want to try to fix the TV
The rear loco is one of the rebuilt SD75s now with AC traction motors
I then carried on to Lima still 2 hours further on.
In theory there's quite a lot at Lima, the main route is CSX from Toledo to Cincinnati that passes through Deshler. There is a decent sized yard at the north end of town.
This is then crossed by the CFWE in the town centre. The Indiana and Ohio also has it's own route through the town and a yard to the east of the CSX one. It gets crossed by the CFWE too.
Norfolk Southern also has a route to Lima from Fostoria it splits off the main Fort Wayne line in Arcadia and heads through Findlay to Lima.
They appear to serve the large refinery in the southern part of town near the old loco works. This also crosses the I&OR and joins the CSX route for the last few miles through the town centre to the refinery.
I went to the CSX/CFWE crossing and found this parked up
It turned out to be heading north once it got moving, just as this came in from NS
I set off after the train, unfortunately I got stuck at every set of traffic lights and the train was no where to be seen when I arrived.
I waited for a while and eventually it ran round it's train and appeared.
Next I heard a horn on the mainline so crossed the road to see what was coming
It's the first responders CSX loco on the point
I was hoping that the NS train would leave now, but no luck, they just turned off the headlights and powered down the loco.
So I set off to explore the I&OR.