Escorting Business Car NCBX 101 / New Damage Photos !
We're off on another rail car escort. This time it's the office car NCBX 101 being moved from CSX's West Jacksonville Business Car Facility to Walsenburg, Colorado.
Our Trip will take us on CSX from Jacksonville, FL-Waycross,GA- Birmingham,AL- Nashville-Tn, Avon, IN-East St. Louis,IL.
At East St. Louis we will interchange with the Alton & Southern who will interchange us with Union Pacific.
Union Pacific will take us the rest of the way to Walsenburg,Colorado. We will try to post updates each day of the trip and will also be posting on Trainorders.com.
UPDATE: 11_23_09...Car was coupled to tank car in Cheyenne , WY with double shelf coupler (against instructions)
Photos of damage at Denver below:
UPDATE:11_20_09 Still in North Platte, NE
UPDATE: 11_14_09 : 0900 HRS
We're just outside Nashville on northbound Q699-14. Crew change and we're off to Evansville and AVON,IND
Guestimated arrival at AVON near Indianapolis is aprox 0300 HRS on 11_15_09
If you can get a photo en-route....please send it to <charter@rent-a-train.com>
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UPDATE: 11_13_09 : 1500 HRS
We were told that NCBX 101 will be on the Q688-14 Northbound.
Crew call is scheduled for 2300 HRS
Train will pass through Nashville after a crew change and will not be humped ! Hurray!
Crew change in Evansville , IN and will be reclassified in AVON near Indianapolis.Don't know when we will arrive at E. St. Louis for interchange with Alton & Southern over to Union Pacific. Union Pacific will take the car the rest of the trip to Walsenburg, Colorado. If you get a chance to photograph along the way please send photos to:
Charter@rent-a-train.com
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95 year old "Blue Ridge" mentioned in previous posts going from Jacksonville, FL to Walsenburg, Colorado will spend day 6 sitting on a siding at Birmingham,Alabama. Although the car arrived without incident (11_12_09) and hump staff were kind enough to set the car out and not hump it, we were told this morning that the train that would take it to Nashville has already been built and there is no way we will get out of the yard in Birmingham before Saturday.
11_9_09 Move Jacksonville - Waycross,GA
11_10_09 Waycross-Birmingham,AL Departure 1600hrs
Stay tuned for updates on our trip. So far we dodged a hurricane!