J780 crawls across the CMPA diamond in North Vernon. CMPA still uses and maintains a PRR tilt target signal at the diamond, requiring a 10mph speed limit for CSX.
Crew has used control box to get signal to crossover C & I main to pull sand cars from the Mt. Morris branch. Local will run up the ill to serve sand plant west of Oregon.
IAIS 505 leads an extra CRSA (South Amana-Cedar Rapids-South Amana) train past the old Amana depot. The SACR2 used to be a daily train, but became an as-needed extra due to decreased traffic (COVI... (more)
With only 2 more days until the official beginning of spring, a former ATSF “BlueBonnet” SD40 coasts through Steward on the former BN, passing the namesake depot in the heart of town.