UD‘s thinking that the disaster in Baltimore might well decrease the number of freight trains that pass through Garrett Park. The longest CSX trains around here have car after car topped with coal.
UD‘s thinking that the disaster in Baltimore might well decrease the number of freight trains that pass through Garrett Park. The longest CSX trains around here have car after car topped with coal.
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March 28th, 2024 at 10:40PM
Wouldn’t coal from West Virginia to the Stonehouse Cove coal piers make a left turn at Point of Rocks and avoid Garrett Park? I lose track of which power companies still have dedicated coal trains to supply their generating stations; if you see a lot of identical cars with reporting marks other than CSXT, those are likely headed to somebody’s generating station.
Once the space to pile coal at the Baltimore piers is full, the bad news is you might see more West Virginia coal trains, they’d go to Potomac Yard and the former Richmond line of CSX to the old C&O piers at Newport News. The intra-Appalachian tracks that used to provide for reroutes to Newport News off the B&O, avoiding Washington, are torn up.
March 29th, 2024 at 1:12AM
Stephen: As always, impressed by your detailed knowledge of these routes!
March 29th, 2024 at 9:26AM
UD: Thanks! You’re my go-to for Rilke. Isn’t comparative advantage wonderful?
March 30th, 2024 at 9:42AM
Update: A HUGELY long coal train just sped by as I walked back from the Garrett Park market…