I guess CSX will always keep the C&O...even as coal dries up? Once the large boats can pass through the Panama Canal..it might benefit CSX to serve as many eastern ports as possible with intermodal. But then again...anything from Hampton Roads can hang a right up the RF&P and then onto the B&O
BTW...How many trains daily pass through the old B&O such as around Sand Patch? Is it as busy as the NS Pittsburgh Line?
Originally Posted by juniata guy:
Originally Posted by Mike W.:
Why has the current C&O mainline not become a modern throughline packed with stack trains? NS sees fit to work that magic on the parallel N&W plus the former Pennsy Main of course. So CSX could use the two pronged approach as well.
How many trains does the C&O se daily?
Mike:
CSX is putting their clearance dollars into the former B&O mainline. It wouldn't make sense to spend that kind of money raising clearances on two lines that are essentially parallel routes. The B&O line ties into CSX's New Baltimore intermodal facility in Ohio better than would the C&O plus, it also provides better port options on the east coast. Additionally, the former C&O has mainly been a coal conduit for CSX, similar to the former Clinchfield line.
Curt
