Originally Posted by Dieselbob:
Originally Posted by Robert K:
Is that why last year 765 had to drop people off at an NS yard in Lafayette, IN and buses took them into town and back and 765 could not run to the Amtrak station because the tracks are CSX?
Pretty much true, at least from the information I was given by the FWRHS. 765 was not allowed on CSX tracks, and the CSX tracks are BETWEEN the NS tracks and the passenger platform, meaning passengers would have trek across the CSX tracks. Even if 765 was allowed on CSX tracks, it looks like it would have been a multiple step move, and would STILL required a long backup move through lots of switches to get the train back out, and they STILL would have had to turn the consist AND there is no room down by the depot to service 765. Although it would have been nice to disembark downtown, it probably would have not been worth the hassle, even if it had been possible.
