Deshler Archive

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    Deshler April 6th and 7th 2013

    We have fallen behind on posting lately because of the move.  On April 6, 2013 Steven and I decided to go to Deshler for an evening/night/morning of train watching.  We left our house in Piqua a little before 5 pm. 5pm – 6pm 5:25 pm...

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    Deshler 9/11/12 Part 2

    Sorry I’m so late in getting this up, but by the time we got home yesterday until 2 pm today I slept. 1 pm – 2 pm 2:29 pm – west – CSX 7328, CSX 5301 – intermodal – 56 – Q167 2:32 pm –...

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    Deshler 9/11/12 Part 1

    Here is the first update for today. 12 am – 1 am 12:21 am – west – CSX 5338, CSX 2769 – mixed – 82 – Q391 12:26 am – east – CSX 4785, CSX 7869 – coal – 100 – K312 9 am –...

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    Deshler 9/10/12 Part 3

    Here is last night’s update: 9 pm – 10 pm 9:01 pm – east to north – CSX 7314, CSX 7348 – mixed – 169 – Q324 9:11 pm – east – CSX 7675, CSX 7325 – mixed – Q388 9:21 pm – east –...

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    Deshler 9/10/12 Part 2

    Here is the afternoon update. It has been relatively slow on the Garrett/Willard Sub for the whole afternoon because the defect detector at BI 93.0 was acting up and giving false hot box readings. Until CSX took it off line temporarily all trains going west...

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    Deshler 9/10/12 Part 1

    Today we took a field trip over to Hamler and Holgate and then up to Haskins and down through the little towns along the tracks (Toledo Sub) to look at what neat things they have there. So for about 3 hours we were out of...

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    Deshler 9/9/12 Part 4

    9 pm – 10 pm 9:47 pm – north to east – CSX 211, CSX 9043 – auto – Q272 10 pm – 11 pm 10:01 pm – west – CSX 736, CSX 4756 – Coal – 124 – K958 10:15 pm – west –...

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    Deshler 9/9/12 Part 3

    This is the 6pm – 9pm update for today! 6 pm – 7 pm 6:36 pm – east – BNSF 7803, BNSF 7408 – intermodal – 53 7 pm – 8 pm 7:13 pm – east – CSX 487, CSX 730 – intermodal – 23...

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    Deshler 9/9/2012 Part 2

    Here’s today’s latest 2 pm – 3 pm 2:52 pm – east – UP 7647, UP 8406, UP 8614 – reefers – 69 – Q090 3 pm – 4 pm 3:03 pm – west – CSX 97, CSX 353 – intermodal – 117 – Q015...

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    Deshler 9/9/12 Part 1

    Here is the first update for today. We were up until 1:30 am and then slept until 10 am, so that is why there is a long break in the update. 12 am – 1 am 12:11 am – west – CSX 7678 – auto...

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