Last evening, around 6, CSX Q090 of the 12th derailed the first 9 cars while turning off the B&O northward onto the NYC Indy Line to Cleveland, where it would then go East on the Water Level Route. Greenwich is a very strategic interlocking, funneling virtually all CSX Chicago to East Coast traffic. The two weekly 090 trains, one from CA, the other from the PNW, are the road's hottest schedules, carrying produce that had long ago gone to trucks. They run on a tight load/unload protocol with no margin for delays. As of this morning one of the B&O tracks was clear, and a new turnout was on the way. Could have hardly picked a worse spot to put 'em on the ground. Will take awhile to move the backlog of parked trains thru here.
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Given how important Greenwich is to the CSX New York to Chicago and Baltimore to Chicago traffic, that will be cleaned up FAST!
This is where the old B&O main from the east joins the former Big Four main from the north east and they both funnel into the old B&O main from there west to Chicago. There must be 80 to 100 trains a day through there!
Seems the cause was a broken wheel tread on the first car. There have been some detours over NS. By now the whole plant is probably functional agin, tho at reduced speed. This is another location I have intended to get to. but have heard the parking situation near the junction is iffy. Anyone on here been there?? BTW, this town calls itself "Green Witch," not "Grenich."
This spot sounds like a good location to move the Rochelle IL live train cam. Not near as much activity at the Rochelle Train Park diamond as there was in years past.
"Green Witch" is a busy place, that's for sure. You had better be a CSX fan, because 95% of the traffic through there is CSX. The WLE (Wheeling & Lake Erie) also makes a few moves through Green Witch every once in a while.
CSX is really having a hard time keeping their rolling stock on the rails.
i park by the tracks on kniffin st. there is a stone drive on the east side of the road that csx m.o.w. people use.there is another stone drive and grass area just north- the farm owner tolorates parking-just dont use it if its wet. i have had no problems parking here and the greenwich police patrol the area regularly.if you want to see any wle best bet is spring-summer -fall, when the stone trains run.-jim