Another 24 Hour Count in Goshen IN - Trains Magazine
Hello everybody,
I just got back from my little railfan adventure a few days ago, and here is
the first of my postings. This is Goshen IN, where the NS Marion
branch diverges from the main a little east of Elkhart. Time of visit
was Thursday, 8-28-08.
I know my notes are pretty messy, and probably different kind of
notes than what some are used to. No locomotive makes and #'s! That
is way to much for someone alone to write down, especially in the
middle of the night, when trains are passing at 60per.
1. 9:20am WB 11M Columbus - Elkhart freight
2. 9:25 WB 667 Monroe MI - Chicago BNSF coal mts
3. 9:31 WB 23N Columbus - Chi/BNSF all import/export cons.
(ie)
4. 9:37 EB 38E Elkhart - Detroit many autos, steel
5. 10:08 EB 680 Chicago/BNSF - Michigan coal lds DEEX
6. 10:34 EB 84W Coal lds from UP in Chicago, KGLX, EXEX
reporting marks
7. 11:09 WB 69T steel lds from Detroit
8. 11:45 WB 205 Ayer - Chicago 47th 150+ domestic cons. (few
i/e) and a few truckers trailers
9. 12:35 EB 16E BRC - Conway 69 cars, 2 reefers, mostly c.
hoppers and tanks
10. 12:42 WB 31M Detroit - IHB 48 auto lds.
11. 1:02 SB 19K Elkhart - Decatur big, BNSF units, autos up
front.
12. 1:35 WB 19A Conway - Proviso Mostly c. hoppers
13. 2:35 SB B32 Local, push pull locos, 4 c. hoppers
14. 3:04 EB 24W 47th. - Croxton 30 ie cons.
15. 3:16 WB 23K Buffalo - 47th 20 pigs (ups and schnieder), 100
cons, some ie
16. 3:36 NB 18K St. Louis (?) - Elkhart 50 cars, mostly autos
17. 4:35 EB 861 mt coal from Chicago area?
18. 4:47 NB M44 Birmingham (?) - Elkhart extra. 142 cars, mainly
tanks
19. 5:17 EB 14Q Elkhart - Bellevue big, steel, boxes and gons.
20. 5:34 WB 17M Linwood NC - Elkhart 108 cars boxes, c. hoppers
21. 5:52 WB 23T CP Intermodal. 115 ie cons, many refridge.
22. 6:23 WB 572 NORX lds (headed to Wheatfield? Or Mich. City?)
23. 6:57 SB 143 Elkhart - Birmingham 55 cars, many CN lds
24. 7:10 WB 25T CP IM up front (some emp), freight rear
25. 7:10 EB 20N Chicago - Delray very short 24 ie cons.
26. 7:36 EB 10M Elkhart - Columbus 125 cars steel, tanks, coal
hoppers
27. 7:49 EB 664 BNSF coal lds to Detroit, DEEX, DETX reporting
marks
28. 8:05 EB 26T 47th - Harrisburg 146 solid dom. cons, jbh, emp,
swift
29. 8:09 WB 11G Enola (?) - Elkhart (?) big, many boxes, reefers,
CN and BNSF cars
30. 8:22 EB 416 Coal lds from BNSF. CEFX rm's
31. 8:31 WB 25K Croxton - Cicero cons. mix, mostly ie. Almost 100
total
32. 8:56 SB 175 Chicago (?) - Macon (?) c. hoppers and tanks
33. 9:00 WB 21N Detroit - Cicero 94 ie stacks
34. 9:02 EB 24T CP 45 autos and 58 stacks, some emp
35. 9:25 EB 22W 63rd St. - Rutherford 78 pigs, many ups, truckers
36. 9:36 WB 21Q Morrisville - 47th 126 dom. cons, few ie
37. 9:38 EB Capitol Limited
38. 9:47 WB 21Z Rutherford - 63rd 75 pigs, 5 fed ex, many
truckers, no ups. 30+ cons.
39. 9:57 WB 29T CP 35ish auto lds. 1 unit
40. 10:04 EB 14Q Elkhart - Bellevue (again?? Maybe M4Q?) big,
lots steel, boxes
41. 10:12 WB 13Q Bellevue - Elkhart 112 cars, UP locos, many boxes
42. 11:07 EB 26N Chi/BNSF - Columbus 36 ie cons, BNSF units
43. 11:21 EB 24T (I4T) CP 108 ie cons
44. 11:41 WB 31A Detroit - Elkhart big, many steels
45. 12:43am WB 25Z Croxton - 47th 200 dom. cons.
46. 12:54 EB 68Q Tanks
47. 1:02 EB Lake Shore Limited
48. 1:09 WB B38 Local 21 cars
49. 1:38 WB 97R some work train
50. 1:48 EB 20Q 47th - Morrisville 150 dom. cons.
51. 2:21 EB 18A Proviso - Conway Hot freight, 100 cars, MANY
reefers and lumber
52. 2:34 EB 24V 47th - Dockside 126 mixed stacks, 8 Alliance pigs
53. 2:42 EB 20R 47th - Elizabethport 110 dom. cons. few ie
54. 2:52 WB 21E Morrisville - Willow Springs 76 solid ups pigs
55. 3:04 NB 144 Birmingham - Elkhart steel, auto parts, autos
56. 3:08 EB 38E (again??) 74 cars, gons, steel and autos
57. 3:28 WB 21V Cleveland - 47th 70 ie stacks
58. 3:58 EB 22K 47th - Buffalo 20ish ups pigs, 100 mixed cons
59. 4:01 WB 21J Morrisville - 47th 113 pigs, many truckers, ltl,
and 1 fed ex
60. 4:22 EB 22T CP 100ish ie cons
61. 4:35 WB I3T extra CP, 100 ie cons
62. 4:45 WB 21G Croxton - BNSF/L.A 220 mixed cons.
63. 5:00 SB 312 Elkhart - Marion almost all auto parts
64. 5:16 EB B38 Local 18 cars
65. 5:39 WB 23W Baltimore - Chicago 9 pigs, no ups, 70ish mixed
stacks
66. 5:53 EB 680 BNSF lds to Detroit, DEEX
67. 6:13 EB 10R BNSF/Streator - Conway 50 cars, half insulated
boxes and reefers.
68. 6:30 EB 16N Elkhart - Conway big, tanks, hoppers, junky
looking
69. 6:57 WB 21M Croxton - Chicago 134 pigs, many truckers and
ups, 20 dom. cons
70. 7:07 WB Capitol Limited
71. 7:07 EB 206 47th - Ayer 134 dom. cons and pigs, 1 Arnold
reefer
72. 7:19 WB 23M Elizabethport - Global 2 95 mixed cons.
73. 7:28 NB B23 Local with 5 centerflows
74. 7:35 WB 23Z Harrisburg - Corwith 50 mixed stacks
75. 7:36 EB 20K Chicago - Croxton 54 pigs, hot, 50 cons
76. 7:54 EB 36T CP 91 cars, autos on rear
77. 8:32 WB Lake Shore Limited
78. 8:39 EB 20E Chicago - Morrisville 102 pigs, some fed ex, many
ups, truckers
79. 8:46 WB X17 Coal mts to BNSF. FEPX and MBKX rm's
80. 8:47 EB 24M Chicago - Baltimore 27 pigs, few stacks
81. 8:58 WB 15N Conway - Elkhart 148 cars, some reefers and lumber
82. 9:19 WB 23N 197 ie cons. 1 hub group dom.
The rundown goes like this:
Intermodal - 30
17 WB - 23N, 205, 23K, 25K, 21N, 21Q, 21Z, 25Z, 21E, 21V, 21J, 21G,
23W, 21M, 23M, 23Z, 23N
13 EB - 24W, 20N, 26T, 22W, 26N, 20Q, 24V, 20R, 22K, 206, 20K, 20E,
24M
Freight - 29
9 WB - 11M, 69T, 19F, 17M, 11G, 13Q, 31A, B38, 15N
11EB - 38E, 16E, 14Q, 10M, 14Q, 18A, 38E, B38, 10R, 16N, 68Q
4 NB - 18K, M44, 144, B23
5 SB - 19K, B22, 143, 175, 312
Coal - 9
3 WB - 667mts, 572lds, X17mts
6 EB - 680lds, 84Wlds, 861mts, 664lds, 416lds, 680lds
1 Auto - 31M
1 Other - 97R
NS TOTAL - 70
CP Total - 8
4 WB - 23T, 25T, I3T, 29T
4 EB - I4T, 24T, 22T, 36T
4 Amtrak
82 - TOTAL
Next time I stay in Goshen I'll definately do a Friday or Saturday
night. Looking forward to it! I had a blast the whole night!
Here is some video that I took, and more will be up soon:
These times are all central too. Too much work to change them now!
Enjoy! and let me know what ya'll think!
