Flooding in NC / TN (was on the Clinchfield)

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I have 8238 in bloody nose scheme on MLT's short-nose SD40-2T model. It has slightly different 3D details than the kodachrome painted models, and these...

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I just saw a report saying there was a "super hole" on the BR Sub at MP 198 (which is on the Loops, just south of Rocky Siding; Spruce Pine...

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Rebuilding Spruce Pine and southward makes sense, given there wasn't nearly as much damage to the line coupled with the silica mines in the area. It'll...

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The scanner repeater is operational today for the north end/KP Sub and there's regular traffic chatter. After listening for a few minutes, it sounds like...

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Timetable for Atlanta Division (A&WP Sub) found here:
https://www.multimodalways.org/docs/...SX/CSX%20ETTs/...

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Jerry, they're at the top of this thread; post #1 ...

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There are a lot of timetables and track charts here:

https://www.multimodalways.org/docs/...companies/CSX/...

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From the CSX Service Announcement dated 10/2/2024

• The Blue Ridge Subdivision has suffered extensive damage, with two bridges washed out and no estimated

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Here's a site with some before-and-after shots of the River Arts District of Asheville (along the French Broad River) that show the NS line completely...

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Early reports are saying 40 miles of the Blue Ridge Subdivision are damaged/destroyed. 40 miles is about 15% of the old Clinchfield, and about 30% of...

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You could argue that. But as someone who used to live there, a bridge made a lot more sense when there were 20+ trains a day, lots of gridlocked trains...

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The Clinch has never seen anything like this.

The crossings aren't blocked anymore because the yard no longer exists....

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You're correct on the funding sources; my mistake. At any rate, the bridge wasn't built to circumvent the mainline. It was built to circumvent the yard....

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Pete--
Unfortunately, CSX had essentially gutted the old Clinch several years ago, leaving a gap for many of those people long before this recent...

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Yeah, it's Poplar. The bridge that was destroyed at Chestoa was the road bridge. As you pointed out, some initial reports were confusing it with the railroad...

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South of Erwin
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Pic from a friend

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In the wake of Hurricane Helene, Tennessee and North Carolina have been deluged with rain and subsequent historic levels of flooding. My friends have...

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ATSF Bicentennial 5700 and 5703 have already been done:
https://www.trainsim.com/forums/file...leid?fid=70169...

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Early CSX coal train in the Fall
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