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Yes..its the one where you see telephoto shots and youre just waiting to roll a rail, and a Unit. Lived in Antwerp, ohio and yes time has not been kind to this line. Line pulled further east..think east of napoleon or maybe just west of it. Line defiance to east FTW still has some moves.

​​@@creggf4685 It was pulled between Liberty Center and Napoleon.

@@jerrybutler605 thank you. Was trying to remember where I saw the direct mound at,, as drove 24 from Detroit to ftw

I have a question in what year did it stop being the norfolk and western to be what it is known today?

@@johanaperezmolina December 31 1990 Norfolk an western an The. Southern railway were transferred over to the new Norfolk southern holding company to form one rail road it had been run as two sepr!te railroads from 1982 til 1990 but under control of Norfolk southern

@@brianbooher7318 thanks for the information, what happened to the southern route saluda grade

@@johanaperezmolina to expensive to maintain an operate pwhen they had routes just up the road that was another better safer an easier to maintain.samethung with the peaking Cincinnati district line in Ohio it was shut down cause same problems an their is a bridge at the end that needs replaced so they just shut it down

@@brianbooher7318 oh :o

People weren’t delicate wimps back then.

@@MFXdump true but I smoke myself n honestly if I didn't smoke I wouldn't wanna be in a smoked filled room lol but people r pansies 😂

@@eyemmeohigho That’s probably how I ended up a smoker. Parents taking us around in the car, smoking with the windows up “because it’s cold!” Rolll the window back up! Lol!

@@MFXdump I always hated smelling like smoke but yet when I walked to school I'd smoke 😂 makes sense 🤷🏼‍♂️😆

Did you work for CSX in Evansville?

@Bluegrass Man No. But I knew how much CSX hated IHRC. The day after the STB ruled, CSX had the Evansville siding for IHRC ripped out. Stories of stalled IHRC trains around Howell Yard were common. CSX got tired of pushing them out of the way while IHRC went and fetched a working engine somewhere else on the line so they could get out of the way. By getting the trackage rights revoked permanently was one less aspirin the yard master had to take.

@@spuwho was that siding for IHRC near Harwood? I’m guessing that CSX took over the River Branch operation from them in Henderson at this time. They still use the IHRC milepost numbers to this day on that line. I was a kid when IHRC operated that and I went with my dad and his brother to take pictures around Harwood and Howell yard(uncle was an engineer with ICRR). However, I don’t remember their operation in Henderson at all. I did know they switched out Brenntag(PB&S Chemical then) until they went under and ceased operations. I think they also may have switched the old IC track that crossed 5th street(now defunct). Brenntag now uses Respondek since around 2017 or so.

@@bluegrassman3040 No, it was not near Harwood the north side of town. When IC spun off this route, they had trackage rights to use the Ohio River Bridge at Henderson so they could reach the Kentucky Division that went to Paducah and Louisville. To support that, the IC used to have a siding that ran along side the current CSX tracks until it reached Howell Yard, where IC would pass through to the bridge. IHRC assumed those rights from the IC when it was spunoff. But the IHRC had motive power issues and they would stall alot trying to get over the river bridge. They would either let the train back up into the yard and try again or they would wait until IHRC could get another engine to get them over the bridge. (Which might take days) In the mean time CSX had freights on both sides of the bridge waiting on IHRC to clear. CSX out of frustration would finally call out one of their motors and help IHRC get through. This is one reason IHRC would carry 4 engine sets coming down from Newton at times. 2 engines were to get there and the other two were for getting over the bridge. But knowing IHRC, sometimes those other 2 engines along for the push weren't exactly in working order. When IHRC finally was declared dead, CSX filed a motion to declare the trackage rights dead (it was approved) and they immediately ripped out the siding all the way back to Allen's Lane. They installed a switch with a rail guard so in case any new owner of the IHRC thought they could blow through, couldn't becuase they would derail. That is how strongly the CSX felt about getting rid of IHRC.

@@spuwho oh ok. I did know that the IC had trackage rights over the Ohio River to Henderson. It’s a shame that the ICG route from Evansville to Nashville couldn’t compete with the L&N’s.

Oh yeah, they're still around. They're doing the Santa Run (which they do every year). Apparently this is one of their best years in a long time, from what they were saying. Last year, COVID definitely hurt the railroad as well as the Great Recession before that. However, it appears they're starting to get back on their feet again. Based on what the people working there have told me, they seem a lot more optimistic about the future of the railroad. They're planning on getting that GMDH-3 running sometime in 2022, from what I've heard. It apparently turns over, it just needs some wiring work or something, if I remember correctly.

@@stevekovoc3939 that is great news

They weren't mandated till the mid 90's so not yet.

Ich entschuldige mich für diesen Fehler.

You know what happened to this rail line after the N&W

Merger did not go through until 1990 they was running separate railroad till then by the same people

@@brianbooher7318 The N&W was merged into NS on September 1, 1998 per the N&W Historical Society and the Virginia State Corporation Commission. Until then, the N&W still existed as a corporation and an operating subsidiary of Norfolk Southern.

@@UP9390 according to the historic registry in Bristol Tennessee emerged in 1990 December 31st 1990 I'm not saying you're wrong I'm just saying what it says

​@@UP9390 Right before Conrail split

Pomyśl trochę człowieku: 1.Może chciałby przyciągnąć widzów z np anglojęzycznych kanałów lub po prostu anglików itp. 2.To ,że ma PL w nicku to nie znaczy ,że jest niewiadomo jakim patriotą. 3. Pozdro

I was very lucky to have seen the N&W geeps go by my home when i was a kid.

@jeffry McFadden - My grandparents lived in Defiance. As a boy of 7 , in the late '50's , I remember seeing Wabash HH660 #100 in the yard in Defiance. Later, after 1964 N&W take over, a Wabash Alco DL 701, and Wabash S-2 #2.

Yep, many veteran crews at that time still used hand signals more often than a radio. Radios were still viewed by them as just another tool, a convenience. Not the necessity they are now.

The line to Toledo was still intact at the time, but not used beyond Liberty Center. The DT&I/GTW line to Napoleon was abandoned in 1984.

@@MacowiecPL So the Dt&I was abandoned 4 years earlier but was still intact with the diamond?

@@HOTRAILProductions My memory is foggy, but I believe just the diamond and the signal system remained, with the ex-DT&I track gone. It may have been a cost factor-the cost of ripping out the interlocking vs. just leaving it there.

@@MacowiecPL was the DT&I line you're referring to the same line that went to XN tower and south to Lima?

I think it still goes by rail. Cold storage places in Napoleun....

I mean a the beginning

Cold probably

more like 5 guys...i think there was 4 here...the conductor was always in the cab of the locomotive doing paper work.