Used to live se of Marion, east of Columbus. Always went up to Marion. Left in 06 for Florida but was around for the east/west conrail trains. Also saw them move the tower to the south side of the tracks for refurbishing. Before that, a friend of mine and i were given a tour of the tower and saw the manual switch controls etc....right out of the history books!
They've done a great job refurbishing the tower, it looks as good as it did back in the day. All of the switches controls are still in good condition and in the tower, and even all of the switchboards/track diagrams are still in working operation! The spot itself is still pretty busy, 60-65 trains per day. Thanks for the comment!
Thank you! Yes indeed, the ex-Conrail caboose was a great catch, but they used to have an ex-Erie Lackawanna caboose in the yard that they would use for local trains, but I'm not sure what happened to it.
The Northbound Intermodal on the CSX Columbus Subdivision in this video was I147
Yes indeed, but there's no longer intermodal service on the Columbus Subdivision anymore. The Columbus Sub was certainly different back then.
@@NW475 I know
CSX diamonds have been there before I was even born. Thx to the tracks crossing each other, is it a very very very busy railfanning place ! :D
It is busy, I will agree with you, but not as busy as Fostoria.
Well 3 hours of being in marion I have seen 11 or 12 trains. Someone in marion told me csx is getting less busy in fostoria
That is true. CSX has about 30-32 trains in Marion a day, and in Fostoria CSX has around 90-95 trains a day.
actually all together between both csx and ns in fostoria, there might be 120 trains a day I have heard
All together in marion about 80 trains a day or more all together
Used to live se of Marion, east of Columbus. Always went up to Marion. Left in 06 for Florida but was around for the east/west conrail trains. Also saw them move the tower to the south side of the tracks for refurbishing. Before that, a friend of mine and i were given a tour of the tower and saw the manual switch controls etc....right out of the history books!
They've done a great job refurbishing the tower, it looks as good as it did back in the day. All of the switches controls are still in good condition and in the tower, and even all of the switchboards/track diagrams are still in working operation! The spot itself is still pretty busy, 60-65 trains per day. Thanks for the comment!
Great video N&W475!
Thanks Caleb!
Fantastic video, I've been to Marion three times and never is a bad spot, nice members.
Yes indeed Marion is a great spot to watch trains.
Great Video!
Thank you!
Outstanding video! Lots of great stuff, especially that ex-Conrail caboose
Thank you! Yes indeed, the ex-Conrail caboose was a great catch, but they used to have an ex-Erie Lackawanna caboose in the yard that they would use for local trains, but I'm not sure what happened to it.
Super cool. Man almost 300 subscribers lol!
Thank you, and yes I'm getting there.
Awesome video man!!..Great footage!
Thanks Joe!
Gotta love hearing those diamonds. The NS diamonds are still quite new, they put the ns diamonds in, in 2011
Nice trains
Thank you!
N&W475 I’m going to Marion this monday
Have fun with that. I'm not sure when the next time I'll be back in Marion.
N&W475 ok Thanks !!!
5:43 those people crossing are like f@ck this I'm not waiting😅😀
Lol true enough.
N&W I was curious do you still watch the train stream I don't that much every one in awhile great video
Yes I still watch the train stream Cayenne.
Railhead!! CASK CAR @ 18:07. 😲
Why was the top light not working ?
Csx means it on csx how tomorrow moves
how's the train traffic
The train traffic here sees about 65 trains in about 24 hours, and a lot of them come in bunches.
+N&W475 so if you were there for around 30 minute probably 2 trains
Actually, it depends. In one hour you can see four trains, but in the next hour, you might see none at all.
+N&W475 that's how it works on the csx rochester sub for me
come to Detroit because there is a lot of action
Marc CSX CSX see