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signal bridge at Carmi IL 2010
This old CTC signal bridge stood over the EVWR line in Carmi IL until being torn down in spring 2013, even though the CTC was discontinued over 20 years ago. This is where the L&N St Louis main line and the old NYC Egyptian line came together through town. CSX downgraded this L&N route in 1989 to a branch line. After this the searchlight signals along the route west of Mt Vernon IN were all shut off except at interlockings, but very few of them were ever removed or even turned away from the tracks. From 1989 to 2011 a triweekly local was about the only traffic through here. In 2013, EVWR now often runs 2 or 3 loaded coal trains and 2 or 3 empties a day through here in addition to the local and occasional grain trains. The coal through here comes from Sugar Camp, Pond Creek and Deer Run mines and is delivered to Sitrans barge terminal. The new White Oak mine coming online this year will probably also ship some coal this way.
signal bridge at Carmi IL 2010
This old CTC signal bridge stood over the EVWR line in Carmi IL until being torn down in spring 2013, even though the CTC was discontinued over 20 years ago. This is where the L&N St Louis main line and the old NYC Egyptian line came together through town. CSX downgraded this L&N route in 1989 to a branch line. After this the searchlight signals along the route west of Mt Vernon IN were all shut off except at interlockings, but very few of them were ever removed or even turned away from the tracks. From 1989 to 2011 a triweekly local was about the only traffic through here. In 2013, EVWR now often runs 2 or 3 loaded coal trains and 2 or 3 empties a day through here in addition to the local and occasional grain trains. The coal through here comes from Sugar Camp, Pond Creek and Deer Run mines and is delivered to Sitrans barge terminal. The new White Oak mine coming online this year will probably also ship some coal this way.