Grain Train Attacks THE HILL & Railroad Loses Customer, Indiana & Ohio Railway & Cincinnati Eastern!

Heavy Train With Classic Locomotives Goes Up The Hill, Abandoned Railroad Spurs For Grain Customer & Mixed Freight With 3 Big Locomotives. 2 Short Line Railroads In Same Day! Indiana & Ohio Railway Chase & Cincinnati Eastern Railroad Attacks The Williamsburg Hill. Railroad Crossings And Train Horns On Two Separate Branch Line Railroads In Ohio.
For the first time ever I filmed 2 short line railroads on the same day. The video starts with the Cincinnati Eastern Railroad, CCET, although I filmed the Indiana & Ohio Railway, IORY, first. I wanted to make sure that the best part of the video is first so I show the CCET train going up the steep and curvy hill in Williamsburg. I was on my way home when I was notified of the westbound train with grain, rock, railroad ties and a couple of storage cars. I got this train going through Williamsburg, Ohio on the Norfolk Southern Peavine Line. CCET leases 69 route miles from NS. Listen to the classic EMD locomotives working on the grade. The first locomotive is a GP15-1 and the second locomotive is an MP15DC.
My day actually started in Sabina, Ohio on the ex CSX Midland Sub obtained by Indiana And Ohio Railway in 2004. Unfortunately, the grain spurs in Sabina have been out of service for a long time and a section of track was recently removed at the railroad crossing next to the bike trail. It is sad for the railroad to lose this customer but on average railroads lose 10 percent of their customers a year. We see the grain customer, a couple of nonrailfans who didn't appreciate the train coming and we see the train running south towards Cincinnati. This train has plenty of big power leading the mixed freight.
Next, we go to Cozaddale, Ohio to film the other side of the I&O train at a railroad crossing. The train was booking here! Listen to the wheels clanking over a connection in the rail. This line has continuous welded rail that was installed in 1979. I was here when the sectional rail was replaced and I saw the first train to pass over the welded rail. This is an old Baltimore And Ohio Railroad line that was owned by CSX. When I was in high school at nearby Goshen, Ohio, this line had about 10 to 12 trains every day. I remember the old line side signals that are now long gone. In the mid 80s I lived right next to this line on Obannonville Road in Goshen Township. At that time it still had 6 to 8 trains a day. In 1985 the line was in danger of being abandoned and all the trains were removed from the line except for a train in each direction per day. That is also the same year that CSX stopped using cabooses. Not long after that Indiana & Ohio Railway started leasing the line in 1986. I actually rode Amtrak across this line about 1979 and I rode the Chessie Steam Special to Chillicothe, Ohio about 1978. I am going by my memory and it is possible I could have a year wrong although I doubt it. I could look up my pictures from back then.
Best radio frequencies are 160.860 for CCET and 161.220 for IORY along with 452.9375 for EOT on both lines. EOT frequency is a must for both lines along with 457.9375 for front of train. Both lines are tree tunnels. Lol
The day that I filmed this I caught the I&O at several other locations and I will post a video of that soon. It will include some interesting things along the line. Don't forget to see what the Live Action Pets are up to and the slide show from this video.

Filmed Tuesday, July 30, 2024 in 1080p with 60fps. Thanks for watching!
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[peanutlover]

My Dad worked for C&O, started in Fulton Shops in Richmond, spent the rest of his career in Huntington, retired in 1986. He was one of the organizers of the American
Freedom Train, the Reagan Train, the Chessie Steam Special, and the New River Trains. As a child, in the early 60’s, I got to ride C&O train #2 the George Washington, powered by beautiful E8’s from Huntington to Richmond a number of times. Your videos of CSX operations in Thurmond and Prince, WV reminded me of that. So I found all his boxes of papers, etc, and took them to the Chessie Museum in Clifton Forge and donated them last month.

[musclecarmitch]

Great short line action as always Jawtooth! So cool to see the old telegraph poles with insulators left and the old signal's, such a blast from the past! The CE railroad is like a portal back in time!👍

[Carolb]

I like your new hat, very appropriate for the strong sun JT, better ptotection. Love to see a telegraph pole still with the glass insulators that was cool! Great trains, great locations, great filming JT. ❤😊👍

[BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Always nice to see the dogs for a few seconds 🐶🐶👍

[margiecooper]

Good one JT. I love the locals. Sorry the grain elevator is no longer a customer. Your hat is a good idea on sunny days. My husband had to have skin grafted onto his face after skin cancer surgery. It worked out in the end, but was a long time healing. Stay safe and take care. ❤

[the-terrible]

Wow! Excellent catch, I like them, they're awesome, @JawTooth, thank you very much and have a nice day and night.

[beulahpowell]

We're glad to see you wearing that hat to protect you from the sun and we really enjoyed these trains and your sweet fur babies Mr JT. Stay safe and have a blessed day.❤😊

[garymiller]

Short but sweet train. I love the colors of the CE locomotives. 😃😃❤❤

[poowg]

Sorry to hear about the loss of the customer. Seeing that more and more with the smaller grain facillities switching to trucks. The seasonal grain car shortage doesn't help. 12 years ago I started wearing hats full time after getting several patches of skin cancer and I haven't had any since. Enjoyed the video much, thanks JT!

[timmyfrierson]

Was the Cincinnati and eastern running on the same track as the I and O was because Cincinnati and Eastern run real slow but I and O they rolled through there, but anyway, another great video JT, and as always you stay safe out there and watch your back and another thing you reckon why they quit loading grain cars at that silo

[nssteampunk]

Norfolk & Western #611 took the line heading towards Chillicothe and then took the Peavine towards Cincinnati passing through Williamsburg many years ago. 1994 would be 611's last trip on the Peavine and the very last steam train to operate on that line.

[brianmoir]

Hey JT have a great day amazing as always ❤ greetings from Scotland 😊

[David-pzn]

Gondolas are my favorite! You can load anything into them, they’re the workhorse of railroads

[rogertemple]

There is always a lot of train action in Ohio on the tracks and at the
many crossings there along with the amazing live action pets having
a great time at home and the awesome music slide show as always
another great train action video thanks again Jaw Tooth.🇺🇲🚂🚃🇺🇲

[janstanglx]

that was beautiful, love the cute dogs.

[alanstant]

Love the live action, Brian. It's all awesome to watch.

[rodsmith]

Good to see 2414 having a nice day out! It's been a long time member of CCET loco fleet. Probably the best buy they made in their early days and a very useful little machine! It would look really great if it was painted in the black and red livery they use now.
Also good to see I & O using their newly acquired former BNSF locos on a 70 odd car freight haul. I hope that the present desire to combat pollution and climate change will bring about more rail traffic as it is so much more efficient than road haulage over the longer distances and would benefit the country by making better use of the existing rail facilities.
Thanks for taking the time to give us a look at the smaller railroads.

[robbyfranks]

Those ex BNSF units sat in Galveston Texas for a while before G & W bought them

[thomasmackowiak]

The Cincinnati Eastern train was working hard to bring the train of loaded grain hopper cars and rock cars up Williamsburg Hill. I was happy to see that you had a hat with a wide brim on it to protect your head and face from the hot sun. You don't need to get a bad sunburn. The Indiana & Ohio train that you caught in both Sabina and Cozaddale, Ohio was a decent size train. The three engines pulling the train provided enough power to move the train. Thank you for capturing the trains on these two short lines on 30 July 2024.for us to enjoy, Jaw Tooth! (Posted 21 July 2024 at 2245 CDT.)

[mattaker]

If you get off the beaten path you can often find insulators on the ground around the poles. Great stuff, as always!