Yesterday we went to Berea. It was the slowest day for trains we have ever experienced there. We decided to go on to Olmsted Falls. It was worth the extra few miles. We heard 2 train horns and when I looked down the tracks toward the west this is what we saw. We have seen trains overtaking each other at speed in Berea every once in a while but this is the first time I have been in the right place to see it coming and get it photographed.
Concur. :thumbs_up: I presume one track is a siding? There are very few double main lines anymore? Some sidings I know of are several miles long.
That section of track is double track main. It is part of the old "Big Four" which up until about the 1960s was 4 track main.
That would be the "Water Level". The Big Four is CSX controlled and goes more south out of Berea and crosses the B&O main in Greenwich. NS control of the Water Level extends west of Cleveland, while CSX runs it east of Collinwood. NS trains come up from the PRR main in Alliance and come down the hill in downtown Cleveland. Both lines are completely double tracked and are very busy. I've actually heard mention of "number four main" in Ashtabula, but it's only for a short distance.
Thanks for the correction. For some reason I had thought that with the split of Conrail they had flopped those two corridors out there but that's what happens when an eastsider starts speculating about the west side. Too bad they can't take those extra spaces for 2 tracks and put in a Lakeshore line something like Florida'sTri-Rail out this way. It's been talked about for years but Lake countians still have to ride a bus to get to downtown Cleveland.
Nice Shots !!!!!!!!!!!!:thumbs_up: On the last shot,did you notice the NS police or NS boss in the Dodge down on the R.O.W.?
I can't tell what is happeneing there... it actually could be a road crossing that we can't see due to a (possibly) telephoto lens capture
