Was in Wymore in Sept. and it is sad to see the former
division point silent. Track north of Wymore( the
north leg of the wye ) through Blue Springs and to
south of Beatrice has been tore up. The yard at Wymore
was completely empty. Crossing gates east and west of
Wymore had "Out Of Service" signs on them. From what
my friend says(an engineer out of Lincoln) the UP does
any switching at the brickyard at Endicott.
Bob Runty
--- East Pass <EastPass@19main.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> BNSF/BN/CB&Q Imperial Sub-Division officially leased
> to NKCR
> 13-Nov-04 from MP 0.89 to MP 49.1, (end of track).
> They have
> been granted trackage rights from MP 0.89 to McCook
> and Track
> Number 6 in the McCook Yard is their designated
> point of
> interchange.
>
> BNSF/BN/CB&Q Wymore Sub-Division from MP 216.95 to
> MP 257.36
> officially sold to NKCR 13-Nov-04. They have been
> granted
> trackage rights from Oxford Jct to Oxford and do
> their
> interchange at Oxford.
>
> The Wymore Sub-Division is out of service from MP
> 197.15 to
> MP 216.95. It has been abandoned from MP 117.03 to
> MP 127.83
> effective 10-Dec-03. UP is now the owner from MP
> 114.72 to
> MP 114.99. Do not know if brickyard at Endicott is
> being
> switched by UP with haulage to Hastings or if BNSF
> is
> operating over UP from Level to Endicott. It has
> been done
> both ways. To the best of my knowledge there is no
> service
> East of Superior to the end of track, West of
> Endicott to
> the end of track, or East of Endicott to Pawnee.
> Table Rock
> to Pawnee is used for car storage. At present there
> are
> three trains worth of Intermodal equipment, (approx
> 18,000'),
> just West of Table Rock. BNSF intends on retaining
> the
> trackage between Table Rock and Pawnee.
>
> The Beatrice Sub-Division was abandoned between MP
> 32.7 to
> MP 42.16 on 20-Nov-03. The last equipment stored at
> Wymore
> was moved out via the Table Rock end in early 2004.
> This
> again was trailer flats.
>
> Took another look at the Lester Sub between Lester
> Jct and
> Hastings and there are actually segments of 75# rail
> laid
> in 1906 in service on the line. This line has and
> does see
> shuttle grain trains and is rated for 286GWR. Also
> used as
> a bypass for almost anything that would normally go
> via
> Lincoln or Kansas City with the exception that I
> have never
> seen a loaded coal train go this way.
>
> Nebraska City Sub-Division is not leased. From MP
> 56.30 at
> College View NE, East to end of track it is the
> property of
> the Omaha Public Power District. Right now I'm
> fairly sure
> the chosen operator is the UP RR. KYLE has operated
> in the
> past.
>
> Russ
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
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