Norfolk Southern appears to have stopped operating through freights on the former Nickel Plate Road mainline between Vermillion and Cloggsville.
Local freight trains continue to serve shippers along the route, which passes through Lakewood and was the subject of controversy more than two decades ago when NS and CSX acquired Conrail.
At the time the discussion about concerns that NS would increase the number of trains on the former NKP, which has multiple grade crossings in Lakewood.
The last through freights known to use the ex-NKP, known as the NS Cleveland District, were Trains 315 and 316. Reportedly, those trains have operated between Vermilion and Cloggsville on an irregular basis.
In other Cleveland rail news, some of you may have noticed last fall two SW1500 switchers parked in Parma on CSX.
The units were painted in the livery of Canadian National but carried LTEX markings.
The units have been acquired by Cleveland Cliffs and have been spotted of late working industrial tracks in the Cleveland Flats.
The units are expected to receive Cleveland Cliffs colors and may be repainted at the facility of the Midwest Railway Preservation Society.
One of the switchers once worked for the Soo Line while the other came from the Kentucky & Indiana Terminal.
Tags: Nickel Plate Road, Norfolk Southern, NS Cleveland District
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