Railfan Alert # 13 - Flood Update

UPDATE: Heads up for: Marion, OH to Toledo, OH via Fostoria, OH, along the CSX ex-C&O mainline, the CSX Toledo Sub between Toledo, OH and Lima/Sydney/Cincinatti, the ex-C&O between Columbus, OH and Russell, KY and Russell and Cincinatti, and the ex-CR Toledo Branch between Toledo, OH and Columbus, OH.

Flooding in northwest Ohio had caused the shutdown of CSX's ex-CR Toledo Branch AND the ex-B&O Toledo Subdivision - however, both lines appear to be reopening at least to some traffic, according to this thread at Train Orders.

Additional re-routes may still possibly take place in the next 24 hours or so; in addition, some trains are still on their routes, such as R-339-23 (re-routed to Willard-Fostoria-Columbus-Russell-Cincinatti), and R-272-24 (who went via Russell, KY as well), who should should be in Toledo by now after passing through Fostoria a little while ago.

Q-231-23 and Q-245-24 both went west at Fostoria this afternoon off of the C&O, then on to Deshler and turned south on the Toledo Sub. Q-342-23 passed through Fostoria eastbound about 5:30 pm and had also come from its normal routing via Deshler.

Further updates will be posted IF additional re-routes are known to be taking place. Please leave a comment or e-mail Fostoria Rails if you know of any further activity or news in regard to these re-routes.