Circus Train Tonight 9-8-09 Tuesday 161.37

[W9NES]

I had a telephone call from a family member who is a member of RR.Com telling me about the Circus Train that will be on 161.370 and will come south North of Lafayette on the monon line to Crawsfordsville and then east from Crawsfordville thru Brownsburg to Indianapolis Hawthorne Yards. Would like to hear from members who are north of Lafayette south to Crawsforsville and east from Crawsfordville to Indianapolis if they hear any activity on 161.370.Would like to hear what the train ID's itself as.If anyone hears anything please feel free to post what radio traffic you hear.Thank You. Best Requards,Tim DeLong W9NES

[W9RXR]

From Crawfordsville to Indianapolis, the train will be using 160.800 as the road frequency and 160.560 as the dispatcher frequency.

If you have a good enough antenna to hear the Crawfordsville base, you'll hear the CSX IC Dispatcher issue a "Form D" to the crew which is their track warrant to proceed from Ames (Crawfordsville) to Clermont. The blocks are Ames, Cor, Ross, and Clermont. Once the train clears Clermont, the crew will call the IC Dispatcher to clear their Form D. The route from Clermont to IU Interlocking (downtown Indianapolis) is signalled so the signals will govern the train's movement. The IC Dispatcher will then have to give them a verbal clearance to proceed from IU to Belt Crossing on the Shelbyville Secondary. From Belt Crossing to Hawthorne, they will use the IU Belt Railway which is also dispatched by the IC Dispatcher.

The circus train will probably have a symbol of something like P9xx. Don't confuse with Amtrak P050 which is scheduled to depart Lafayette at 9:58p and arrive Indianapolis at 11:50p.

The last report I've found through other sources is that the train, which was originating in Moline, Illinois, derailed in Rock Island, Illinois, and hadn't departed that location as of 11:00am today.

[W9NES]

Train went thru Brownsburg around 6:10PM and Cleared Clermont around 6:20PM.They were eastbound headed for Hawthorne Yards.

[W9NES]

This was not the Circus Train. Was another train headed eastbound.

[W9RXR]

The circus train outbound crew from Galesburg, Illinois, went on duty at 5:35pm this evening. It could be after midnight before the train leaves Chicago.

The train you heard could have been Q643, J726, J727, or a G???.