u/MonkeyArm107

Anyone noticing a big increase in train traffic on the tracks paralleling Howard and College? My gallery is right by the train crossing at McDonough and Howard, and I’ve been here for 1 1/2 yrs. I just watched back to back trains go through with very long cars. Both trains took about 30 mins to go through and traffic is still backed up. I’ve definitely have noticed a big increase in trains within the past month, and just started noticing the increase in lengths. What’s going on?

I can’t find anything on the internet specific to Decatur. I did see something from last year mentioning a merger in train companies that could cause increase traffic along many corridors throughout the US.