LDE considerations proposed from 20th Street in Birmingham, AL starts AGS South District at MP AGS 136.8 to Mercedes Loading Yard MP AGS 179.5

LDE – Birmingham (CSXT – Amtrak) – MP AG 143.0, CSXT interchange and 14th Street
Amtrak station in downtown Birmingham with city skyline (background structures) CSXT interchange and 14th street urban setting.

LDE –Automobile (A) distribution terminal Bessemer, AL MP AG 151.2 Stress State Detector (SSD)

LDE – Intermodal (I) Terminal, McCalla, AL AG 161.4 Controlled Point (CP)

CLOSE CLEARANCE McCalla Yard Employees are only permitted to ride the west side of MRH12 and the east side of MRH13.

HANDBRAKE REQUIREMENTS 1. Birmingham Regional Intermodal Facility (McCalla Yard) a. Two handbrakes are sufficient to secure cars on any track at the Birmingham Regional Intermodal Facility (McCalla Yard). A C-102 test of handbrake effectiveness is / is not required. b. Handbrakes applied to all pad / working tracks must be applied on the south end of equipment left standing. c. All southbound trains setting out in the Storage Tracks will place handbrakes on the south end of the tracks; all northbound trains setting out in the Storage Tracks will place handbrakes on the north end of the tracks.

McCalla Yard, MP AG 161.4 All train crews setting off cars are to contact OSS prior to arriving to McCalla to determine if they will be required to shove cars to a coupling in the Rail Highway Tracks. If instructions issued by OSS conflict with paperwork, immediately notify OSS. All crews setting off cars at the McCalla Intermodal Facility are required to spot their cars next to Yard Air Stations located on the northern and southern most ends of the Rail Highway Tracks.

Signaled Siding (SS) between MP 163.0 McCalla, AL and Kimbrell, AL MP 165.4 is 19,800 ft. or 3.75 miles’ long

Controlled Siding (CS) between MP 171.8 Woodstock, AL and MP 174.8 Vance, Al is 15,218 ft. or 2.88 miles’ long

Hot Box Detector (HBD) (includes TSA, SAD, and HBD detectors) MP 177.8

LDE – Mercedes Benz Plant MP 178.3

Signaled Siding (SS) between Mercedes AG178.3 and AG 177.9 of 7,700 ft. or 1.46 miles.

Mercedes, Vance, AL Mercedes has painted yellow marks on the ties of the three storage tracks up on the hill (VL02, Middle Storage and Outside Storage) 100ft. south (plant side) of the road crossing. When leaving cars in the storage tracks on the hill, insure that you leave the cars behind the yellow marks to ensure better visibility at the crossing.

Mercedes Loading Yard MP AG 179.5

Mercedes Yard, Vance, AL, MP AG 179.5 No more than one (1) track (20 bi-levels or 12 articulated bi-level cars) can be pulled and spotted at a time. OSS will notify crews where to spot inbound cars and where loads are located to be pulled.