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Backshophoss wrote:The Diesel comes off at DC,ACS-64 DC to South Station. Sorry no sale.not possible!Ah. I thought they put a diesel on north of NY somewhere, I don't know why. Maybe they once did? Oh well!
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Backshophoss wrote:The Diesel comes off at DC,ACS-64 DC to South Station. Sorry no sale.not possible!Ah. I thought they put a diesel on north of NY somewhere, I don't know why. Maybe they once did? Oh well!
Dick H wrote:Tuesday, 8/21, is starting off as a bad hair day for the Downeaster. #680 is running over twoIs it time that NNEPRA, Maine, MBTA, and NH (ha...) to sit down with PanAm and start working out a deal to either buy the track or double track Dover - Haverhill?
hours late due to a "disabled freight train" between Durham and Exeter.
In recent weeks, PAR seems to be running two of its four daily through freight trains more
during the early morning and early evening commuter rush hours with increasing delays to
both the MBTA and Downeasters. I did not get the cause of the disabled train this AM,
dowlingm wrote:North Station doesn't have a ton of spare capacity. There are only 10 in-service tracks right now. You'd be asking MBTA to turn over 10% of station capacity for several hours each day.electricron wrote: Why would they not? Do they share maintenance facilities at no charge on the south side of Boston?I understand reluctance to share a yard but saying "we won't even give you a platform to sit on" seems a bit chippy.
Renegade334 wrote:Is it time that NNEPRA, Maine, MBTA, and NH (ha...) to sit down with PanAm and start working out a deal to either buy the track or double track Dover - Haverhill?Nope ... Just time for some more "slow but steady" capital grants.
Ridgefielder wrote:how many of those tracks are occupied between say 2230 (arrival of a balancing inbound service the night before) and 0630?dowlingm wrote:North Station doesn't have a ton of spare capacity. There are only 10 in-service tracks right now. You'd be asking MBTA to turn over 10% of station capacity for several hours each day.electricron wrote: Why would they not? Do they share maintenance facilities at no charge on the south side of Boston?I understand reluctance to share a yard but saying "we won't even give you a platform to sit on" seems a bit chippy.
Rockingham Racer wrote:Just a guess, but I'd say all trains overnight run up to BET and camp out there. If so, there should be plenty of room for a Downeaster set to sit at North Station.Yes, but where and who are there to refuel the locomotives, flush out the waste holding tanks, quickly clean both the interiors and exteriors of the trains, and do the other maintenance chores a train receives overnight?
electricron wrote:All good points. The trainset would have to go back to BET like the MBTA trains, I suppose.Rockingham Racer wrote:Just a guess, but I'd say all trains overnight run up to BET and camp out there. If so, there should be plenty of room for a Downeaster set to sit at North Station.Yes, but where and who are there to refuel the locomotives, flush out the waste holding tanks, quickly clean both the interiors and exteriors of the trains, and do the other maintenance chores a train receives overnight?