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Coal Train

Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways in 2006. Discussion relating to the current operations of the Boston & Maine, the Maine Central, and the Springfield Terminal railroads (as well as the Delaware & Hudson while it was under Guilford control until 1988). Official site can be found here: PANAMRAILWAYS.COM.

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Coal Train

  by Porter Sq
 
I saw a Loaded Coal train in a werid spot today. Driving over the Rourke Bridge in Lowell there was a loaded Coal Train sitting below. Are there new customers to the north on the main line. Or do they pull it off the Stony Brook because it was canned and didn't want to tie up Stonny Brook?

  by Rockingham Racer
 
It might be parked there due to a washout on the Northern.

  by b&m 1566
 
Rockingham Racer wrote:It might be parked there due to a washout on the Northern.
The Northern??? The Northern starts in Concord, NH and goes north. The Coal train stops in Bow (south of Concord). The only wash out is on the other line which is in Northfield.

  by Meyblc
 
Train may have simply been parked for a crew change or outlawed...

  by Rockingham Racer
 
b&m 1566 wrote:The Northern??? The Northern starts in Concord, NH and goes north. other line which is in Northfield.
Well, so it does. Don't know what I was thinking.

  by mick
 
The Northern Main Line runs from CPF-NC in Chelmsford and runs North to Concord, according to Guilford. The Coal train was at Chelmsford probably because there was no room for it in Nashua.

Out of time

  by SPACEMONKEY
 
They leave it there when the crew is out of time because of the double track (so as not to block up the Maine line). When there is a new crew they just double back with the power and head North..easy as 1,2,3.
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