CSX Track Upgrades & Infrastructure of Pan Am

Chux videos show cwr has been dropped a while ago around Leeds jct area and I think others too. I think I saw prefab turn outs stacked near Leeds also. So at least some materials are staged for rigby- Waterville work

F74265A wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 6:24 pm Chux videos show cwr has been dropped a while ago around Leeds jct area and I think others too. I think I saw prefab turn outs stacked near Leeds also. So at least some materials are staged for rigby- Waterville work

CWR has been dropped on the main from Waterville past downtown Auburn

New switches have been stashed track side all the way through Depot Rd in Gray since early this year… just waiting on crews to work west for install

Maybe they will get down here when they are done in Keag

According to the Maine weather report I watched at noon today, the hurricane itself is now predicted to just graze the very easternmost tip of Downeast Maine near the New Brunswick border; however, most of southern and central Maine is still predicted to get wind in the 40 to 60 MPH range, so fallen trees and power outages are still possible and could be annoying to CSX in terms of trees on the tracks, snapped crossing arms, signal outages, etc.

BM6569 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:55 am Maybe they will get down here when they are done in Keag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIebjOA7Hsc

keag work in action.

F74265A wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:08 pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIebjOA7Hsc
keag work in action.

What's their plans for that piece of railroad again?

To have direct interchange with the Irving owned railroads and move traffic to and from the maritimes without relying on CP as a middle man

Just saw what I assume the M426 although I thought I heard L 0048, get a form D from CP45 to Burncoat. It was stacked with a lot of rail heading north. I'm not sure where it's heading.

L048 is the job symbol for the crew that used to be the Worcester switcher Y120 . They are now classed as a local job and spend their day being driven around recrewing and advancing road trains like 426/427 and 436 .

Thanks for that information. Now I understand things better. Is that why I don't hear Y120 anymore?

Is more than one yard track getting new rail?

Yard in keag? I’ve seen video of cwr dropped by all 3 tracks and of installing it on at least 2 so far

Anyone know of any trackwork at Iron Horse? Will they be keeping it as some sort of shop?