CHFP/FPCH — Cedar Hill, New Haven to Fresh Pond, Queens

Today at 7am I found CHFP being blocked by a tree blocking the tracks a mile or so away from FP. The crew was out with a chain saw trying to clear the tracks. Train is still parked so I believe they were outlawed

Hi everyone- quick question: what time does FPCH usually pass Astoria? (also, what time does CHFP pass? I’m assuming it’d be around 3 am, but i could be wrong.)

Thanks for any help!

That would be MOW employees cutting up that tree. Train crews would not be carrying chainsaws. Probably a union thing.

anyone know where the locos are stored within FP yard between when CHFP arrives and when FPCH leaves? Are they easily (and legally) viewable or not?

I would say FPCH passes Astoria anywhere between 7pm to 9pm and CHFP between 12 midnight to 3am.

Here are some screen captures of CHFP with 59 cars of stone passing SoNo Tower live cam at 2227 Sunday night 7/11/21.

johnpbarlow wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 4:07 am Here are some screen captures of CHFP with 59 cars of stone passing SoNo Tower live cam at 2227 Sunday night 7/11/21.

CSOR 3399 (that SD-40-2) has been a common occurrence on CHFP/FPCH recently

At 6:30p. noticed the train northbound over the L.I.R.R. Between approximately 6:30p. and 7:00p. the train, 5 engines and cars, stopped, shoved back and forth and then departed northbound.

At 7:20p. noticed the engines, light, southbound over the mainline of the L.I.R.R. towards Fremont.

At 5:50p. saw the train northbound over the mainline of the L.I.R.R. 2 P&W engines, 125 cars, and 1 P&W engine bringing up the rear.

At approximately 2:45a. this morning the train, 4 engines and cars, crossed over the main line of the L.I.R.R. southbound to Fremont. At 8:00p. this evening it returned northbound and stopped briefly. It made a reverse move, and stopped with the engines sitting directly above the L.I.R.R. main line and paused there for several minutes before resuming its journey to Oak Point.

Thanks for your reports; you may think no one reads them, but we do! Not much news about the P&W these days

Yesterday evening at 7:40p. the engines crossed over the mainline of the L.I.R.R., light, to Fremont.

At 8:05p. the train, with 4 engines, crossed over the mainline of the L.I.R.R. northbound .

Last night at 9:05p. the train northbound, with 4 engines, crossed over the mainline of the L.I.R.R. and stopped midtrain. At 9:15p. it reversed and headed back towards Fremont.