Sounds like you're refering to the rail vac machine which had been tied up at the Hopewell Junction yard over the winter. It had been being used on the Hudson line between Manitou and Garrison during the begining of the week to take out ballast between the concrete ties. I had last seen it two night...
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Re: Ballast machine ??
by AMK0123 ¦ Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:39 pm ¦ Forum: MTA Metro-North Railroad and CtRail Passenger Rail (SLE, Hartford, Extensions) ¦ Topic: Ballast machine ?? ¦ Replies: 22 ¦ Views: 3343Re: CSX SD-60M's at Poughkeepsie
by AMK0123 ¦ Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:00 pm ¦ Forum: New York State Railfan ¦ Topic: CSX SD-60M's at Poughkeepsie ¦ Replies: 2 ¦ Views: 664Got the chance to speak to the the engineer of B749 last Saturday evening, 4/11 on the Hudson line while they were stopped at CP46 awaiting a northbound Amtrak due to the track work. He said he was told that day by a supervisor that they were going to be placing SD60's on the Hudson line and slowly ...
Re: Status of the **Work Engine** fleet
by AMK0123 ¦ Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:30 pm ¦ Forum: MTA Metro-North Railroad and CtRail Passenger Rail (SLE, Hartford, Extensions) ¦ Topic: Status of the **Work Engine** fleet ¦ Replies: 1051 ¦ Views: 203647104 and 105 on a concrete tie work train on the hudson line near Manitou station (CP46).
Re: Seen on the Hudson Line
by AMK0123 ¦ Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:17 am ¦ Forum: MTA Metro-North Railroad and CtRail Passenger Rail (SLE, Hartford, Extensions) ¦ Topic: On the Hudson Line ¦ Replies: 94 ¦ Views: 29871(First time posting on the forum after two years on the sideline so go easy!) 3/16 - observed Canadian Pacific (D&H 417) northbound through Cold Spring station at 2110 hours. Two looked like SD40-2 with 3 boxcars and Metro North 213 in tow... Have seen Canadian Pacific more frequently in the pas...