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Was track side in the Newburgh area today from 1030 to around 1330 hours. Had only one through train, K419 with CP engines 9628 and 9760. Also, of note local C711 was tied down on the Newburgh Industrial track. Looks like they served Ray's Rail Materials yesterday. Dropped off two scrap gondolas and...

Was told by a Metro North bridge inspector at Route 164 last year that they had raised the bridges by only acouple of inches and it was also done to replace the plate that sits on the concrete bridge abutment. (not sure if I'm saying it in the right terminology). He had told me that every year they ...

actually they did test after mn ran a train with ballast hoppers over line and water world next day . there is lots of other things previously mentioned that will prevent movement of trains now. Yes, especially like the rail being cut at Route 164 and Route 311 bridges.... HRRC does not play well w...

Have all or most of the Police agencies in NY changed over to digital radios? Thanks. I can only confirm for the southeast part of the state that most agencies are still using VHF which is now narrowbanded. Some agencies, mostly in the city areas are UHF and some places are starting to go trunked, ...

Just thought I would pass this along. Today I saw and spoke to a group from Sperry Rail Services. They happened to have several pieces of equipment on the beacon line today in Brewster, near the Crosby Ave crossing. After talking to some of the employees, they advised that they now have permission a...

Waldwick, as a side note I too enjoy your train lists and on occasion have added my own... Any information about goings on and trains that are running on the river line is a plus. What you saw was most likely the Kingston local, either C711 or C712. If it had covered hopper cars it was most likely c...

If you miss your "slot",your SOL for getting over the road,that's a given of sorts. Selkirk is known to misroute cars and not get trains ready on time,so CSX is barely able to make Croton west yard,before the crew goes "dead on the law". As you stated, Selkirk is known to misrou...

Today, May 1 happened to be in the Albany area and drove past Canadian Pacific's Kenwood yard. CDOT 231 (was in the distance but definitely a genny in NH livery) was located on the northside of the yard tied down with some mixed freight. Assume it's waiting for the CSX transfer job to go and pick it...

I think he means engines with plows cut for operation in MNR third rail territory, not cab signal equipment. Yes, I was wondering if someone had a list of the GP40-2, GP38-2, SD40-2, SD60M's and anything else that maybe qualified for Metro North operations. For example I know SD60M's are I believe,...

Was wondering if anyone had an exact list of all the engines that are currently qualified to run in Metro North territories. I know all are of ex-Conrail heritage but is it just limited to a few SD40-2, SD60m, GP38-2 and GP40-2? I know the GP40-2 have been absent for the most part until recently wit...

Got out this morning and was able to spend a hour or two between Milton and Kingston. Here is the list: 1- Northbound Q400 series tied down in Milton, awaiting a recrew, CSX 7897, CSX 8570, UP 5039, UP 4908 2- Q-008 CSX 5231, CSX 7597, CSX 7600, CSX 8584 3- Q-702 CSX 5378, CSX 8606 4- Q-003 CSX 4719...

Most likely B749, B750 usually runs at night. Would have been making a run up to Burnwell propane in Peekskill. That's probably the Hudson lines primary customer. They sometimes will run up to the lumber yard in Chelsea with either a centerbeam or boxcars. They used to run one engine on each end, fa...

What about a train coming from the other direction? Still pretty sure NOTHING expresses past Brewster in that direction, the crossing in question is literally *right* next to the platform which they would be slowing down for anyway. For Jackintosh and anyone else, this is the crossing in question a...

Thanks for the info. I will attempt to contact some of the stores. I know I will never get the hundreds of dollars that I put into it but was looking to get something back. I hate to get rid of them but I don't have the time or the money to continue. If anyone on the sight is interested I have a CSX...

I am in the process of trying to break down my ho scale layout. Was wondering if anyone knew of any hobby shops in the NY, NJ, or CT area that buy used ho scale trains and equipment. I have several CSX engines, numerous rolling stock, buildings, scenery, digitrax controller, etc. All in good conditi...