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is most of the 2 track route south of NRO going to be expanded to 4 tracks? Would be nice if Amtrak could sneak the Pelham Bay drawbridge project into the ongoing work since that is in their NEC plans.

Saw a photo of a 50 car train passing through Hartford yesterday. Had 3 engines it looked like

I got a chuckle out of this statement in the PAR comment uploaded: "Through the hard work and resourcefulness of Springfield Terminal employees, the PAR System has been maintained for decades with limited resources. Those efforts both saved and preserved the New England rail network. But the Ne...

I was told the new infrastructure bill will pay for the rail for the SEHSR S line upgrades/restoration (Richmond-Raleigh). Anyone hard anything more? I know the VA side is ripped up. Guessing the rail on the NC side would need to be replaced

Nice they are keeping up with maintenance

How much of the line is currently double tracked? Any of it? Must be some passing sidings? "State officials plan to add a second track to the Waterbury branch of the Metro-North Railroad in the coming months, a build-out expected to increase the number of weekday trains on the line from 15 to 2...

OCS was apparently out yesterday according to reports in the Pan Am FB group. Pretty sure I heard it heading back east around 4:45 in Lewiston

"The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) of New York announced the completed upgrade of the New Cassel substation located within the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Main Line corridor, one of several scheduled for updates. The New Cassel substation and seven others are being replaced or upgraded ...

Besides existing traffic that is currently on the upswing, is there any potential new traffic?

This topic will never go away! "Pan Am Railways says it has made changes to address concerns about its operations at the Portsmouth Rail Yard, but people living in the nearby Islington Creek neighborhood insist things have gotten worse, not better." https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/new...

Recent article in Waterville yard oil spill issues: "State records show oil discharge violations and penalties at the yard going back to 1986, when staff failed to properly clean up oily waste from the removal of an underground storage tank." https://bangordailynews.com/2021/09/27/news/cen...

Would be neat if they ran it like some of the Montauk trains, directly from Penn Station to Greenport!

Republic Services is looking move to out of Ayer yard to a larger spot so they can expand. Was in a recent STB filing. They have reached an agreement with PAR and CSX to help with the move. "3. NSR, PAS, B&E, and CSXT acknowledge your concerns with the service, capacity, and reliability of ...

Are they ready to ship product now? I know the full scope of plans has completion a few years out

Someone had been posting updates to the Pan Am FB group I think. Siding hadn't been connected to the main last I saw