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Conrail MA-1 east through South Plainfield 3:32 PM

NS 5606 and three cars

Bracdude181 wrote:CSX IO30 (extra IO32) east through South Plainfield 1:35 PM

CSX 5310 leading
CSX 982

Its a Zero, not the letter o as the crews speak.
Not an extra. CSX pads their numbers during peak intermodal season by taking I032 and I031 down from 7 days a week to 4 days a week and then running " a second train" 030 and 033, 3 days a week. On paper they are running 2 trains in each direction.....

NS 268? Eastbound through South Plainfield 4:57 PM

NS 8037
NS 9565

MA-1 and NS 23G west through South Plainfield almost side by side at 5:53 PM

I couldn’t tell what 23G had because it was going too fast, but they had seven engines and a very long train.

CSX I158 Westbound through South Plainfield 6:14 PM

CSX 3092 leading
CSX 837 trailing

A friend tells me this years Conrail Santa Train will leave Oak Island around 4:30 PM, go to Manville for some photo op thing, go back to Port Reading via the PR Sec then go back to Oak Island. Date is supposedly December 9.

Can anyone confirm this?

Info can be found on facebook if you know where to look.

Apologies of this isn’t the right place to ask, but what’s up with this Sperry Rail Systems machine sitting in Oak Island next to the bay window caboose?

NS IR6 (new symbol?) eastbound through South Plainfield 2:14 PM

NS 3608 leading
UP 2631 trailing

NS 28X and CSX 404 eastbound through South Plainfield at the same time 2:35 PM

28X
NS 9881 leading
NS 1002
NS 1208

CSX M404
CSX 3256 leading
CSX 5354 trailing
CSX 981 mid DPU

CSX IO32 and M410 eastbound through South Plainfield 2:53 PM.

IO32 had the CSX 1776 but I couldn’t see it because 410 blocked me. NOT HAPPY.

410 had CSX 820 leading and CSX 924 as the DPU

NS 18G eastbound through South Plainfield 4:50 PM

NS 4411
WFRX 8901

Did any of you guys see the Conrail Santa Train last night? WAY better than I thought it would be.

Bracdude181 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 7:54 am Did any of you guys see the Conrail Santa Train last night? WAY better than I thought it would be.

Where (up north?) and what did they use?

Last nights north jersey Santa train