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 #1495336  by NHV 669
 
Got to see the crew turn 307 on the Newport turntable at 0945 this morning, unit didn't move by the time I left at 1030, looked like they were still fiddling with the turntable when I left town.
 #1496208  by NHV 669
 
Got both WACR trains today.

NPWJ with 204, one covered hopper, and nine CMQ boxes, at River Road in Coventry at 11:17. I chased them from South yard to the Lyndon yard, where they stopped for lunch at 12:55.

https://youtu.be/EulxRVZCK5Q

I then drove south on route 5, where I met WJNP just as I was about to turn around and call it a day after crossing over the tracks west of Wells River. I was turning for the pull-off when I saw them rounding the curve. I shot them going over US 302 on the high bridge at 14:18. 307, one bulkhead flat, an MMA box, and an empty centerbeam.

https://youtu.be/W9_ZdNrhukU

I chased them until just outside of St. J until heading home around 15:00. NPWJ had not yet made it to the yard by that time.
Last edited by NHV 669 on Wed Jan 09, 2019 1:03 pm, edited 1 time in total.
 #1496301  by NHV 669
 
Still seems to be a big swing in cars day to day - no cars some days, enough to split the tonnage others. It would be nice to see the trains get big enough to require two units, at least every on line customer I saw between Newport and Morrison's had at least two cars spotted.
 #1498370  by Dick H
 
GMRC Train #263 (slurry) vs TT log truck at East Wallingford VT. 1/26
From Northeast Fire News:
2019-01-26 9:41 EST | VT | EAST WALLINGFORD |**TRAIN INCIDENT**| 1 SEWARD RD | CARGO TRAIN VS LOG TT UNIT WITH ENTRAPMENT. DHART RESPONDING. M/A EMS AND FD REQ |

At least two locomotives damaged. Train crew reported okay. Truck driver
airlifted to hospital.
 #1498397  by NHV 669
 
431 was leading, got scraped pretty good, apparently it spun the truck, 2684 has significant damage to the rear of the long hood of the unit. Sure helped to have the safety cab in the lead today.
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