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 #1166730  by bluedash2
 
NJTArrow2 wrote:I had the chance to see a little bit of the CSAO operations in South Jersey yesterday and I have a few questions, what is the track the goes through Westville and what usually runs on it and when, I also followed the tracks to Woodbury and noticed a small yard and what looked like a wye with another line coming off and I was wondering what the yard and the line was, and finally what is the scanner frequency for this area? If anybody could help me with these questions it would be greatly appreciated.
The CSAO road channel is 161.070 and that is the Vineland Secondary that goes thru Westville and Woodbury all the way to Millville Yard. Before the PRSL merger in 1933, it was the PRR route to the shore points dead ending at Cape May. That "yard" in Woodbury is the tracks that branch off of the Vineland- the Penns Grove Sec branches off the Vineland and the Salem Running track branches off of that. That wye connects the P.G to the Salem coming up the P.G. from Paulsboro which is where the Salem train (WPPA-40) comes from thereby no longer needing to go up to the CP Woodbury signals to do a reverse. there are also 2 storage tracks along the vineland just below that point. An FYI, the parking lot area below the old Woodbury station (now a restaurant) used to be a small yard back in the day too.
 #1166739  by bluedash2
 
....and several trains a day run thru Westville. You have the daily commute of CA-11, the P.G. local with the usual 8817 and 8830 on that train. Then the daily trek of MI-61 that comes up from Millville nightly after 9pm or so (give or take) with a pair of GP's (currently 4451 and 4428) and returns in the late night hours. The crude oil trains to Westville run as needed though it's pretty much every day either a load or empties then loads go thru town. That train gets brought down in 2 cuts due to lack of room at Sunoco. The 1st cut comes in then about 24hrs or so later those empties get pulled and that same crew will then return within an hour or 2 with the 2nd cut. The P.G. coal train for the DuPont Chambers works, NS 506/507, runs one to twice a week usually in the overnight hrs and the once a month ethanol train to Pureland, also on the P.G., CSX K432/433 is also a night run.
 #1166914  by ChrisU
 
Thanks for the information, is there anything that goes through Westville between 12-2pm?
 #1187074  by johnnyloco
 
5/18/2013
Today's Q417 arrived at Pavonia at 16:51 with CSX 5372 leading HLCX 7192 (SD40-2) and MEC 612 (SD40M-2, SD45 carbody).

From Cleveland Avenue in moderate rain-
http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3482475

HLCX 7192 (former BN) & MEC 612 (former SP SD45)-
http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3482478

Rosters-
HLCX 7192
http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3482479

MEC 612
http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3482480

John D.
 #1188048  by johnnyloco
 
5/21/2013

A Conrail crew brought out today's Q418 with the two CN units from yesterday's Q417 and leading was CN 5629 (SD75I) followed by 2308 (ES44DC). Seen here heading out of Pavonia Yard through 36th Street towards Cove Road.

http://www.trainphotos.com/PhotoDetails ... otoID=8097


Another shot at 36th Street-
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=3486769

Cove Road-
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=3486768

John D.
 #1189412  by johnnyloco
 
5/27/2013
Q417 arrived in South Jersey at approximately 11:45 with the Massuchusetts Call Volunteer Firefighters Assoc. safety train set. and is seen here at the west end of Pavonia Yard shoving backwards-

CSX 548 & 445 for power-
http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3493590

http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3493620

The Safety Train, Massuchusetts Call/Volunteer Firefighters Assoc. reporting
marks-
http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3493622

MCVX 368381 box car-
http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3493592

http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3493623

MCVX 88438 & 34543 tank cars-
http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3493593

http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3493608

John D.
 #1192425  by johnnyloco
 
6/7/2013
WPCA11 arriving at Deepwater with the KCS/BNSF/NS trio from the recent 64W-

http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3513067" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

KCS 4788 roster-
http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3513070" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

NS 6772 roster-
http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3513071" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

John D.
 #1197400  by johnnyloco
 
July 2, 2013
A new South Jersey local out of Pavonia started operating on July 1, 2013 with a CSX mother/slug set. The new train will be working NuStar and Solvay Solexis in West Deptford.
Seen here heading southbound through Gloucester City with CSX 2282 & 6922.
Consist was 1 box car and 4 tank cars.

http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3538411" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3538426" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

John D.
 #1201317  by johnnyloco
 
July 19, 2013
WPCA51 had CSX 8817 leading today (an SD40-2), very rare 6-axle power for this local. It was trailed by NS 5235, NS 3013, 5 box cars and 10 LPG tank cars.

Seen here heading south through Barrington-
http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3562378" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

6-axle units are forbidden to enter customer sidings along the Beesleys Point Secondary. The 8817 was uncoupled from the train and moved, light, out of the way so the NS units could work International Paper-
http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3562381" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

NS units pulling empties out of IP-
http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3562383" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Done working IP and heading south again through Magnolia-
http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3562386" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Going away shot-
http://manatree.rrpicturearchives.net/s ... id=3562385" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

John D.
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