by GP40MC1118
Two welded rail trains coming. Destined for Worcester. Whether these are CSX or MBTA trains is unknown. Both should be in or out of Buffalo today. Symbol, details in the Fairport NY Railcam train log
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BandA wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:51 pm If I read that right, at $600M, PAR is much less profitable than the rest of CSX, or possibly unprofitable? Big companies like CSX won't put up with that for very long and will have a plan to fix the problem or obscure it.It does not take a rocket scientist to come to the conclusion that your money is better off spent keeping freight moving than transporting employees around in taxis, etc. Of course PAR does not operate as efficiently as the rest of the CSX.
GP40MC1118 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:08 pm Two welded rail trains coming. Destined for Worcester. Whether these are CSX or MBTA trains is unknown. Both should be in or out of Buffalo today. Symbol, details in the Fairport NY Railcam train logKeolis isn't getting any rail so has to be for CSX or someone else.
GP40MC1118 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:08 pm Two welded rail trains coming. Destined for Worcester. Whether these are CSX or MBTA trains is unknown. Both should be in or out of Buffalo today. Symbol, details in the Fairport NY Railcam train logThose are likely for MNR. They got a grant which was already put into effect for the Madawaska Subdivision, which included CWR to replace worn stick rail. I have heard that the tie and ballast crews are out in full force up there.
johnpbarlow wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:09 pm So if these rail trains are heading to MNR, then they would be revenue trains for CSX and would not use a CSX work train symbol like Wxxx? Regardless I wonder if the rail trains will just be tacked onto one or more M426 trains.I wouldn't bet on it.