Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

I'm assuming the rather large train that was RB-1 on Friday, and the fact that it was a holiday weekend, means we won't see RB-1 run tomorrow

Most likely no.

They are placing equipment and material at the Howell Rd. crossing in preparation for the new crossing.
Also, in Farmingdale by the switch, 3 blue pickups and a crew going over plans for what I presume is work between Southard Ave and Railroad Ave.

CharlieL wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:41 am Also, in Farmingdale by the switch, 3 blue pickups and a crew going over plans for what I presume is work between Southard Ave and Railroad Ave.

Yep, I saw that as well. I think it's likely that they will be doing Yellowbrook - Fairfield; I noticed that there was quite a bit of rail missing from the pile they have by the Main St crossing, and when I passed by the (future) crossing at Yellowbrook, I noticed some stacks of rail being placed on the side that hasn't been done yet.

17 cars for RB-1 tomorrow

Wow, that might be a new record. Got a car count for how much is for Woodhaven, how much is for others like Extech, Laird's, etc.?

And I wonder if they will do this in one go, or if they will need to do it in two runs

Last time they had 17 cars, 752 stalled on the .75 percent grade at Pine Brook Road. They had to leave half the train there then come back for it. So they’ll probably have to do that again.

Don’t know if they got cars for anyone else but if they do, that’s gonna complicate things.

Must be getting ready for the crossings? Do we know if the other sections of rail were awarded yet?

I think Tracks Unlimited might be building the crossings?

Bracdude181 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:34 pm Last time they had 17 cars, 752 stalled on the .75 percent grade at Pine Brook Road. They had to leave half the train there then come back for it. So they’ll probably have to do that again.

Don’t know if they got cars for anyone else but if they do, that’s gonna complicate things.

Hope you post some pix for us.

I don’t know if I’ll be out tomorrow, or if I’ll be able to post pictures. Been having a lot of software problems with my phone lately. It’s partially why I haven’t shown anything on farmingdale to freehold in two weeks.

Bracdude181 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:20 pm I think Tracks Unlimited might be building the crossings?

Looks like it. The work /hi-railer/crane truck sitting there is Tracks Unlimited marked.

Leaving Cross Street with 16 cars. Don’t know how they made it up without splitting the train.

Detecting radio interference on 160.39500. Usually the interference is static noise. Hmmm…

Making the hill....

1. sand

2. once u know where the hill is, you can make a run for it. Its all about momentum

Northbound at DCS LAKEWOOD 12:45 PM