by Jeff Smith
I'm starting this in MNRR and then moving to the P&W forum, but I have questions on this incident:
http://norwalk.patch.com/articles/retur ... o-11171685
http://norwalk.patch.com/articles/retur ... o-11171685
On Wednesday afternoon it seemed his victory was short-lived. A string of graffiti-covered cars sat across the bridge, seeming to mock the senator's success at getting the earlier car moved out of sight.This is right by Oyster Shell Park on the Danbury Branch. Who sent the rescue locomotive? I am assuming it had to be MNRR and was probably a Brookville. Was service affected? I thought P&W was running this line at night to avoid conflict with MNRR. And what does this say for the crap outfit known as HRRC Housatonic Railroad? Will this cause P&W to push the issue again on Maybrook overhead rights?
But it was to be a short-lived intrusion of freeform "art." An employee of Providence & Worcester Railroad explained the 32-car freight train, carrying sand to Danbury, became disabled when a locomotive's driveshaft snapped. A rescue locomotive was en route to tow the cars to Danbury, he said, and the damaged locomotive would be moved to a siding for repairs.
The rail bridge, which cost $6 million to build, according to Duff's letter, spans Reed Street. From West Avenue, the major artery into South Norwalk, rail cars on the bridge are in clear view and practically on a pedestal because none of the proposed buildings for the intervening two blocks have been built to act as screening.
Next stop, Willoughby
~el Jefe :: RAILROAD.NET Site Administrator/Co-Owner; Carman at Naugatuck Railroad
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~el Jefe :: RAILROAD.NET Site Administrator/Co-Owner; Carman at Naugatuck Railroad
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