Catskill Mountain Railroad (CMRR) Discussion - 2013

Constant headway, Amtrak841, constant. Just not always unidirectional. Don't think of it in terms of car movements, because cars can move wherever there are rails and ties to support them. Think of it in terms of tie replacement. I expect that as of just about now (1PM on Saturday), they have ties replaced just about up to the washout.

RussNelson wrote:Constant headway, Amtrak841, constant. Just not always unidirectional. Don't think of it in terms of car movements, because cars can move wherever there are rails and ties to support them. Think of it in terms of tie replacement. I expect that as of just about now (1PM on Saturday), they have ties replaced just about up to the washout.

What Russ is trying to say is... "No"

Ernie has put new pics up at NERail.

-more track at Campground Curve
-gondola primed
-brush cut west of Rt. 209
-washout repaired west of Rt. 209

http://photos.greatrails.net/show/?orde ... ountain+RR" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Chris

thebigham wrote:washout repaired west of Rt. 209

Yes!

how do you guy go about getting your ties? Do you contact the class 1's asking them to donate the ties or do they offer them up? NJ Transit has done alot of track work by me and there are piles and piles of old ties. Maybe contact them to see if they'll donate them to you guys.

Friday, October 4th

Engineer was Walt Otto, Brakeman was Al Schoessow, Brakeman Trainee was Dave Hilliard, Ticket Agent was Peter Fluchere, and Conductor was Dan Howard.


Saturday, October 5th

Conductor was Ray Farrell, Engineer was John Prestopino, Brakeman was Bill Kaba, Al Johnson was Car Attendant, and Ticket Agent was Bruce Devorkin.

At Campground Curve, George Peck and Dave Heick connected the north rail all the way to the tracks on the west of the curve.

http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=211546" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

At Route 209, George Bain and Ron Epstein primed the CMRR gondola and did additional work on the ballast hopper:

http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=211537" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=211538" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ryan Lennox and I cut brush ahead of the track crew to just beyond the washout at MP 5.53:

http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=211524" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=211525" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=211526" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=211527" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The track crew, consisting of John Patane, Mark Glaser, Freddie Rasmussen, and Al Schoessow inserted and spiked 16 ties between MP 5.47 and 5.48, bringing upgraded track up to the first washout, which was partially filled.

http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=211528" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=211529" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=211530" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=211531" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=211532" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Finally, Earl Pardini dug the holes and inserted the crossbucks for the Route 209 crossing:

http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=211533" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=211534" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=211535" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Sunday, October 6th

Conductor was Dan Howard, Engineer was Walt Otto, and Brakemanwas Tony Bocchino. Ticket Agent was Russ Hallock.

George Peck continued installing track at Campground Curve.

On Sunday, a crew consisting of Al Schoessow, Tom Whyte, and Mark Glaser cut in gauge w/the sickle bar from O'Neil St. to Gill's Farm Crossing on the north and south side of the track. Ernie Klopping repaired the MOW Pickup at Cornell St. Later in the day, Earl Pardini delivered 2 bundles of ties to the Route 209 work site.


Ernie Hunt
Volunteer Coordinator
CMRR

thebigham wrote:Erie ....

No, NYC.

scoostraw wrote:

thebigham wrote:washout repaired west of Rt. 209

Yes!

Part of the washout was fixed. Not the whole thing...

Sorry for any confusion.

Once the culvert is put in and filled where the little bridge is/was, if I recall, the roadbed is in pretty decent condition. Unfortunately because of the use of fertilizer in the adjascent fields, the overgrowth in there is pretty thick for awhile, but then thins the closer you get to Hurley Mountain road. I was able to cut it with a tractor and a bush hog a few years back. They are in the hardest/thickest point now.

Win,

There you are on a tractor in 2007 at Hurley Mountain Road!!!

http://photos.greatrails.net/s/?p=87576" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

EH

That was one bouncy ride! And it sure is a lot easier cutting in early April than it is this time of year. As you can see, once you get past the little bridge it gets grassier, so it should be easier cutting.

Now that I'm thinking about it, on that same trip I also cut the Glenford Dike. I remember getting all the way down to the west end and realized I had no where to turn around. Had to go a bit further west to find a place and by the time I got back to West Hurley I think some of the guys were going to send out a seach party!

Cutting with the tractor and bush hog seemed like a good idea, but the bouncing on the ties got to be too much.

chefwrg wrote:That was one bouncy ride! And it sure is a lot easier cutting in early April than it is this time of year. As you can see, once you get past the little bridge it gets grassier, so it should be easier cutting.

Now that I'm thinking about it, on that same trip I also cut the Glenford Dike. I remember getting all the way down to the west end and realized I had no where to turn around. Had to go a bit further west to find a place and by the time I got back to West Hurley I think some of the guys were going to send out a seach party!

Cutting with the tractor and bush hog seemed like a good idea, but the bouncing on the ties got to be too much.

how about adding hi-rail equipment to the tractor??

chefwrg wrote:Unfortunately because of the use of fertilizer in the adjascent fields, the overgrowth in there is pretty thick for awhile, but then thins the closer you get to Hurley Mountain road. I was able to cut it with a tractor and a bush hog a few years back. They are in the hardest/thickest point now.

These guys rebuilt the C9 bridge. After having done that, cutting some brush/vines, no matter how thick, is CAKE!

WoW!!! The D&U went to Highmount!!

http://www.watershedpost.com/2013/train ... -expansion" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Delaware & Ulster Railroad eyes eastward expansion

By Lissa Harris
10/8/13 - 2:41 pm

The little engine that could: A Delaware & Ulster Railroad engine pulls into the Belleayre depot on Thursday, October 3. Aboard, left to right: Donald Bishop, executive director of the A. Lindsay & Olive B. O'Connor Foundation; Dave Riordan, executive director of DURR; and Nicholas VanSteenburg, maintenance worker for DURR. Photo by Lissa Harris.

It's a sound that hasn't been heard on Belleayre for more than a decade: The chug-chug-chug of a railroad engine.

On the brilliant autumn afternoon of Thursday, October 3, the Delaware & Ulster Railroad (DURR), a nonprofit railroad company that runs tourist trains between Arkville and Roxbury, sent one of its trains east from Arkville instead of west. Without much fanfare, the 1962 ALCO RS-36 pulled up to the little wooden platform on Route 28 in Highmount, at the base of the Belleayre Ski Center.

The train carried no paying passengers, and only a couple of local reporters were on hand to witness its arrival. But DURR's executive director Dave Riordan is hoping Ulster County officials, who he says have been skeptical of the railroad's capacity for expansion, will take notice.

That is big news!! And gives hope to the CMRR!! (this should also be put in the DURR thread as well) the more exposure for this story the better!