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  • Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways in 2006. Discussion relating to the current operations of the Boston & Maine, the Maine Central, and the Springfield Terminal railroads (as well as the Delaware & Hudson while it was under Guilford control until 1988). Official site can be found here: PANAMRAILWAYS.COM.
Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways in 2006. Discussion relating to the current operations of the Boston & Maine, the Maine Central, and the Springfield Terminal railroads (as well as the Delaware & Hudson while it was under Guilford control until 1988). Official site can be found here: PANAMRAILWAYS.COM.

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 #1598372  by F74265A
 
the politics would nonetheless look terrible funding US side work. But they can get to same place by more heavily subsidizing Canada side work, thereby freeing more Irving cash that Irving can use on its US property
 #1598430  by NHV 669
 
bostontrainguy wrote: Thu May 26, 2022 10:59 am
newpylong wrote: Thu May 26, 2022 8:55 am Why would the Transport Canada spend money in Maine?
Greater potential for Saint John business growth.

They should probably worry about fixing the tracks to get there first. The Canadian government isn't going to spend money on US infrastructure, that one doesn't even begin to make sense.
 #1598472  by BobbyT
 
The first sign of CSX power will probably be on 426/427 to and from Rigby, which was done in the past and makes a lot of sense.
 #1598474  by johnpbarlow
 
Is any infrastructure upgrade to PAR east of Littleton MA to Rigby needed to accommodate DPU operations once CSX power starts to run through on Q426/Q427? Perhaps just training of crews? Or will former ST crews need to be absorbed by CSX and its labor agreements first?
 #1598475  by newpylong
 
The route is not optimized for DPU, I don't think you'll see it.

That said, they will most certainly move to CSX operating rules before trying to implement something like that.
 #1598483  by MEC407
 
newpylong wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 10:58 am The route is not optimized for DPU...
Can you expand on this, and offer any insights on what it would take to implement DPU ops on the line to Portland?
 #1598488  by jamoldover
 
Eliminating most of the sharp curves through places like Worcester, Ayer, North Chelmsford, Lowell, Lowell Jct, Lawrence.... Those are the ones that come to mind first - and the ones that can't be eliminated without completely rebuilding the route and purchasing a lot of land through already built-up places...
 #1598490  by neman2
 
I guess you could call this the first significant change, don't know when this happened but the Pan Am website has changed to reflect the takeover with links to the CSX website and some other changes -heading is now "CSX/ Pan AM Railways" . http://www.panamrailways.com/

Never saw this before, a lineup of the Pan Am RR police vehicles-- http://www.panamrailways.com/railroad-police
 #1598492  by MEC407
 
I wasn't aware that sharp curves were a dealbreaker for DPU; BNSF and UP use DPUs on Cajon Pass, which has some pretty dramatic curves, and I've seen NS DPUs on Horseshoe Curve.

Here's a video of a CSX DPU train on a sharp curve on the old L&N:

 #1598502  by Cosakita18
 
Are there any details on the scope and timeline of the Rigby rebuild? Would the addition of an intermodal ramp and related facilities require a planning application with the city of South Portland?
 #1598520  by CPF66
 
CN9634 wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 10:54 am Most of EMRY is now 40MPh….. that was the point of the Maine Regional Rail project back a few years ago…
EMR is primarily still 25 and 30. In that grant project, they were supposed to get ribbon rail but that has yet to happen.
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