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 #1620000  by newpylong
 
BandA wrote: Sat Apr 01, 2023 11:07 pm How do crews get qualified on trackage rights territories? Is this a friendly, business as usual agreement or grudging and adversarial?
They sit in the cab of the host railroad. No it's not adversarial, they're just doing their jobs.
 #1623366  by Fritz
 
Hello,
Maybe Saturday trains are the new normal now. I hope so. Yesterday's southbound NPWJ departed Lyndonville at 1440 with the following:

GMTX GP38-2 2617
3 empty malt hoppers
5 loaded hi-cube boxcars

Have a great (rest of your) weekend,
Fritz
 #1623367  by NHV 669
 
Missed them by a little bit; I had to head off VT 5 for NH 302 at Wells River to run a few errands just after 14:00. They didn't have any cars waiting for them in the WRJ south yard based on my pre 09:00 visit, on the way to see family.
 #1623513  by NHV 669
 
That would be Richford, VT, as Richmond is on the NECR, and Richmond,QC is on the SLR.

I believe it's at least 3 days a week, they go Newport-Farnham-Newport.


NPWJ was 23 cars yesterday, looked like 10 cars of regular traffic, two empty side dumps, and 11 OMYA tanks/hoppers pulled out of storage in St. Johnsbury.
 #1624640  by NHV 669
 
The white ones would be the cars OMYA leases to load clay slurry for the mills in Maine. With traffic down and the mill in Old Town, ME closing, they've got an excess of cars they don't need at the moment. VRS serves the plant, so they can just send the cars back over if they need them.

Assuming you saw one of these:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lastarial/34338298334
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