Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

Originally they were gonna bring up sand for Access to the Regions Core, but Chris Christie killed that off. Maybe the people behind Gateway talked to Clayton after the fact?

From what I’ve heard, two other customers were interested in getting sand from Clayton by rail as well, but plans never fell through. One customer was near Scranton. I think the other was a concrete plant in Kenvil.

RailsEast wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2023 2:54 pm Got Sand?

https://www.nj.com/news/2023/07/hudson- ... rward.html

Thanks Chris. We may actually see some sand trains in our lifetimes. Last one I remember was late '80s when I lived on Maxim Road.

They had 6 for Woodhaven.

Northbound at DCS LAKEWOOD with
7 empties at 10:47 AM

Conrail crew putting in the concrete foundations for the new crossings at Squankum Road.

North through Farmingdale 11:25 AM

Okerson Road

Adelphia Road looking towards Farmingdale
Adelphia Road looking towards Farmingdale
Lastly here’s the concrete footings they put in at Squankum. What really has me scratching my head is why Conrail put these in and not C&D or one of the contractors they currently have on site…

Notice how close to the road the insulated joint bars are at Okerson. Island type signal control?

Actually, you might be right there.

I would assume they would set it up like this so that the lights don’t trip while trains are working Prestone. Same with James Street being so close to Woodhaven.

CharlieL wrote:Notice how close to the road the insulated joint bars are at Okerson. Island type signal control?

All crossings have an Island Circuit.

On the FIT or the Southern? Victory Road isn’t island control yet.

CR7876 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:28 am

CharlieL wrote:Notice how close to the road the insulated joint bars are at Okerson. Island type signal control?

All crossings have an Island Circuit.

In this case more like an islet, at least on the west side.

FWIW....
Its not unusual to have 2 insulated joints on approach to a highway grade crossing..... One for normal train moves at the usualu speed limit. If this is activated, and stays active for more than a specified amount of time, (like if the train pulls up and stops to switch or another reason), the the curciut cuts out.

Then if the train move toward the crossing again, thers another closer circuit, to activate the croissing protecting again as the thrain approaches at slow speed.

IDK what system C&D is using for crossing protection....but ive seen this elsewhere.....

On the WASS, there are some places where the C&D has put in metal induction devices to activate highway signals....works like traffic light tripping devices for cars at intersections

Well at least all these insulated joints imply there will be more protection than just plain crossbucks.

9 cars for Woodhaven.

North at DCS LAKEWOOD 11:08 AM

Picked up the tank at Bel Ray about 20 minutes ago.