by videobruce
Two articles from WGRZ TV (NBC), the 2nd is the one I never saw last March. Little if any mention of the shutdown of the Amtrak (CSX) Niagara Branch that could involve up to six daily trains would be re-routed over the Belt Line then thru Frontier Yard. Passengers should be bused to & from Depew from Exchange St for the connection..
This also involves the removal of the original bridge at the same time. It is suppose to take 13 hours do do this via two "transporters" (multiple wheel flatbed vehicles) moving across the NB & the NYS I190. Can't wait to see that happen.
The bridge was made in Italy, shipped across the Atlantic, north on the Hudson River, then west on the Erie Canal on barges to the Niagara River, then thru the Black Rock lock to the shore of the park just outside of downtown.
If you look closely, you can see that the single track already has black mesh mats from some distance in the area involved.
https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local ... a8e17e59aa
https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local ... 8272b11e57
This also involves the removal of the original bridge at the same time. It is suppose to take 13 hours do do this via two "transporters" (multiple wheel flatbed vehicles) moving across the NB & the NYS I190. Can't wait to see that happen.
The bridge was made in Italy, shipped across the Atlantic, north on the Hudson River, then west on the Erie Canal on barges to the Niagara River, then thru the Black Rock lock to the shore of the park just outside of downtown.
If you look closely, you can see that the single track already has black mesh mats from some distance in the area involved.
https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local ... a8e17e59aa
https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local ... 8272b11e57
Last edited by videobruce on Sat Oct 05, 2024 9:14 am, edited 5 times in total.
CSX is nothing but a continuous joke. No matter who this Capitalist Hedge Fund puts in charge, it will never be a REAL railroad!
