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Re: Q426 to start going strait to Maine

 by Trinnau ¦  Tue Jun 14, 2022 7:50 pm ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: Q426 to start going strait to Maine ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 1485

It's realistically a 2-crew job, especially with any work on-line and having to navigate Ayer, MBTA commuter territory and Downeaster service. Pan Am would occasionally slip a train all the way from Barber to Portland or vice-versa on one crew even with 10mph on the Worcester Main when they had a ne...

Re: Ring of Steel: Fare Gates at BOS, BON, & BBY

 by Trinnau ¦  Tue Jun 14, 2022 7:41 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Ring of Steel: Fare Gates at BOS, BON, & BBY ¦  Replies: 312 ¦  Views: 90719

No, it's intended to be permanent and work with the new AFC system when it comes online. The system is not compatible with the Cubic system, these gates are scheidt-bachmann fare gates. It may be in the AFC 2.0 contract to make sure it's compatible with what's installed already then. There was cert...

Re: Hoosac clearances

 by Trinnau ¦  Thu Jun 02, 2022 9:25 pm ¦  Forum: Pan Am Southern (PAS) / Berkshire Eastern Railroad ¦  Topic: Hoosac Tunnel Discussion & News ¦  Replies: 384 ¦  Views: 73017

The traffic on the route is all domestic 53' containers at this point, which are a foot taller than international 40' containers. So as Newpy said, the tunnel is cleared for 19'6" - which happens to be the same clearance as standard autoracks - and that's what two international containers need....

Re: Potential MBTA Southern NH Service

 by Trinnau ¦  Fri May 20, 2022 5:51 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Potential MBTA Southern NH Service ¦  Replies: 322 ¦  Views: 45381

The 30% design will establish more realistic costs. And the town's aren't designing the project and aren't paying for stations, it's all lumped into the 1 project. For reference the 2014 study estimated roughly $250M in capital costs at that time with a very high-level estimate. This being 10 years ...

Re: Potential MBTA Southern NH Service

 by Trinnau ¦  Sat May 14, 2022 9:20 am ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Potential MBTA Southern NH Service ¦  Replies: 322 ¦  Views: 45381

Where to start here... I think everyone here knows the T has its issues for various reasons. Nobody is say that they're perfect. But there is no "perfect" solution out there for this service, it's a matter of white the best option is. Issues with capital projects run by the MBTA are in all...

Re: Feds to Investigate MBTA Safety

 by Trinnau ¦  Wed May 11, 2022 7:40 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Feds to Investigate MBTA Safety ¦  Replies: 114 ¦  Views: 14235

Or the late 2019 Safety report the MBTA asked an independent group of industry professionals to produce after the Red Line derailment. That was quickly pushed aside by COVID a few months later and forgotten. No surprise now that things are picking back up it's becoming an issue.

Re: Southcoast Rail

 by Trinnau ¦  Sat Apr 30, 2022 3:14 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Southcoast Rail ¦  Replies: 1272 ¦  Views: 341832

Mainly due to station stops, commuter rail typically averages about 30mph, which for a 45 mile trip means 90 minutes. In areas where line speeds have been push to 79MPH they can achieved slightly faster averages, but need express trains to shave any real time. If you're trying to use a map program s...

Re: High Level Platforms

 by Trinnau ¦  Wed Apr 27, 2022 8:36 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: High Level Platforms ¦  Replies: 35 ¦  Views: 4419

In MBTA territory, Hyde Park, Canton Junction, Sharon, Mansfield, and Attleboro all need full-length high-level platforms that aren't currently planned. (South Attleboro is planned for a rebuild as soon as this year.) Obviously none of them are served by Amtrak, but reduced dwell times are needed t...

Re: Potential MBTA Southern NH Service

 by Trinnau ¦  Mon Apr 25, 2022 8:23 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Potential MBTA Southern NH Service ¦  Replies: 322 ¦  Views: 45381

The property line is the MA/NH state line. The proposed stations are New Hampshire's proposed stations, not the MBTA's. Not sure why the stations are limited to those 4 locations but they seem to make some reasonable sense. I'm not sure why Merrimack wasn't included, but there has to be a decision o...

Re: Potential MBTA Southern NH Service

 by Trinnau ¦  Sun Apr 24, 2022 4:34 am ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Potential MBTA Southern NH Service ¦  Replies: 322 ¦  Views: 45381

As a point of clarification Concord is about 73 miles from Boston, depending where the station would be. MBTA's longest commuter service, operated in agreement with Rhode Island, is about 63 miles down to Wickford Junction.

Re: Potential MBTA Southern NH Service

 by Trinnau ¦  Sat Apr 23, 2022 11:27 am ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Potential MBTA Southern NH Service ¦  Replies: 322 ¦  Views: 45381

This sounds all well and good for New Hampshire, but the complication with this is trying to run a different service intermixed with the MBTA service. MBTA is already taking capacity for their service and their commuters, and the rest of the capacity is allocated to the Downeaster service. So operat...

Re: Southcoast Rail

 by Trinnau ¦  Sat Apr 23, 2022 11:00 am ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Southcoast Rail ¦  Replies: 1272 ¦  Views: 341832

I agree that the NEC routing would be "more successful" due to reduced travel time and the two key stations you mentioned. Doesn't mean Phase I will be "unsuccessful" and it also gets the southern end all built.

Re: New Hampshire Northcoast Railroad (NHN) Discussion

 by Trinnau ¦  Tue Apr 19, 2022 9:13 pm ¦  Forum: New England Railfan ¦  Topic: New Hampshire Northcoast Railroad (NHN) Discussion ¦  Replies: 542 ¦  Views: 191523

The full round-trip is 2 crews. One on the NHN side (Dover-Ossipee-Dover), one on the Pan Am side (Dover-Boston-Dover). Last I knew there was some talk about this even before the merger, at least on the NHN side. Pan Am has a habit of using crews to go do something more pressing for the moment, so i...

Re: Southcoast Rail

 by Trinnau ¦  Tue Apr 19, 2022 9:07 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Southcoast Rail ¦  Replies: 1272 ¦  Views: 341832

I believe MassDOT worked with the communities and incorporated what was required, but it is up to the communities to apply for and maintain their quiet zone status.

Re: CSX/PanAm Merger Approved

 by Trinnau ¦  Fri Apr 15, 2022 4:21 pm ¦  Forum: CSX Transportation including Pan Am ¦  Topic: CSX/PanAm Merger Approved ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 1096

For reference, existing thread in the Pan Am forum csx-to-acquire-pan-am-railways-t171795.html

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