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Re: Pan Am Southern / Patriot Corridor Discussion

 by johnpbarlow ¦  Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:54 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Southern (PAS) / Berkshire Eastern Railroad ¦  Topic: Pan Am Southern / Patriot Corridor Discussion ¦  Replies: 2260 ¦  Views: 607154

And there also appears to be a new CP-499 distant signal being installed just east of the northbound I-88 overpass over the Albany main. I guess the old distant signal at Schoharie Turnpike will be retired? Q: where will NS crew change point be for the. new IM trains routed via Voorheesville? Delans...

Re: Pan Am Southern / Patriot Corridor Discussion

 by johnpbarlow ¦  Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:29 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Southern (PAS) / Berkshire Eastern Railroad ¦  Topic: Pan Am Southern / Patriot Corridor Discussion ¦  Replies: 2260 ¦  Views: 607154

I did a CP-VO Voorheesville drive-by on Friday 3/8/24 and observed that NS-CSX connection turnout machine is installed along with the home signals (nothing active) and the NS Albany Main distant signal has been installed at Hennessey Rd Voorheesville 2 miles west of CP-VO in the middle of Black Cree...

Re: M8's and Shore Line East

 by johnpbarlow ¦  Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:03 am ¦  Forum: MTA Metro-North Railroad and CtRail Passenger Rail (SLE, Hartford, Extensions) ¦  Topic: M8's and Shore Line East ¦  Replies: 371 ¦  Views: 112932

How did New Haven FL9s get past this East Haven bridge obstruction - were their 3rd rail shoes lifted when not in use?

Re: "Up North" Gawking (District 1 sightings)

 by johnpbarlow ¦  Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:38 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: "Up North" Gawking (District 1 sightings) ¦  Replies: 2553 ¦  Views: 529555

I'm guessing this block of Irving lumber is headed for Selkirk via CSX M427? Or would some of it be headed for PAS/NS at Ayer? I'm guessing any Irving lumber bound for NS would go via CP across the Moosehead?

Re: CSX MOW "The Dragon"

 by johnpbarlow ¦  Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:20 am ¦  Forum: CSX Transportation including Pan Am ¦  Topic: CSX MOW "The Dragon" ¦  Replies: 5 ¦  Views: 854

Ruth Goldberg? Was she the wife of Rube Goldberg? :-D

Re: New England Central Railroad (NECR)

 by johnpbarlow ¦  Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:12 pm ¦  Forum: Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Class II & III Lines Including Providence and Worcester ¦  Topic: New England Central Railroad (NECR) ¦  Replies: 532 ¦  Views: 125610

“Millers Railfan” captured this train departing Vernon VT and posted the video to YouTube.

https://youtu.be/FSEpnLgVobM?si=capP-kAJpOmq8ED-

Re: New England Central Railroad (NECR)

 by johnpbarlow ¦  Fri Feb 09, 2024 12:58 pm ¦  Forum: Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Class II & III Lines Including Providence and Worcester ¦  Topic: New England Central Railroad (NECR) ¦  Replies: 532 ¦  Views: 125610

I thought all Davisville racks came to P&W at Worcester via CSX M438 these days? Is NS/PAS once again delivering racks to P&W at Gardner (prior to the D3 derailment)?

Re: On the ground and in the river at Valley Falls

 by johnpbarlow ¦  Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:24 pm ¦  Forum: Pan Am Southern (PAS) / Berkshire Eastern Railroad ¦  Topic: On the ground and in the river at Valley Falls ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 688

Apparently train was powered by NS Thoroughbreds and as derailed cars were loaded with cooking oil and plastic pellets, 94 car train must have been what NS would call 16R and B&E calls MOED.

Re: Pan Am Southern / Patriot Corridor Discussion

 by johnpbarlow ¦  Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:30 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Southern (PAS) / Berkshire Eastern Railroad ¦  Topic: Pan Am Southern / Patriot Corridor Discussion ¦  Replies: 2260 ¦  Views: 607154

Not containers so it wasn't 264/265. But one TV station is reporting that it's a CSX (!) train - maybe it's PAS RJED or EDRJ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KX9erlQvJE

Re: Bay Colony Millis Line

 by johnpbarlow ¦  Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:48 am ¦  Forum: New England Railfan ¦  Topic: Bay Colony Millis Line ¦  Replies: 756 ¦  Views: 215058

That Mass Coastal has freight rights on an MBTA line that hasn't seen freight activity in 20 years is provocative. A Google Earth exam of the line doesn't even show any potential shippers. The Bay Colony RR NEARS presentation of April 2017 at the link below indicates that BCRR had freight rights on ...

Re: Bay Colony Millis Line

 by johnpbarlow ¦  Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:41 am ¦  Forum: New England Railfan ¦  Topic: Bay Colony Millis Line ¦  Replies: 756 ¦  Views: 215058

Is the Globe article correct that Mass Coastal operates to Framingham? I'm under the impression that Mass Coastal handles the dispatching of the Commonwealth-owned Framingham Secondary but CSX has the rights to operate freight service over the line; not Mass Coastal.

Re: The Stony Brook Branch

 by johnpbarlow ¦  Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:12 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: The Stony Brook Branch ¦  Replies: 212 ¦  Views: 51521

Update on the construction of the proposed B&E/PAS crossover between Sanvel and CPF-312: B&E/PAS filed with the STB to extend the temporary 1,000 ft of trackage rights east of 312 granted until 2/5/24 until September 1, 2024. Excerpt: The initial estimate for procuring and installing the cro...

Re: Vermont Rail System (VTR, GMRC, WACR, CLP, NYOG)

 by johnpbarlow ¦  Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:55 am ¦  Forum: New England Railfan ¦  Topic: Vermont Rail System (VTR, GMRC, WACR, CLP, NYOG) ¦  Replies: 515 ¦  Views: 137810

Q: not a VRS question specifically but is it likely that G&W (ie, NECR and B&E) would use the WACR route to bridge traffic between CP/Irving lines and E Deerfield? It seems to me that the former EDPO/POED traffic handling with CSX ownership of PAR is a little clunky these days. Of course the...

Re: Shore Line East Service Levels and Cuts

 by johnpbarlow ¦  Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:47 am ¦  Forum: MTA Metro-North Railroad and CtRail Passenger Rail (SLE, Hartford, Extensions) ¦  Topic: Unusual Fleet Sightings ¦  Replies: 208 ¦  Views: 100233

Not sure this is the correct place to post this but SLE train # 3692 to New London on Saturday 1/27/24 was a P42 powered 3 car train instead of a 4 car M8 MU set.

Re: Pan Am Worcester Main Line

 by johnpbarlow ¦  Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:50 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: Pan Am Worcester Main Line ¦  Replies: 825 ¦  Views: 183261

FWIW, I drove over the CSX Worcester Main on New Harbor Rd bridge at Clinton at 1030 Thursday 1/18/24 and saw a yellow Herzog (?) material handler train working just southwest of the overpass near Woodlawn St. Couldn't stop so I have no additional details....

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