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Crazy to think that 20 years ago, the line had a lot more activity than now. Do you think we'll ever see that many trains on the Southern Secondary again? I wonder how many trains would be operated a week if the Clayton sand trains actually start running. Realistically, I wouldn't hold my breath. T...

Crazy to think that 20 years ago, the line had a lot more activity than now. Do you think we'll ever see that many trains on the Southern Secondary again? I wonder how many trains would be operated a week if the Clayton sand trains actually start running. Realistically, I wouldn't hold my breath. T...

Crazy to think that 20 years ago, the line had a lot more activity than now. Do you think we'll ever see that many trains on the Southern Secondary again? I wonder how many trains would be operated a week if the Clayton sand trains actually start running. Realistically, I wouldn't hold my breath. T...

I didn't mark down the coordinates, but my marker for it was a tree that extends over the water quite a bit near the north end of the river the bank extending into the river on the other side opposite the tunnel portal, just where the marker is placed. For an underpass, the height of the bore wouldn...

While taking a trip on the Deerfield River just outside Conway, MA, I stumbled upon a small tunnel portal just under the Pan Am Southern main. It was wide enough for one track, must've been built anytime before 1910, it was very small and couldn't fit a large locomotive at all. I couldn't seem to fi...

Ah, I heard they were an hour early so I assumed they were further along.

I'd assume they're in Tinton Falls?

@pdtrains You've hit the nail right on the head. The southern used to have a large amount of customers who manufactured products back in the good old days. The largest was a plastics plant across from Collingswood Auction. They got 20-25 cars every other day and had their own engine for moving cars...

@CoastLineRailfan I was up there today and they put new rails in on the Siding that leads to Gold Lumber. Work is being done by a contractor called Tracks Unlimited. How come they are putting new rails in at a railroad crossing that hasn't seen a train since 2009? Since it is mandated by the NJDOT....

Work on the two crossings in Farmingdale commenced today, and so far one as has been refitted with new flange ways and an asphalt surface. Coming from a Conrail employee, this work is a regularly scheduled NJDOT rebuild, not any work spurred from NJSL/CMSL, or C&D.

On the other hand, the Amboy corridor shows NO height or weight restrictions with many current customers all the way to Freehold. How many miles of heavy rail could be laid for the price of making just one overpass or rail bridge plate F compliant on the NJCL or northern part of the southern second...

It doesn't say when the study was conducted, but I do reaso to believe it is out of date to some extent, and considering the information I obtained came from NJ Transit who have recently been exposed to track charts and employee timetables, I do still believe them. It also came to my attention that ...

Correction time. The customer on the AMBS is not currently looking to use Plate F cars for obvious reasons, and regularly receive up 15 cars any given week. The chance of any large warehouse or shipper requesting rail service on the Southern is very slim, considering there is very little prime real ...

RailsEast wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 11:53 pm A report from the field indicated that there was a tree down just north of the Auction, so the crew shut down until mow forces could clear the line. I was not there, just reporting what was conveyed to me....

Where exactly is RIVER, and when would that replacement occur? Would love to see the long transfer freight heading to Browns from MIDWAY. RIVER is the control point on the bridge over the Raritan River. Railroad west is ESSAY in South Amboy, and railroad east in WOOD north of Perth Amboy station. I...