This is a late post here but I was heading back from railfanning the BC NJT line last Sunday (1/30/2012) driving down Riverside Drive. As I crossed the NYS&W tracks I looked West and saw a headlight. I knew that could not be the SU-99 so it had to be a local. This was at about 5:15 PM. I saw the last part of the train go by when I tried to get to the grade crossing near the Rt. 80 overpass. Fortunately the local stopped and switched at Marcal.
I hung around a bit and observed 2 locomotives and 2 box cars. The lead locomotive looked like a Suzie-Q Yellow Jacket and the 2nd one may have been a CEFX lessor - I do not know what the numbers were (It was dark by this time). They pulled the 2 box cars out that were on the siding North of the of the main and shoved the 2 box cars they brought with them onto the siding. They headed West from there once finished.
2 Questions:
1) Does this local always come down here on Sundays around this time and which "WS-" is it?
2) Do any locals work on Saturday anywhere along the Southern division and if so at what times & which "WS-" would that be?
BTW when the local was backing into the siding a 2nd time the grade crossing lights at Riverside Drive started flashing and the gates went down. The gates went back up & the lights stopped flashing. Then a few seconds later the lights started flashing again and the gates went down - this time staying down for a good 10 minutes or so. There was no other train or MOW vehicle in the vicinity so I presume this was a sensory or circuitry malfunction or both? Just curious.
Blocksignal.
I hung around a bit and observed 2 locomotives and 2 box cars. The lead locomotive looked like a Suzie-Q Yellow Jacket and the 2nd one may have been a CEFX lessor - I do not know what the numbers were (It was dark by this time). They pulled the 2 box cars out that were on the siding North of the of the main and shoved the 2 box cars they brought with them onto the siding. They headed West from there once finished.
2 Questions:
1) Does this local always come down here on Sundays around this time and which "WS-" is it?
2) Do any locals work on Saturday anywhere along the Southern division and if so at what times & which "WS-" would that be?
BTW when the local was backing into the siding a 2nd time the grade crossing lights at Riverside Drive started flashing and the gates went down. The gates went back up & the lights stopped flashing. Then a few seconds later the lights started flashing again and the gates went down - this time staying down for a good 10 minutes or so. There was no other train or MOW vehicle in the vicinity so I presume this was a sensory or circuitry malfunction or both? Just curious.
Blocksignal.
