by paulrail
Interesting report from Dave about the volume of business on one part of CSX's "Cranberry Division"! 
Paul
-----------
--- In [email protected], - Tuesday
>
> Spotted BCLR's 1704 clearing up on the south leg of the wye at
Deane Street in
> New Bedford this afternoon, having dropped off a bunch of cars on
the north leg
> at Nash Road for CSX (17 maybe?).
>
> CSX's B727 was right behind them with a MONSTER train. Like 46
cars: 20 for
> BCLR and the rest empty sludge gondolas and Millis loads. Leading
was a very
> beaten up GP40-2 6213 and the 6214 (in Dark Future paint
naturally). B727
> pulled the whole thing down south of Deane Street, made a cut on
the BCLR's
> and went to New Bedford Yard with 26 cars (6 Millis loads and the
rest sludge
> gons).
>
> BCLR 1704 came out on tied on to their cut which including 1 DBS
CRLE double
> door boxcar, 6 Colonials (3 csx RBL's and 3 Southerns) and 13 Mid
City empties.
> Interestingly, these the CSXT gondolas outnumbered the BCLR cars.
There was
> only 1 AMGX high side gondola. The 1704 put on a good show trying
to start this
> cut from the viadcut to the south leg.
>
> No Wainer cars today. Down at the yard, there were about 12-15
gondolas,
> most of them loaded. The trackmobile was not running, but parked
outside
> the EPA trailer on sludge plant grounds.
>
> Freight car notes:
> -All the sludge cars continue to be CEFX cars in various number
series.
> Today we got 30000 and 32000 series cars. The 30000 cars are
blue,
> with the others all black.
> -That LE&FC boxcar from last week was on the headpin in the BCLR
> delivery. Never got to check this car out though.
> -The Millis cars were all CSXT/NYC 460000 gondolas that are in
height
> midway between a regular gondola and the highsides (ex-coal
hoppers).
> There was a "paired" RRLX set in the cut too.
> -One of the CSXT gons for Mid-City was an ex-CR G52 restenciled
NYC
> and very beaten up.
>
> Dave
>
>
> Is this the only day they work New Bedford now?
>
Paul
-----------
--- In [email protected], - Tuesday
>
> Spotted BCLR's 1704 clearing up on the south leg of the wye at
Deane Street in
> New Bedford this afternoon, having dropped off a bunch of cars on
the north leg
> at Nash Road for CSX (17 maybe?).
>
> CSX's B727 was right behind them with a MONSTER train. Like 46
cars: 20 for
> BCLR and the rest empty sludge gondolas and Millis loads. Leading
was a very
> beaten up GP40-2 6213 and the 6214 (in Dark Future paint
naturally). B727
> pulled the whole thing down south of Deane Street, made a cut on
the BCLR's
> and went to New Bedford Yard with 26 cars (6 Millis loads and the
rest sludge
> gons).
>
> BCLR 1704 came out on tied on to their cut which including 1 DBS
CRLE double
> door boxcar, 6 Colonials (3 csx RBL's and 3 Southerns) and 13 Mid
City empties.
> Interestingly, these the CSXT gondolas outnumbered the BCLR cars.
There was
> only 1 AMGX high side gondola. The 1704 put on a good show trying
to start this
> cut from the viadcut to the south leg.
>
> No Wainer cars today. Down at the yard, there were about 12-15
gondolas,
> most of them loaded. The trackmobile was not running, but parked
outside
> the EPA trailer on sludge plant grounds.
>
> Freight car notes:
> -All the sludge cars continue to be CEFX cars in various number
series.
> Today we got 30000 and 32000 series cars. The 30000 cars are
blue,
> with the others all black.
> -That LE&FC boxcar from last week was on the headpin in the BCLR
> delivery. Never got to check this car out though.
> -The Millis cars were all CSXT/NYC 460000 gondolas that are in
height
> midway between a regular gondola and the highsides (ex-coal
hoppers).
> There was a "paired" RRLX set in the cut too.
> -One of the CSXT gons for Mid-City was an ex-CR G52 restenciled
NYC
> and very beaten up.
>
> Dave
>
>
> Is this the only day they work New Bedford now?
>
