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- Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways in 2006. Discussion relating to the current operations of the Boston & Maine, the Maine Central, and the Springfield Terminal railroads (as well as the Delaware & Hudson while it was under Guilford control until 1988). Official site can be found here: PANAMRAILWAYS.COM.
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by pnolette
According to the Guilford Rail Sightings list there is an oil train on the way.Looks like there back!
Peter B&MMEC
by necr3849
A decent sized work train was in Mattawamkeag this past weekend. Quite a bit of ballast work has been done, but man that mainline is still woeful.
by fromway
Just saw picture of a long line of Oil Cans being pulled through Pittsburgh PA on NS. They were very pretty. My guess is they are being sent directly to Philadelphia.
by fogg1703
Did this past weeks unit train get split up in Waterville or was it kept intact other than the foreign power removed?
by necr3849
Empty crude was through Northern Maine Junction late this morning with 509 leading followed by 374+345+307+340+507. A block of maybe 10-12 regular freights and a spacer led a string of maybe 80 empties. Didn't actually count the total.
by KSmitty
Anyone have the foreign power numbers and marks off the last oil train through D1? I think it went to Waterville about a week ago, maybe on 5/5?
Trying to keep a list of the foriegn oil power on D1 and I missed this one...
Trying to keep a list of the foriegn oil power on D1 and I missed this one...
by joshg1
Possible non-sequitur- the expansion of oil pipelines in the '40s and '50s cut off a growing traffic source from the railroads. As did natural gas replacing manufactured-from-coal gas. It's good to see some of that traffic coming back.
by gokeefe
joshg1 wrote:Possible non-sequitur- the expansion of oil pipelines in the '40s and '50s cut off a growing traffic source from the railroads. As did natural gas replacing manufactured-from-coal gas. It's good to see some of that traffic coming back.Indeed and based on the production variables for shale oil it's expected to continue to use rail in high volumes for decades to come.
gokeefe
by markhb
KSmitty wrote:Anyone have the foreign power numbers and marks off the last oil train through D1? I think it went to Waterville about a week ago, maybe on 5/5?5/5 was today
Trying to keep a list of the foriegn oil power on D1 and I missed this one...
One was parked in Portland for a good chunk of the evening after the accident; I didn't see the power, though.
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by pnolette
I've read on another list Irving may be cutting back on buying Bakkan oil because of pricing.Can anyone confirm or deny this?
Thanks
Thanks
Peter B&MMEC
by fromway
Has anyone seen any oil moving anywhere? Very little chatter. Is the price of oil that high that Irving is not buying?
by gokeefe
fromway wrote:Has anyone seen any oil moving anywhere? Very little chatter. Is the price of oil that high that Irving is not buying?The real question might be whether or not they're still moving large volumes over the MMA. If that's the case then this could be a railroad specific issue.
gokeefe