by greyhairedpete
Looks like work is being done on the OOS Valley Road crossing in Hillsborough, (the one that goes into the Hercules Enterprises plant). Anyone have any info? Is NS going to serve this business?
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908rails wrote:Since these photos were taken, NS has now laid gravel on top of the dirt in the ROW that has been cut out of the woods.So there were no existing rails on the south side in the woods, unlike the rails visible in the north side photos?
pumpers wrote:Correct, it appears the south side of this crossing has had the ROW completely excavated up to the Lehigh Line just west of CP Sully(old Royce Runner) and the Aeropres Corporation switch currently served by Allentown based local H74/76 delivering tank cars a few days a week.908rails wrote:Since these photos were taken, NS has now laid gravel on top of the dirt in the ROW that has been cut out of the woods.So there were no existing rails on the south side in the woods, unlike the rails visible in the north side photos?
Seems promising!
Jim S
CTL10D wrote:"....I also noticed some blue markings from the water company in the area, and was wondering if the track removal work was related to water pipework in the area..."To supplement, NJ law, with a few limited exceptions none of which are applicble in this instance, requires everyone digging anywhere to a depth of more than 6 inches, a few days before starting the dig to call telephone number 811 to notify and requiring all utilities to prompty mark out any underground facilities using specific colors.
I work for NJ American water in Hillsborough, and as far as I know we have nothing going on over there, although I`ll dig into it. The markout isn`t neccessarily for water work, any utility company could be doing work there, they have to call for a markout to know where all the utilities are. However if NS was indeed doing track/crossing work there, they too would have to call for a markout. We`ll see what happens I suppose....
Ken W2KB wrote:CTL10D wrote:"....I also noticed some blue markings from the water company in the area, and was wondering if the track removal work was related to water pipework in the area..."To supplement, NJ law, with a few limited exceptions none of which are applicble in this instance, requires everyone digging anywhere to a depth of more than 6 inches, a few days before starting the dig to call telephone number 811 to notify and requiring all utilities to prompty mark out any underground facilities using specific colors.
I work for NJ American water in Hillsborough, and as far as I know we have nothing going on over there, although I`ll dig into it. The markout isn`t neccessarily for water work, any utility company could be doing work there, they have to call for a markout to know where all the utilities are. However if NS was indeed doing track/crossing work there, they too would have to call for a markout. We`ll see what happens I suppose....