B&M Gawking (District 2 Sightings)

MBTA Haverhill Bridge work this weekend, 10/8, 10/9.
PAR District #2 should be very quiet, other than possibly
positioning trains at east and west of the bridge for an
early Monday departure.

A freight passed under the Rt 107a bridge in East Kingston about 15 mins ago heading west. 3 new blues and a Guilford and all Empskip containers

I hear that that's WAAY.

Rockingham Racer wrote:I hear that that's WAAY.

Maybe someday it will be twice as long and double stacked. One can dream

Stopped at dunks, then drove over to my local crossing in East Kingston to eat... As I rolled up the signal was already illuminated and I could hear horns in the distance. A few moments later an empty Poland Springs Express came rumbling into view. Perfect timing on this wet Sunday Full size pics here http://imgur.com/a/sLC5y

What's really new about this is that the trains are now running "containers only" and no manifest freight at all. It will be interesting to see if that trend holds.

Ex-csx 7517 idling just north or Lawrence station in front of a consist of mixed freight as I type this.

Missed what was on the head end but a very long train boogied through Madbury heading east at 8:30 this morning.

Video by drc930:

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What is DO? Dover?

Correct.

Ok, then my question would be why would a Dover train need to go north of portsmouth (scarborough) to get to portsmouth?

DO-1 / 2 originates out of Portland and heads west to work Dover / Rockingham Junction and then to Portsmouth and returns to Portland.
Same crew can also go east as far as Brunswick sometimes.

MECFAN wrote:DO-1 / 2 originates out of Portland and heads west to work Dover / Rockingham Junction and then to Portsmouth and returns to Portland.
Same crew can also go east as far as Brunswick sometimes.

Interesting then that they call it a "DO" job instead of a "PO" job. Legacy bulletin cruft from when Dover Yard was a point-of-origin?