by backroadrails
Not that it really applies but one of the storms we had this past winter, they sent out WAMA and between various issues it took them almost 6 days alone to do a round trip from Waterville to Mattawamkeag and return.
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newpylong wrote:4 days to go 300 rail miles, really setting the bar high there.Sounds like a day connecting in Waterville. A day in Portland and a day at Ayer?
tonyschul wrote: Is this the reason they are add ties to make it more stable?Kind of funny when you realize that they are fixing the track for water trains but that track was okay for explosive oil trains. Anyway, it's a step in the right direction. So as the water business grows and St. John Intermodal gets cranking, perhaps the track will get progressively better and faster and Pan Am will finally have the incentive to invest more into their railroad.
. . . [Guilford or PAR] will finally have the incentive to invest more into their railroad.If I had a dollar for every time I've heard those words over the past 20 years, I'd have enough money for a big dinner at DiMillo's and their best bottle of wine.
markyk wrote:Elmskips with some of that water from Maine heading to North Jersey a few times per week.....stay tuned
tonyschul wrote:So that means that POSE will have a block of 10 containers every few days, and SEPO the same with the empties. Or are they running more than one block? 2-3 days to get to Worcester and another day to North Jersey...... Any other destinations in the works? I will have to get out onto the Worcester Main to catch the action. Is this the reason they are add ties to make it more stable?I saw ten Eimskips returning from CSX on the rear of SEPO back on April 7th on the Worcester main heading east into Ayer. I posted on the Worcester Main asking where they were going to/from. No one seemed to know or responded. It is the only time I have seen them heading in either direction on the Worcester main since. It does not appear to be a regular occurrence yet or I am not catching them at the right time.
MEC407 wrote:Furthermore, they've had every incentive for the past 35 years to invest in the railroad. People shouldn't be fooled that the market or industry changes are the sole reason for a reduction in carloads. If you cannot offer decent service or realistic transit times, the product is simply not going to use rail. The amount of traffic this railroad has pissed away in the past 20 years that still could be using rail is hard to fathom.. . . [Guilford or PAR] will finally have the incentive to invest more into their railroad.If I had a dollar for every time I've heard those words over the past 20 years, I'd have enough money for a big dinner at DiMillo's and their best bottle of wine.
tonyschul wrote:Is this the reason they are add ties to make it more stable?Referring to the Worcester Main work? That is T funded as part of the deal to use the Worcester Main while the Grand Junction is closed this spring, I believe.
bostontrainguy wrote:Kind of funny when you realize that they are fixing the track for water trains but that track was okay for explosive oil trains.Actually, they ran an 800 tie/mile project from Keag to Newport in the fall of 2012; and the project was done pretty much exclusively to make sure things up for the added oil traffic.
MEC407 wrote:Perhaps . . . well actually maybe true . . . but this St. John project is actually something that could actually do it.. . . [Guilford or PAR] will finally have the incentive to invest more into their railroad.If I had a dollar for every time I've heard those words over the past 20 years, I'd have enough money for a big dinner at DiMillo's and their best bottle of wine.