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I thought you would enjoy the walk down memory lane, Nick!
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nick11a wrote:Hmm, it seems like it is going out on the NEC westward of there (where most of the customers are.) I haven't ever seen any of the locals use and SD40-2 for power. Usually, it is a GP15-2, GP38-2 or a GP40-2. It's probably ME-2, but appearances can be deceptive.Could that just be the big bad OI train with the SD40-2 LHF?
TAMR213 wrote:Sorry about the long delay, but the sad news of the Millstone IT motivated me to post these. I recently caught ME-2 at Jersey Ave. complete with caboose.So was that the last movement over the branch for good?? I hope not!!
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TAMR213 wrote:Sorry about the long delay, but the sad news of the Millstone IT motivated me to post these. I recently caught ME-2 at Jersey Ave. complete with caboose.Good shots there. Any idea how often there's any movement there?
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http://erikr.rrpicturearchives.net/arch ... x?id=47240
Kaback9 wrote:Any day of the week listen to the radio for ME-2 and for a form D to operate between Lincoln and County. I think thats all right but Mr.O would know more.Sort of....
nick11a wrote:Another clue is when they line and lock (or open) the electric lock switches off of Track 0. There are three electric locks, one for the west end of the receiving yard, one for the east end, and for the west leg of the wye. So most times, they have to open up one of them, and WILL have to open one to head into/out of the yard.Kaback9 wrote:Any day of the week listen to the radio for ME-2 and for a form D to operate between Lincoln and County. I think thats all right but Mr.O would know more.Sort of....
Any freight train departing Metuchen's Receiving Yard usually calls CETC8 to get the signal onto the NEC (either heading from the east or west end- both ends are signaled). Heading west out of the west end though, they can only gain access to Tracks 1 and 2 as there is not a full interlocking there. Being that Track 2 is the only track of the two that is Rule 261 (signaled in both directions), sometimes CETC8 will issue a Form D from the receiving yard to County on Track 1 (to keep out of eastbound Amtrak Trains and the like on Track 2). Usually, CETC8 makes ME2 wait for a window to send him west on Track 2.
As for ME18, whenever it is going to Deans down near Midway, a Form D is issued to head west on Track 1 as the Deans switch is on Track 1.
bm555 wrote:Saw a good size southboundtrain with 2 6 axle units (1 NS, 1 CSX) by Union Sunday Afternoon (couldnt get the numbers, an inbound NJT MU Job was heading by infront). Would this be the WPME10 Metuchen Oak Island transfer?Heard this train on the radio the other day clearing the 0 track onto the wye at Metuchen. I forget the exact symbol, but the train was operating out of Oak Island.
The giant empty lots where Ford in Metuchen and GM in Linden used to be were a sight to behold, almost as if they never existed!