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Drove past the CSX Dewitt, NY yard this morning and saw one tank car on its side and a covered hopper at about a 90 degree angle to the tracks. Many pieces of MOW equipment were on site as well to clean up the mess. This was on the east end, Minoa side. Anyone know what happened?

The NY electrics are off the island! https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/news-photo-new-york-central-electric-locomotives-moved/ From the article: "Two historic New York Central electric locomotives, saved last year after long facing a threat of scrapping, have been moved from the...

Take a look at some photos of Tupper Lake station as it currently exists: https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/wm7N97_Next_Stop_Tupper_Lake_Renovated_1895_Depot_NY The ground between the tracks and the station is a combination of gravel, dirt, not exactly level, and has some embedded concrete, aka tr...

To add to tree68's reply, the state still has more work to do on the corridor. There is platform and track work in Tupper, and platform work in Sabattis and Beaver River, at least the last I knew. That work will affect the railroads ability to run trains north of Big Moose this year. Whatever trains...

Rail bikes in the Adirondack’s, operating out of Thendara and Tupper Lake, NY.

https://adirondackscenicrailbikes.com/

That was actually the Verona Historical Society ( though Durhamville is within the town of Verona). Pretty much all they had were a few O and G scale tabletop layouts. Think it was mostly geared towards kids. There were no vendors there. It was held in their building, so not a lot of room. Quite a f...

There is a lengthy discussion (actually two of them) on this underway at the trains.com forum: https://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/t/294698.aspx https://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/t/294785.aspx This is what I picked up from there: Hot Box Detector (HDB): Measures the wheel bearing temperature relative to t...

Can't say I know for certain, but I have to believe that operating a locomotive remotely using DPU controls for switching purposes would not be allowed. The main reason being DPUs typically are setup to maintain their current throttle settings in the event communications (COM) are lost. The last thi...

Railroad operating departs (especially the class I's) will have published rules that govern train makeup, how much power can be online, how many operative dynamic brake axles can be cut in, position of mid and rear train helpers, etc. The rules can vary considerably depending on the railroad and the...

Is the track they were operating on governed by the Restricted Speed rule? I am not familiar with the operating rules there.

What, if any, unions have voted to accept the contract?

Does anyone know the current engine roster for the Adirondack Railroad? There have been purchases and selling of equipment lately. Locomotives in current/ recent use: RS-18 #1835 RS-18 #1845 C424 #2400 M420 #3573 On roster/ property, not currently in service: SW-1 #705 S1 #9411 RS-3 8223 (not owned...

Seeing as how they reported that there was an “operator” in the cab, it sounds like a light engine simply ran over a derail. Why that happened is unstated.

Two trucks + one body = three pieces?

While you might be able to convince someone to "sell" you some old creosoted RR ties to take home for your landscaping project, doing so is prohibited by the NYS DEC. See https://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/42394.html Key section as it pertains to creosote railroad ties: "If the railroads...