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Re: Pan Am Worcester Main Line

 by jaymac ¦  Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:56 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: Pan Am Worcester Main Line ¦  Replies: 833 ¦  Views: 185466

So much for the "too long" guess....
Ditto on the commentary.

Re: Gardner Gawking

 by jaymac ¦  Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:15 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Southern (PAS) / Berkshire Eastern Railroad ¦  Topic: Gardner Gawking ¦  Replies: 3196 ¦  Views: 648786

Tnx for the wordss, but -- at least short-term -- I'll be going for lower-hanging fruit, as in the 0801/04-16 Worcester Main posting. And yes, I do hope our furry friends are grateful for their and my mutually-lessened stress.: It is getting near Deer-Dodging and Skunk-Slaloming Season. However, I w...

Re: Pan Am Worcester Main Line

 by jaymac ¦  Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:01 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: Pan Am Worcester Main Line ¦  Replies: 833 ¦  Views: 185466

0734 and 0739/04-16-2024 XNG noise for Temple and Shrewsbury Streets, but none as of posting for Burncoat so mebbe a tie-down too long to fit New Bond to Burncoat.

Re: Gardner Gawking

 by jaymac ¦  Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:22 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Southern (PAS) / Berkshire Eastern Railroad ¦  Topic: Gardner Gawking ¦  Replies: 3196 ¦  Views: 648786

Confirming a recent pattern, my gawking at Gardner et al. is on hold. To borrow phrasing from hedge funders -- those purveyors of the PSR pandemic -- the return on investment just isn't there. The reward has been diminishing for the effort expended -- however minimal that might be -- and it's gotten...

Re: The Stony Brook Branch

 by jaymac ¦  Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:07 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: The Stony Brook Branch ¦  Replies: 218 ¦  Views: 52964

It does seem -- whatever the car counts might be -- that things are getting fewer and further between. Having exhausted the possibilities of PSR, a new acronym was needed. At least the MTO is a nonexempt position. Surprised that the requirements didn't include the ability to operate a TARDIS. At lea...

Re: B&M Eastern Route Quad Tracking & Harbor Tunnel

 by jaymac ¦  Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:30 am ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: B&M Eastern Route Quad Tracking & Harbor Tunnel ¦  Replies: 15 ¦  Views: 1501

Per p.4 of Thomas Humphrey and Norton Clark's Boston Commuter Rail: Second Section , Boston Street Railway Association, 1986, the Lower Falls Branch was electrified between 1900 and 1930, ending when the Middlesex & Boston Street Railways changed from trolleys to buses on an intersecting line an...

Re: New Widett Circle Rail Yard

 by jaymac ¦  Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:09 am ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: New Widett Circle Rail Yard ¦  Replies: 71 ¦  Views: 9805

...If memory serves, the B&A yard was where the Prudential Center now stands. The B&A passenger yard and commissary were located E of Mass. Ave. and were lost to the Pike, Prudential, and diminishing passenger business. There was also a minuscule B&A freight facility at South Station, S...

Re: Gardner Gawking

 by jaymac ¦  Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:09 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Southern (PAS) / Berkshire Eastern Railroad ¦  Topic: Gardner Gawking ¦  Replies: 3196 ¦  Views: 648786

0220-0415/04-09-2024 started with Yard-Channel hash that included "427" and would end with Yard-Channel clarity that also included "427." In between, there would be occasional Dispatcher-side and Road-side hash with 1 bit of semi-clarity to be noted in a bit. At 0253, the 333 WLs...

Re: Gardner Gawking

 by jaymac ¦  Wed Apr 03, 2024 4:36 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Southern (PAS) / Berkshire Eastern Railroad ¦  Topic: Gardner Gawking ¦  Replies: 3196 ¦  Views: 648786

0225-0425/04-03-2024 was quiet until 0233 Boston West hash. 0240 started some Road-side/Dispatcher-side exchanges. Both AY-3 and FI-2 would get mentioned later, so mebbe 1 or both of them. At 0256, Signal 1161 called the B&E, and 2 later the 333 WLs were dark. At 0301, the B&E called M427 x2...

Re: Gardner Gawking

 by jaymac ¦  Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:13 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Southern (PAS) / Berkshire Eastern Railroad ¦  Topic: Gardner Gawking ¦  Replies: 3196 ¦  Views: 648786

0230-0420/04-01-2024 started and continued with radio silence, an apt start to April Fools Day. At 0301, the 333 WLs were dark, likewise for the 334s and 335s. At 0309, there -- finally -- was Road-side hash, and 2 later, a breaking 346.6 -- still GRS -- gave a no-deets-to-me no defects. Up Da Hill,...

Re: #4 Red Line Cars 1900-2151

 by jaymac ¦  Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:10 am ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: #4 Red Line Cars 1900-2151 ¦  Replies: 132 ¦  Views: 26816

The iInitial contract was under Patrick, but an additional contract was awarded under Baker, as were other questionable T-related appointments and decisions.

Re: #4 Red Line Cars 1900-2151

 by jaymac ¦  Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:51 am ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: #4 Red Line Cars 1900-2151 ¦  Replies: 132 ¦  Views: 26816

Choo-Choo Charlie Baker et al. may have gone, but their legacy lasts.
(Guess my New Year's anti-snark res didn't last.)

Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge - Class I Impact

 by jaymac ¦  Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:14 am ¦  Forum: General Class I and II Discussion ¦  Topic: Francis Scott Key Bridge - Class I Impact ¦  Replies: 46 ¦  Views: 3120

You're making sense. Stop it.

Re: Gardner Gawking

 by jaymac ¦  Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:11 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Southern (PAS) / Berkshire Eastern Railroad ¦  Topic: Gardner Gawking ¦  Replies: 3196 ¦  Views: 648786

0225-0415/03-27-2024 had Yard-Channel hash at 0229, 0244, and 0247, at least some of which mighta been from M427, as will be seen. 0248 was when the B&E garbled something to FI-2 which produced a hashed FI-2 response which produced a "Roger that." The 333 WLs were dark at 0256, the sam...

Re: Gardner Gawking

 by jaymac ¦  Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:34 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Southern (PAS) / Berkshire Eastern Railroad ¦  Topic: Gardner Gawking ¦  Replies: 3196 ¦  Views: 648786

0235-0435/03-25-2024 started at the start with Boston East hash, followed by someone on P&W Road telling someone else something about 1000'. 0239 was the time for CSX Boston Sub hash, and it would be 18 later for Boston West hash. 0302 gave more hash, but this time Yard Channel, but not 427, as ...

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