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Re: 2017 Commuter Rail Delay Discussion Thread

 by butts260 ¦  Mon Feb 27, 2017 6:16 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: 2017 Commuter Rail Delay Discussion Thread ¦  Replies: 282 ¦  Views: 80996

Are surge protectors available that might have eliminated much or "all" of the surge damage? I'm thinking particularly of the switch electrics. Sometimes I wonder how much a 241 can cost!

Re: Head-on collision in Amarillo, TX

 by butts260 ¦  Tue Jul 26, 2016 3:50 pm ¦  Forum: BNSF Railway (Burlington Northern Santa Fe) ¦  Topic: Head-on collision in Amarillo, TX ¦  Replies: 93 ¦  Views: 33504

Looking at Figure 1. Derailment site of The Preliminary Report DCA16FR008 now confuses me. If west is in the upper left and east in the lower right, then the divided highway "above" or "north" of the tracks cannot be route U.S. 60, which is south of the tracks on Google Maps. Hel...

Re: Head-on collision in Amarillo, TX

 by butts260 ¦  Thu Jul 14, 2016 6:25 pm ¦  Forum: BNSF Railway (Burlington Northern Santa Fe) ¦  Topic: Head-on collision in Amarillo, TX ¦  Replies: 93 ¦  Views: 33504

Might someone help me out by giving the latitude and longitude of the east switch (points or frog) of the Panhandle control point siding?

Re: Grand Junction Branch (The North/South Side Connection)

 by butts260 ¦  Wed Jul 22, 2015 12:26 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Grand Junction Branch (The North/South Side Connection) ¦  Replies: 427 ¦  Views: 143875

On the Eastern Rt. doesn't the diamond at Beverly Junction, where the Gloucester Branch joins, have moveable point frogs?

Re: Northeast Regional 188 - Accident In Philadelphia

 by butts260 ¦  Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:04 am ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Northeast Regional 188 - Accident In Philadelphia ¦  Replies: 1522 ¦  Views: 479712

Is this what triggered NORAC Rule 504b?

Re: Waltham and Watertown Branch Railroad Company

 by butts260 ¦  Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:47 am ¦  Forum: General Discussion: Fallen Flags, Trolleys, and Interurbans ¦  Topic: Waltham and Watertown Branch Railroad Company ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 16064

Thank you, F-line. In my innocence, not knowing where the "Upper Factory" and the "Lower Factory were (or are), I thought it might be something located just east of Waltham station on the Fitchburg line. . . a few thousand feet long maybe.

Waltham and Watertown Branch Railroad Company

 by butts260 ¦  Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:26 pm ¦  Forum: General Discussion: Fallen Flags, Trolleys, and Interurbans ¦  Topic: Waltham and Watertown Branch Railroad Company ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 16064

Might someone lead me to further information about the above mentioned railroad (if it ever actually existed). Chapter 223, page 107, dated 1849, has an Act to establish a company (of which one of the corporators was my great-grandfather) "hereby empowered to locate, construct, and maintain, wi...

Re: Winter Storm of January 26-27, 2015 and Impact on MBTA

 by butts260 ¦  Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:36 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Winter 2015 and Impact on MBTA ¦  Replies: 338 ¦  Views: 71975

In geographic areas subject to lake effect snowfall do rail operations have similar problems to MBTA's recent one's?

Re: UP freight "t-bones" BNSF train, demolishes overpass

 by butts260 ¦  Tue Feb 03, 2015 3:37 pm ¦  Forum: General Class I and II Discussion ¦  Topic: UP freight "t-bones" BNSF train, demolishes overpass ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 5977

NTSB has issued Accident Report NTSB/RAR-14/02 PB2015-102084 "Collision of Union Pacific Railroad Freight Train with BNSF Railway Freight Train Near Chaffee, Missouri May 25, 2013"

Re: New MBTA Locomotive Order Discussion (MPI HSP-46)

 by butts260 ¦  Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:31 am ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: MBTA's MPI HSP-46 Locomotives ¦  Replies: 2973 ¦  Views: 733506

Is this in addition to something like an Ogontz Polar Bear dump valve down low where gravity can do its stuff when the ambient temperature drops below say 37 degrees F?

Re: 2014 Discussion for Commuter Rail Delays

 by butts260 ¦  Wed Nov 26, 2014 8:08 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: 2014 Discussion for Commuter Rail Delays ¦  Replies: 555 ¦  Views: 113799

I feel some relief ... I had lost my faith in sand!

Re: longest commuter train?

 by butts260 ¦  Fri Nov 07, 2014 6:32 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: longest commuter train? ¦  Replies: 31 ¦  Views: 10199

I win . . . . New Haven was to watch switching steam to electric (both ways).

Independent Brake operation on Push-Pull Trains

 by butts260 ¦  Sat Oct 18, 2014 3:29 pm ¦  Forum: General Discussion: Locomotives, Rolling Stock, and Equipment ¦  Topic: Independent Brake operation on Push-Pull Trains ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 7450

I am a non-railroader curious about operation of the locomotive independent brake when the cab car is controlling. I assume there is an independent brake valve in the cab car (but no J-1 Relay), and that both the actuating line and the independent application and release line are carried through the...

The Globe and Mail audio does not seem to include a conversation at 0539: "The LE advised the Farnham RTC that he had just finished moving the 9 tank cars at the end of the train that did not derail." given as the last entry in Appendix A - Sequence of events, on page 163 of TSB's Railway ...

Re: Head on Collsion in Arkansas 8/17

 by butts260 ¦  Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:49 pm ¦  Forum: Union Pacific ¦  Topic: Head on Collsion in Arkansas 8/17 ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 5891

The Wall Street Journal, Aug 18, p. A3, has a story, with aerial photo, on the collision. There appears to be a turnout forming the southern end of a siding (?), at the locus of the derailment. Fnding it on Google Earth, the coordinates are 36 - 1.422 N, 90 - 59.603 W, elevation 256 ft. at the switc...

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