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Re: Abandoned ROW in South Norwalk (Wilson Point)

 by Sir Ray ¦  Fri Nov 03, 2023 12:19 pm ¦  Forum: New England Railfan ¦  Topic: Abandoned ROW in South Norwalk (Wilson Point) ¦  Replies: 25 ¦  Views: 4600

Wondering about this, I went over to Historic Aerials for South Norwalk - 1963 Topo. The line in question is shown and follows the route as describe above, which ends up following Wilson Ave. SW. South of "The Ely" school on that topo there are symbols for storage tanks, so that could be t...

Re: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

 by Sir Ray ¦  Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:49 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion ¦  Replies: 4777 ¦  Views: 652560

Accessorial work to be completed will include rebuilding the Farmingdale Wye’s south leg Rebuilding? I thought this southbound leg connecting to the Southern is new construction as no such connection existed before - there was a crossing, but no south leg...or am I misremembering (always a possibil...

Re: C & D October 13th.Event at Farmingdale.

 by Sir Ray ¦  Fri Oct 13, 2023 3:16 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: C & D October 13th.Event at Farmingdale. ¦  Replies: 14 ¦  Views: 2417

pdtrains wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 3:04 pmPIX????
I agree, pics or it didn't happen! :P

Re: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

 by Sir Ray ¦  Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:04 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion ¦  Replies: 4777 ¦  Views: 652560

Bracdude181 wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:39 am North at Squankum Road 10:52 AM. Somebody knocked down one of the train crossings here…
This crossing I guess? Why don't they add guard bollards like you find at gasoline pumps? Use big heavy steel ones planted deep into the ground?

Re: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

 by Sir Ray ¦  Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:02 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion ¦  Replies: 4777 ¦  Views: 652560

Those were interesting images posted. I agree that the grading does seem off (or non-existent - it looks like they are laying the new southern wye leg in a ditch almost. Likely just camera angles, but It looks like water would drain off the south side "berm" into the track bed, and we all ...

Re: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

 by Sir Ray ¦  Tue Aug 22, 2023 9:15 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion ¦  Replies: 4777 ¦  Views: 652560

Bracdude181 wrote: Tue Aug 22, 2023 9:09 am The southbound wye leg is now being constructed. Looks like they have about 30-ish feet of rail and ties down
Were you about to take any images of the construction? Also, how did they handle the guy-wires that seemed to be obstructing the proposed ROW as discussed many months ago?

Re: Raritan Central expansion

 by Sir Ray ¦  Fri Aug 18, 2023 10:42 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Raritan Central expansion ¦  Replies: 45 ¦  Views: 8764

AceMacSD wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2023 9:37 am
CR7876 wrote: Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:32 pmScummers
Yep but they're keeping our guys paid. $31/hr under the table's still good $$$.
Umm, could either of you chaps enlighten us as to why RCRY are 'scummers', or is that rather hush-hush/nudge-nudge wink-wink kinda stuff?

Re: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

 by Sir Ray ¦  Sun Jun 25, 2023 11:47 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion ¦  Replies: 4777 ¦  Views: 652560

I can almost guarantee you that Nestles land will become an apartment complex or storefront. Stuff like that is literally the only thing they build in this state anymore. At least around here. Well, if not crappy condos or "life-style" retail strips, there's always mega CubeSmart or Outta...

Re: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

 by Sir Ray ¦  Fri Jun 16, 2023 8:23 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion ¦  Replies: 4777 ¦  Views: 652560

You guys wasted so much bandwidth talking about that sign, RIP. Heh, wasted so much bandwidth? Clearly you haven't waded into the Old Equipment at Glenmont NY thread (aka "Private equipment collection at Colonie and Glenmont" thread...or even this forum the Southern Secondary thread befor...

Re: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

 by Sir Ray ¦  Wed Jun 14, 2023 12:08 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion ¦  Replies: 4777 ¦  Views: 652560

Haven't been in that area for several years, but viewing Google Street, did they move the Stavola plant entrance sign, as visually that sign looks to be within the track loading gauge (unless they move the track/ROW a bit to the East)?

Re: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

 by Sir Ray ¦  Mon May 08, 2023 7:55 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion ¦  Replies: 4777 ¦  Views: 652560

IMO the max car weights are a bigger problem than Plate F. Most newer cars are Plate C anyways. Well, true in that most covered hoppers, gondolas, tank cars, bulkhead flats, etc. are Plate C, but I believe most post 1990s Boxcars (and Refrigerator cars as well) are Plate F's . Autoracks and double ...

Re: Demise of the Perth Amboy branch

 by Sir Ray ¦  Mon Apr 17, 2023 9:28 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Demise of the Perth Amboy branch ¦  Replies: 23 ¦  Views: 10268

Completely random aside, I first heard of Keasbey from my peak railfanning days in the 1990s (out of college, first full time job, first auto, so time to explore where the trains (meaning freight) were (at the time - they really weren't around Long Island by then, and really isn't much around Long I...

Re: NYGL Dundee Spur Status - 2009-present

 by Sir Ray ¦  Thu Apr 06, 2023 2:27 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: NYGL Dundee Spur Status - 2009-present ¦  Replies: 167 ¦  Views: 57970

...it seems so much former industrial land in NJ is being turned into condos or apartments. That's to handle all the people who are... NOT moving into New Jersey : New Jersey's population declined by 27,332 from April 1, 2020, through July 1 of this year (2022), according to U.S. Census Bureau esti...

Re: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

 by Sir Ray ¦  Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:51 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion ¦  Replies: 4777 ¦  Views: 652560

This is the same facility that was sitting there empty and disused for a while that was having some extensive work done to it recently, same facility that some of us were discussing if there was a chance they would be served by the railroad. I believe at one point that property did have rail servic...

Re: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

 by Sir Ray ¦  Sun Feb 26, 2023 10:25 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion ¦  Replies: 4777 ¦  Views: 652560

nd like I said for the last year its 39 Foot NOT 50 or 60. Since the the beginning of rail service in America stick rail has been and always will be 39 feet. All do to the length of the standard cars in the beginning 40ft. I wonder why starting in, say the 1970s when quantities of used 66ft mill go...

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