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As mentioned above, these signal issues are a result of that kid climbing a cat pole and causing major headaches during the Friday evening rush. Since Friday night, dispatchers have been unable to give signals westbound at Mansfield interlocking and cannot display signals eastbound at Hebronville. B...

Amtrak yard Conductors are like puppets. They are the puppets and the Yardmaster is the puppeteer pulling the strings. The Yardmaster usually gives a step by step list of the moves to be made. It's ridiculously easy for the most part.

All of the switches within Forest Interlocking are blocked and clamped in the normal position for straight moves on a 3 tracks and the signals are removed from service per Bulletin Order.

#909 & #926 have been officially retired as of today.

It isn't CSXT's train. It was probably placed there for emergency responder training, that's the purpose of the train.

The home signals were installed at Adams and Delco just as a beginning to the project. There are no switches at eeither interlocking.

For the Vermonter, one Boston trains are pulled out of the station I believe by a terminal switcher, then are brought to the servicing area just south of the station, turned around the loop, then backed into the station for their next departure. That was old practice back in the 90's. Trains are sh...

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Dispatchers cannot exceed more than 10 hours on duty per shift and require 16 hours off between shifts.

Q437 used to be a great job when it reported at 1000 hours.

I have never seen any Sperry equipment on the NEC other than the self-propelled vehicles, and I'm qualified end to end.

Don't hold your breath waiting for catenary wire to go up on The Springfield Line. Pretty soon you may see a huge decline in Amtrak trains. Once CDOT starts running on the line, Amtrak will most likely begin a downward turn in ridership.

It's not that easy to just run an extra. The Vermonter runs on freight carriers' lines above Springfield and also, don't forget that it is state funded. As high as ridership may soar, the government most likely will NOT want to contribute any extra cash. Lastly, manpower may also be an issue.

If you didn't give enough car counts while shoving, the engineer should've stopped.

Sounds like you are referring to the Boston car wash . The doors on each end have a painting of a Genesis locomotive with the number "1994" on the number boards. The wash was built in 1994 and recently renovated a few years ago. Before it's renovation in 2011/2012 it was operated by an ope...

Btw, Garelick Farms does not ship by rail. They only receive covered hoppers of plastic pellets for making their plastic bottles.