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Re: Revere train accident of 1871

 by woodeen ¦  Mon Feb 12, 2024 11:24 am ¦  Forum: New England Railfan ¦  Topic: Revere train accident of 1871 ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 1416

See if this link works for The Atlantic article
https://cdn.theatlantic.com/media/archi ... 121775.pdf

Re: Potential PAR/PAS Traffic Growth

 by woodeen ¦  Tue Dec 19, 2023 5:37 pm ¦  Forum: Pan Am Southern (PAS) / Berkshire Eastern Railroad ¦  Topic: Potential PAR/PAS Traffic Growth ¦  Replies: 316 ¦  Views: 76570

Maine passed a highly restrictive mining law in 1991 after ME DEP negotiated the closure of the Kerr-American zinc and copper mine in Hancock County. Remediation in 2010 had cost approaching nine million dollars and several other expensive cleanups later, including the ongoing IMC/Sobin mess at Orr...

A bit off topic as well as a bit off rocker...

Re: Derailment= East Palestine Ohio

 by woodeen ¦  Fri Feb 24, 2023 8:36 am ¦  Forum: Norfolk Southern ¦  Topic: Derailment= East Palestine Ohio ¦  Replies: 283 ¦  Views: 26424

What I heard was that the temperatures at the first two detectors did not exceed the threshold of concern. At the third detector (close to the crash site) the threshold was exceeded, the crew began to brake, but it was too late. Sounds like a bad policy choice

Re: CSX Boston and Albany Line

 by woodeen ¦  Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:04 am ¦  Forum: CSX Transportation including Pan Am ¦  Topic: CSX Boston and Albany Line ¦  Replies: 1118 ¦  Views: 237801

Nice retrospective, thank you for that. Having lived through all of that, in the pre-internet/railroad forum days, I saw it all happen, but never appreciated the larger context.

Re: CHFP/FPCH — Cedar Hill, New Haven to Fresh Pond, Queens

 by woodeen ¦  Sat Oct 01, 2022 10:06 am ¦  Forum: Providence and Worcester Railroad ¦  Topic: CHFP/FPCH — Cedar Hill, New Haven to Fresh Pond, Queens ¦  Replies: 96 ¦  Views: 37806

Thanks for your reports; you may think no one reads them, but we do! Not much news about the P&W these days

Re: San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad (SLRG)

 by woodeen ¦  Wed Aug 17, 2022 7:49 pm ¦  Forum: Iowa Pacific Holdings Class III Lines ¦  Topic: San Luis & Rio Grande Railroad (SLRG) ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 10994

Re: CSX to acquire Pan Am Railways

 by woodeen ¦  Sat Aug 06, 2022 7:57 pm ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: CSX Acquisition of Pan Am Railways ¦  Replies: 4515 ¦  Views: 832661

As for the Hillsboro, an offer was made, and the M&B rejected that first offer. So we'll see if CSX comes back with a second or if negotiations just fizzle out. What does this mean? An offer was made to buy out the M&B so that CSX could operate it? Abandon it? Or was an offer made to sell t...

Re: Mount Hood Railroad (MH)

 by woodeen ¦  Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:46 am ¦  Forum: Iowa Pacific Holdings Class III Lines ¦  Topic: Mount Hood Railroad (MH) ¦  Replies: 25 ¦  Views: 9883

Seven months later... finally a notice of acquisition filed with the STB yesterday. Looks like they will be changing their name to Hood River Railroad. The lumber transload in Odell is still going great guns, and apparently they have resumed passenger trains, but only from Hood River to the new owne...

Re: Staggers Act - A Revisit

 by woodeen ¦  Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:30 pm ¦  Forum: General Class I and II Discussion ¦  Topic: Staggers Act - A Revisit ¦  Replies: 64 ¦  Views: 9387

They could always nationalize them, it has been done before

Re: Hydrobarns

 by woodeen ¦  Mon Feb 14, 2022 9:25 pm ¦  Forum: Canadian Pacific Railway ¦  Topic: Hydrobarns ¦  Replies: 18 ¦  Views: 2900

well said

Re: Mount Hood Railroad (MH)

 by woodeen ¦  Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:16 pm ¦  Forum: Iowa Pacific Holdings Class III Lines ¦  Topic: Mount Hood Railroad (MH) ¦  Replies: 25 ¦  Views: 9883

Mount Hood Railroad sold to local investment group
https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/eedit ... 4b4da.html

Re: CSX to acquire Pan Am Railways

 by woodeen ¦  Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:52 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: CSX Acquisition of Pan Am Railways ¦  Replies: 4515 ¦  Views: 832661

I grew up close by to that area, and was in high school when they were planning the "new" I-190 highway which cuts through part of the watershed. I remember that there was a lot of engineering done to capture the storm water from the road surface and direct it to detention facilities that ...

Re: Are crew shortages this Bad?

 by woodeen ¦  Fri Jan 07, 2022 10:45 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: Are crew shortages this Bad? ¦  Replies: 36 ¦  Views: 6306

This is a thread about crew shortages. Not some hypothetical fairyland where a railroad is going to be divvied up piecemeal. PAS moves a tremendous amount of tonnage. They cannot even come close to handling the potential that their customers want to move by rail. This is why many of us are floored ...

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