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The next week there will be a contractor on the Southern Sec measuring for Plate F clearance. Can you give a rundown of the obstructions? Plate F is 17' height. The only Height clearances in question are: Tinton Ave. GS Parkway (4) US Navy rail US Navy Esperance Rd. NJ 33/34 NJ 70 Any possibly low ...

CR7876 wrote:The next week there will be a contractor on the Southern Sec measuring for Plate F clearance.

Falmouth Secondary to Otis wrote:From what I have seen walking along the Falmouth secondary line all I have found are 107 lb rails dated 1915

Did anyone keep an eye on the cleanup? Any insight yet on cause?

The best cliches are timelessly accurate.

I am shocked to see lawyering going on here.

I believe these trains are National Guard convoys to Camp Grayling, MI for Northern Strike 2018 exercise. NHARNG 197th Field Artillery Brigade equipment departed on 70 flats on /around 19 July. Attached is the story as reported in Atlantic Northeast Rails & Ports e-bulletin 18#07(m).

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Does CWR pose a greater risk for "kinking" or "bow-ing" in high-temp conditions? At least stick rail provides a little give in the gaps. Well, the heat kink causes the derailment and the cars pull the rail(s) and ties off. The tracks obviously weren't like that prior to the derai...

More than a kink. Looks like the whole track is off the bed.

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lvrr325 wrote:I actually heard where some of the things are going but I neglected to ask if it was sharable. In any case it seemed like good news to me.

Perhaps a study will speed things up.

Could they have been C&D?

According to a responder on the scene, after the fire cars were pulled in to Mansfield Yard, separated and extinguished by around 13h00, two other cars rolled over off the track further up the yard, which took until evening to clear. Area was very tied up by a looong trash train headed by three CSX ...

Here's the story on the the Portsmouth NH -- Kittery ME new Sarah Mildred Long (SML) bridge and its strictly military rail tier, plus the 2017 accident drill in Mechanicville NY, PLUS first-light info on the previously classified 2005 overturn of a DODX M-140 spent fuel container. Brought to you by ...