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I've noticed that autoracks have been showing up on manifest trains east of the autorack yard in Twin Oaks, PA. I take it the high and wide restrictions in Boone Tunnel have been lifted? It's been a while since I've visited here, so I just saw this post today. Hyundai has been shipping vehicles fro...

The freight service ended after Cobbs Creek flooded and covered the track with mud. Sears subsequently paved over a section of track that ran through their parking lot. The line was never used again. Thanks for the update, Bob! Do you know when that happened? Reportedly the last freight runs were m...

<snip> It's unfortunate that Bethlehem/Allentown restoration couldn't have been packaged into funding that went along with the millions going into the NE Extension expansion. I believe the NE Ext expansion is being funded by toll dollars, not general transportation funds. Or, were you referring to ...

Thanks for all the info. Are there any good on-line maps (schematics, track charts, whatever) that show these various locations (both in RDG era and today)? CR's ZTS Maps show Wayne Jct. in the late 80's- early 90's timeframe. The Barriger photo collection on Flicker has some great shots (from an O...

Thanks for the reports!! I was in Virginia from 11-22 Jul for work and then was away for a long weekend w/spotty cell svc and didn't spend much time online.
Great to hear that at least one builder's plate went to a known home.

Bucky, have you had a chance to get back to the site recently?

Thanks for the pic.

I'd say 6-8 trains per day would be a reasonable estimate.

I usually try to avoid that crossing by going to Rte 63 or the Welsh Rd overpass, but I was stuck in the left lane and didn't want to make a hard right across 2 lanes of traffic onto Easton Rd. The MBTA solution sounds like a good one. I sent a comment to SEPTA using their website. Let's see if they...

That's a good question. I got stuck there the other night- the gates were down at least 2 minutes before the train left the station. There should be some type of 'smart' controller that the engineer could use to bypass the gate control and leave them up while the train is sitting there. Since the no...

Bucky, do you have more details about the project? I checked PennDOT and NS' sites and only PD had a rudimentary amount of info. The clearance is 11'9", from what I remember from Street View. If NS goes up 2 feet, they'd only need 200 ft per side for a 1% grade, 400 ft for a 0.5 %. IDK what the...

I suspect NS will build a shoo-fly and temporary bridge around the site and add a temporary speed restriction. It will slow down the trains, but avoid the need for a long detour to Morrisville. Or, build the new bridge on falsework next to the existing one, build new abutments and then take the trac...

The engineer who died in that 1982 wreck on the newtown line was a good friend and coworker, his name is Donald Williams my he rest in peace. I just love to read all the know it all people who know nothing about this operation that was the newtown-foxchase line. I ran those RDC cars with Donald and...

chuchubob wrote:

RDG467 wrote:

JoeBas wrote:But... but but... scawwy evildoors!!!!

What's an 'evildoor'? A revolving door that won't let you out???

Obviously, it's somebody who doos evil. Duh!

Ohiopyle, do you still have the Master St. to Fairhill Jct. dwgs?

I'd love to see those.

Somewhere in my files I have some Dave Augsburger pix of passenger cars sitting on the GS siding (ca '64).
I'm looking at the printouts now, but will have to search for the electronic files.
This would explain why the cars were sitting there instead of Newtown!