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Re: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration

 by cjvrr ¦  Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:53 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration ¦  Replies: 6078 ¦  Views: 1521241

The bat issue is only a concern for tree removal. Work in the tunnel would not matter. With the temps climbing and night time lows above freezing work should start moving again.

Re: NYSW: Conrails missing link

 by cjvrr ¦  Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:52 pm ¦  Forum: General Class I and II Discussion ¦  Topic: NYSW: Conrails missing link ¦  Replies: 32 ¦  Views: 1873

Toby, I asked your age as you are fairly new here and seem to have your position set in stone. Instead of discussing other's responses, you post videos (that do not bolster your position) and continue to trumpet your opinion. You seem young to me or newly in the hobby. If I am wrong, I do apologize....

Re: NYSW: Conrails missing link

 by cjvrr ¦  Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:10 am ¦  Forum: General Class I and II Discussion ¦  Topic: NYSW: Conrails missing link ¦  Replies: 32 ¦  Views: 1873

I am curious as to the age of the original poster and what their background might be in railroad knowledge. The purchase of the NYS&W by NS and CSX back in 1999 was specifically to prevent any chance of the NYS&W connecting to another railroad, CN or at the time CP to run intermodal trains a...

Re: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration

 by cjvrr ¦  Thu Sep 21, 2023 8:19 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration ¦  Replies: 6078 ¦  Views: 1521241

Its all about limiting liability. Doesn't matter if it is 1 foot over 1,000 or 24 feet over. Cutting off the extra bit will keep NJT from having to justify why they couldn't meet the regulation and save millions if a lawsuit was ever to occur. Can you imagine the field day the lawyer would have argu...

Re: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration

 by cjvrr ¦  Tue May 30, 2023 7:29 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration ¦  Replies: 6078 ¦  Views: 1521241

That article was from January. All tree clearing seems to have been completed by April 1. Work is progressing on a small culvert at this time. Once the culvert is in place construction equipment will be able to access the tunnel. Work suspended for endangered bat season? https://www.tapinto.net/town...

Re: New York Susquehanna and Western Railway

 by cjvrr ¦  Mon Apr 10, 2023 8:12 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: New York Susquehanna and Western Railway ¦  Replies: 17 ¦  Views: 4133

The locomotives have been getting painted inside the shop building in Butler, NJ formerly occupied by the NYS&W Tech Society. The former NS SD40-2 is currently getting painted. As some people here may know, the NYS&W Railroad does not have their own paint shop. Any locomotives paint jobs hav...

Re: New York Susquehanna and Western Railway

 by cjvrr ¦  Mon Apr 03, 2023 2:06 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: New York Susquehanna and Western Railway ¦  Replies: 17 ¦  Views: 4133

The SU-100 / SU-99 had been on a Monday - Wednesday- Friday passing through Butler NJ between 1-5 am. As of late, Eastbound SU-100 comes through Butler between 1-5 am on Tuesdays and Fridays with its counterpart leaving around 4:00pm from Ridgefield Park on the same days. Recent photos on Facebook s...

Re: NS Derailment has caused trains to be re-routed, NYS&W has one

 by cjvrr ¦  Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:41 am ¦  Forum: New York State Railfan ¦  Topic: NS Derailment has caused trains to be re-routed, NYS&W has one ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 890

Why would NYS&W Be unhappy about the detours? More money in their pocket. As far as the wires being pulled down, that is on the utility companies. Either phone or cable. They strung their lines too low and there are minimum clearance they are supposed to be above the rails. Railroad has no liabi...

Re: CNJ/WHARTON & NORTHERN: EVALUATION OF THE W&N ROW

 by cjvrr ¦  Mon Dec 19, 2022 11:56 am ¦  Forum: Central Railroad Company of New Jersey ¦  Topic: CNJ/WHARTON & NORTHERN: EVALUATION OF THE W&N ROW ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 564

An excellent document. I will be reading this over the holidays.

Re: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

 by cjvrr ¦  Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:38 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion ¦  Replies: 4781 ¦  Views: 653049

The Dover Realignment project is being brought forth to eliminate up to 13 road crossing and two large bridges over the Rockaway River. In addition the existing rail line parallels the Rockaway River in downtown Dover and has suffered damage due to flood waters. I can tell you from personal knowledg...

Doubt that one will even go to committee. No cosponsor(s). Is there a companion bill in the Senate?

Re: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration

 by cjvrr ¦  Thu Apr 14, 2022 12:05 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration ¦  Replies: 6078 ¦  Views: 1521241

The $1 million per mile would be for a private railroad to lay track on flat ground. If it needs fills, cuts, bridges, drainage, etc. the cost goes up substantially. When you make it a government project the costs go up as there are more regulations and hoops to jump through as well as having to pay...

Re: Question on filling in an existing timber trestle

 by cjvrr ¦  Tue Mar 08, 2022 11:50 am ¦  Forum: New York State Railfan ¦  Topic: Question on filling in an existing timber trestle ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 3077

Yes, as has been stated, dumping the soil a bit at a time does provide some compaction as the fill gets higher the soil below will get more compact. At some point, at least with some wooden trestles, the top the the trestle would be dismantled when placing the final few feet of fill and then ballast...

Re: Old Delaware & Hudson Line Question

 by cjvrr ¦  Wed Mar 02, 2022 9:52 am ¦  Forum: New York State Railfan ¦  Topic: Old Delaware & Hudson Line Question ¦  Replies: 9 ¦  Views: 1312

afleetcommand wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:49 pm Thank you, even thru the tunnel?
CP doesn't came any further south than Mechanicsville and Albany.

NS purchased the line from Mechanicville south to Scranton back in 2015.

So no CP units through Belden tunnel

Re: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration

 by cjvrr ¦  Tue Feb 08, 2022 9:30 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration ¦  Replies: 6078 ¦  Views: 1521241

... I hearing NJT May rebid in hopes of getting lower price bids for the current project. It did not anticipate such high bids in its budget. Not a surprise. The public bidding I oversee for a local county government has been coming in 20-30% higher than our engineer's estimates. Steel prices are h...

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