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Sykesville's B&O station and the 2016 Patapsco flood

 by motor ¦  Sun Nov 20, 2016 8:02 am ¦  Forum: Baltimore & Ohio|Chesapeake & Ohio|Western Maryland ¦  Topic: Sykesville's B&O station and the 2016 Patapsco flood ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 4617

We know what the flood did to Ellicott City. How did Sykesville and *its* old B&O station (now a restaurant) make out?

motor

Re: 2015 Papal visit

 by motor ¦  Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:46 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: 2015 Papal visit ¦  Replies: 282 ¦  Views: 60319

ExCon90 wrote: I'll bet Amtrak is glad they moved CETC to Wilmington.
What's CETC?

motor

Delaware State Fair

 by motor ¦  Fri Jul 17, 2015 6:22 am ¦  Forum: DelMarVa & Washington, D.C. Railfan ¦  Topic: Delaware State Fair ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 7544

Do they still bring in the carnival rides and equipment to Harrington by rail? I remember being in Dover >20 years ago and seeing a string of James E. Strates Shows flats parked alongside New Burton Road between Dover and Wyoming. When's the best time to catch rr activity related to the DE State Fai...

AutoTrain booking advice

 by motor ¦  Wed Mar 18, 2015 7:11 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: AutoTrain booking advice ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 2574

I'm planning on loading my car on the AutoTrain in Lorton next March and head down to FL to take in some spring training baseball games next year. How long in advance should I plan on booking? And do you guys have other AutoTrain advice? I plan to stay in the TB area since my Phillies and Orioles tr...

Re: Sales of SEPTA Station Naming Rights

 by motor ¦  Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:23 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: Sales of SEPTA Station Naming Rights ¦  Replies: 100 ¦  Views: 52384

The PSFS building is now a Loew's Hotel, but the large neon PSFS letters are still on top (or were the last time I looked). Not anymore... They were taken down around the middle of December or so. Saw it on the news. They actually had problems taking them down and almost dropped one of the letters ...

Re: The PRR's electrification transmission design

 by motor ¦  Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:44 pm ¦  Forum: Pennsylvania Railroad ¦  Topic: The PRR's electrification transmission design ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 3573

I was always less interested in AC, DC, voltage levels, circuit breakers, etc., on the PCC than in the catenary poles (why did Pennsy use tubular poles between Philly and Wilmington and Philly to Paoli, but use girders in the rest of the electrified territory?). :-) I was always fascinated by them. ...

Re: Happy 100th Birthday

 by motor ¦  Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:41 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: 100th Anniversary Main Line Electrification to Paoli ¦  Replies: 38 ¦  Views: 12853

Still waiting for the experts / historians to weigh in. But this is an interesting topic (to me). In 1928 the Lamokin converter plant came online for Wilmington and West Chester service followed by the large Port Richmond plant in 1933, which powered the bulk of the eastern network. Safe Harbor onl...

Re: Effect on Ridership of the Cuban American Thaw

 by motor ¦  Sun Dec 21, 2014 9:34 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Effect on Ridership of the Cuban American Thaw ¦  Replies: 76 ¦  Views: 14873

I just double checked the railroad.net Rail Travel & Trip Report Forum and couldn't find anything......thanks for following up on that motor. The material is now at Worldwide Forum: http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=909" onclick="window.open(this.href);return fa...

Re: Crum Creek Bridge Replacement to cost SEPTA 56 million

 by motor ¦  Sun Dec 21, 2014 9:23 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: Crum Creek Bridge Replacement to cost SEPTA 56 million ¦  Replies: 17 ¦  Views: 5638

the sarge wrote:
motor wrote:They rehabilitated this bridge back in 1982-3. Must've been bandaids.

motor
It's not uncommon for bridges that have steel components to have major rehabs every 20 years.
Rust, corrosion... what else?

motor

Re: Effect on Ridership of the Cuban American Thaw

 by motor ¦  Sat Dec 20, 2014 9:05 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Effect on Ridership of the Cuban American Thaw ¦  Replies: 76 ¦  Views: 14873

Mr.O'Keefe, there is much discussion regarding rail travel in Cuba over at the Rail Travel Forum. I'd link it up, but hard to do so when posting from a phone (yes everyone, I did join the 21st century last July when I went overseas). I'm impressed Mr. Norman, even I don't generally access Railroad....

Re: Crum Creek Bridge Replacement to cost SEPTA 56 million

 by motor ¦  Fri Dec 19, 2014 9:07 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: Crum Creek Bridge Replacement to cost SEPTA 56 million ¦  Replies: 17 ¦  Views: 5638

They rehabilitated this bridge back in 1982-3. Must've been bandaids.

motor

Re: Why is Wawa expansion so slow and costly??

 by motor ¦  Sat Dec 13, 2014 4:28 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: Why is Wawa expansion so slow and costly?? ¦  Replies: 239 ¦  Views: 93823

Why can't they at least (for now) push the line up to Glen Riddle, the next stop? It's not that far and the tracks are in good enough shape to run trains over them. There's lots of condos around the station so it will get some walk up riders, and they have to turn the train around anyway. What's th...

"Dude, I'm lost" question

 by motor ¦  Tue Dec 09, 2014 7:05 pm ¦  Forum: General Discussion: About RAILROAD.NET ¦  Topic: "Dude, I'm lost" question ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 1783

I subscribe to TRAINS magazine. So does one Ron Salters from Massachusetts. On the discussion on TRAINS' magazine-subscriber-only newswire regarding the recent stabbings on the Blue Water in Niles, MI, I linked the rr.net thread. Mr. Salters reported getting "Dude, I'm lost" when he clicke...

Re: Incident Aboard Wolverine Train

 by motor ¦  Tue Dec 09, 2014 6:56 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Incident Aboard Blue Water 364 (5) ¦  Replies: 8 ¦  Views: 2272

Whoa. Scary stuff. An Amtrak train is one of the last places you'd expect anyone to be stabbed or shot. Reminds me of an incident I read awhile back about a shooting onboard the "Merchants Limited" on the Shore Line in 1980. NH2060, hopefully you subscribe to TRAINS like me because on tod...

Re: Incident Aboard Wolverine Train

 by motor ¦  Mon Dec 08, 2014 7:10 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Incident Aboard Blue Water 364 (5) ¦  Replies: 8 ¦  Views: 2272

Whoa. Scary stuff. An Amtrak train is one of the last places you'd expect anyone to be stabbed or shot. Reminds me of an incident I read awhile back about a shooting onboard the "Merchants Limited" on the Shore Line in 1980. NH2060, hopefully you subscribe to TRAINS like me because on tod...

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