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Re: Sperry at Ayer MA

 by 130MM ¦  Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:36 pm ¦  Forum: New England Railfan ¦  Topic: Sperry at Ayer MA ¦  Replies: 8 ¦  Views: 1629

Sperry rail cars spotted last night parked at Ayer MA, and this morning at Willows. Also heard on scanner a car in the Lowell/Lawrence area. What do they do exactly? Would they be on MBTA or Guilford rails? Jonelle Sperry cars detect internal defects in rail. The 100 series cars have two separate t...

Re: Belmont quick notes

 by 130MM ¦  Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:09 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Belmont quick notes ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 917

kwf wrote: Also, there are new ties placed next to the row around the area of the high school. Anybody know the schedule for when this work is to be done?
Spring of 2005

T Territories

 by 130MM ¦  Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:06 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Your Rail Mileage on MBTA CR ¦  Replies: 9 ¦  Views: 2030

Have covered entire Commuter Rail System including the Franklin Br. to Milford, the Franklin Industrial Track, the Stoughton Br. to End of Track south of Brock St., the Dry Loop at Southhampton St. (but not the Wet Loop), the 5 Yard Loop in Readville, most yard tracks in BET/FX area including the Ya...

Re: Greenbush rail

 by 130MM ¦  Mon Nov 22, 2004 1:00 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Rail work on Worcester/Framingham line? ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 1475

That rail was taken onto Fore River Shipyard property according to a friend of mine this week chasing FRT local. Maybe they are storing it until the Spring. Amazing the TTX flats made it through all those FRT curves! Haven seen preliminary dispatcher displays for the Greenbush Line. Some interlocki...

Derailment details

 by 130MM ¦  Mon Nov 15, 2004 12:21 pm ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: Derail at Shirley MA ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 2274

Ah yes, I guess I didn't read close enough :wink: How did they get the situation fixed? Did they use any interesting equipment? From what I heard a bucket loader was brought in, the truck was taken out from under the car, a new wheel set was installed, the truck was pushed back under the car, and a...

Rail Weights

 by 130MM ¦  Fri Sep 24, 2004 12:38 pm ¦  Forum: Morristown & Erie Rail Operations ¦  Topic: Trackwork - Eisenhower Pkwy. ¦  Replies: 44 ¦  Views: 9899

115 RE rail is 6-5/8" tall (when new). This is the tallest 115 section ever rolled. 115 RE has a base width of 5-1/2" 155 PS is 8" tall (again, when new). Its base width is 6-3/4". 105 DLW is 6" tall, with a base of 5-3/8" as a comparison. Hopefully, these dimensions wi...

"145" Rail

 by 130MM ¦  Fri Sep 17, 2004 9:18 pm ¦  Forum: Morristown & Erie Rail Operations ¦  Topic: Trackwork - Eisenhower Pkwy. ¦  Replies: 44 ¦  Views: 9899

I believe that the 145 rail being discussed is actually 115 RE rolled by Algoma Steel of Canada. Their section designation for 115 RE was "145". And before you ask I have no idea why, other than the fact that some mills designated sections using numbers different from the rail weight. I ha...

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