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Go get'em, Matt.

Poppyl

HO6 went through Dundee a little past 8 PM tonight. Consist looked to be at least 25 cars.

Poppyl

Looks like the NS Ithaca Secondary has a major washout in the Newfield area. Haven't heard anything on any damage to the Corning Secondary. Can't verify at the moment, but wouldn't surprise me if there was some damage to the FGLK ROW south of US Salt in the Watkins Glen area.

Poppyl

Sorry to hear that you came up empty. Hope that you have a better experience the next time.

Poppyl

Poppyl - Is that northbound that is coming through at that time? Been hearing them in Geneva late in the evening, but I may also be hearing FGLK coming in from Syracuse with the SD's too. I'm thinking that you may be hearing FGLK. Once HO6 crests the northbound grade at Dundee he picks up to what t...

I'm out of pocket right now but I'll observe early next week to see if anything has changed in the past week or so from what I posted.

Poppyl

Sounds about right for now. He had been coming through Dundee between nine and ten PM. About a month ago he started running a little earlier -- usually between eight and nine. I'm thinking that NS must have adjusted his schedule for your annual chase (LOL).

Poppyl

Helper operations shifted to Elkins in late 1951/early 1952. My 1960's track map shows the Thomas coaling station but not the roundhouse but from the way things are configured, it looks like the roundhouse was railroad west (south) of the coaling station. You might google Thomas to see if there are ...

My information is a bit out of date but traffic levels last year ranged between six and eight trains daily. The line is part of the Crescent Corridor and has seen extensive upgrades recently and traffic has been increasing accordingly. Large portions of the line are scheduled to be doubled tracked i...

It seems like the pages have been loading very slowly recently. I have high speed internet service and haven't noticed any slowness on other sites.

Thanks.

Poppyl

Okay, I'll run up the white flag on six axle power at least between Himrod and WG. Still not so sure about Himrod-PY as the track and ROW currently exists, however. Can't forget that PC routinely ran six axles off the Secondary to the Himrod yard (at least twice the capacity of what's there today) d...

NS runs six axles on the Corning Secondary including the track between Himrod Junction and Geneva. And yes, the ROW has seen substantial improvement in the recent past from Baker Street to Dresden (and to a lesser extent north of Dresden) in expectation of heavier coal drags to Greenridge. I actuall...

Well, they won't be running six axle units between Himrod and Watkins Glen and the occasional run to Penn Yan so there will some continuing need for four axle power within FGLK. Got to wonder a little bit if that old, old rumor about FGLK and the Corning Secondary is still kicking around somewhere. ...

CPSmith wrote:... and WM 7150 in May of 1976, again in Lincoln Park:

CPSmith wrote:WM F units were in Rochester in 1976. Here's WM 66 at Lincoln Park in March of that year: