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One man crews will last exactly until the first accident with fatalities.

Article from Politico on Amtrak Lawsuits.
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/0 ... sue-068175

Just a reminder that even when Bow is not on line, it is kept hot and ready to go, as a hiccup or worse at the nuke at Seabrook could put NH in the dark otherwise.

Amtrak often operates by habit. When something changes, they don't handle it well.

If you scroll down further on the Wiki material, there is photo of the pedestrian bridge, with a note that it was demolished in 1961. There is a proposal for a new bridge to serve a Coast Guard Museum, ferry terminal and rail line. Here is line from the 2014 article The southbound platform is adjace...

Amazon has this book. Also, run "Hudson Valley ?Railway: on Amazon for other choices.
https://www.amazon.com/History-Hudson-V ... oks&sr=1-2

While storm issues cause unavoidable delays, PAR has has a rash of freight train breakdowns lately, especially between Durham and Plaistow. Depending on the severity of the problem, sometimes requiring personnel from Portland and the timing on the DE schedule, this has resulted in delays of as much ...

I believe that car is named for Sid Culliford. Earlier, it was named for the late President GHW Bush. Mr. Culliford passed away in February after 50 years in the railroad industry. His obituary is here" https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=sydney-b-culliford&pid=191...

Further update with photo on CSRX Mishap, from the Conway Daily Sun.



https://www.conwaydailysun.com/news/loc ... bed19.html

I have a verbal report from a good source that it is only the concrete deck
on the bridge that is being replaced.

Major Construction on the Main St. Bridge in Saco next weekend. 10/25 - 10/27 On October 26 & 27, Pan Am Railways and Maine Department of Transportation will be performing construction work at Main Street in Saco, ME that will impact Downeaster service. This work includes the complete replacemen...

Woman Struck by Train in North Conway. From the Union Leader.
https://www.unionleader.com/news/safety ... db820.html

TV9 reported the area of the accident was to the rear of McDonald's.

Torrential downpours predicted tonight in the north country. CSRX better have the patrols out in the AM.
Also, the foliage is expected to take a beating.

NNEPRA posted this alert earlier. No time shown when posted.. ALERT Due to police activity in the area of Portland requiring all trains movement to stop, Downeaster trains will experience delays. The extent of the delay is not known at this point. Amtrak track your train is showing estimated time of...

Here's that single coach on the Mail Train in 2001 Photo by John Arico.
http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?20011 ... +&BOOL=ALL