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In my previous post I referred to the Vermonter on the B&M - of course I meant the Ambassador. The NECR Palmer sub is 55 miles from Palmer to Brattleboro. The Conn River line is 60.5 miles from Springfield to Brattleboro. CSX's Boston line is about 17 miles from Palmer to Springfield. The only t...

Just looking at White River Jct - Springfield 123 miles via NECR/PAS or 133 via NECR/CSX B&M days average about 150 minutes - Montrealer a little faster than the Vermonter - both trains used B&M NB only East Northfield to Brattleboro. Montrealer/Washingtonian up through early 1980s about the...

Even adding cars is not as easy as it would seem. The Vermonter's cars come from the 80000 series that have MU lines in addition to HEP, to allow for the backup move via Palmer. That requirement falls away after December 28.

So it looks like the interlocking at East Northfield will remain under the NECR's control, and a track warrant will still be required between East Northfield and Brattleboro.

The double track ABS from WA to Holyoke North lasted past the Fall 1983 ETT I have. At the time it was still under the B&M's own rulebook, but it was the equivalent or NORAC 251 current of traffic. The interlocking locations didn't get CPR designations until after the ST takeover.

Just got my registration to the forum approved... Here's a bit of history on the Conn River Line's setup and ownership. It was touched on a few pages back but here's some additional stuff: The B&M line south of East Northfield was double track from WA (Springfield tower) to Silver St just north ...