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Re: Pan Am Worcester Main Line

 by neman2 ¦  Wed Nov 08, 2023 8:50 pm ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: Pan Am Worcester Main Line ¦  Replies: 824 ¦  Views: 183090

At 21:26 M427 CSXT 485 got a Rule 241 from B+E at CPF-312 and direction to go down IM-1 and rear end set off west of "no-name," no pickup.
At 21:50 M426 CSXT 488 was told by D2 live recrew at Westford. Both trains got by 126 with no defects.

Re: Pan Am Worcester Main Line

 by neman2 ¦  Wed Nov 08, 2023 3:53 pm ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: Pan Am Worcester Main Line ¦  Replies: 824 ¦  Views: 183090

NHV 669 wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2023 5:20 am It's been 72 hours since an M426 passed through Chester. One of the regular posters on the cam noted a lack of available crews.
Chester Rail Cam shows M426 through at 12:38. At about 14:30 apparent M427 sitting at Graniteville.

Re: The Stony Brook Branch

 by neman2 ¦  Wed Nov 08, 2023 7:25 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: The Stony Brook Branch ¦  Replies: 212 ¦  Views: 51514

Last night about 20:30 D2 heard talking to ZR-16? engine 5972 about picking up a single car on North Chelmsford wye that needed to go to Portland. D2 told crew they could "take it to Ayer with them or leave it in Westford and pick it up on the way back to Lawrence". When they arrived at CP...

Re: Pan Am Worcester Main Line

 by neman2 ¦  Tue Nov 07, 2023 7:04 pm ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: Pan Am Worcester Main Line ¦  Replies: 824 ¦  Views: 183090

Grain train G954 arrived in the Hill Yard a short time ago (18:00+/- )and was handed over to B+E to cut in two and deliver to Ardent Mills. The last 7 days I noticed M426 and 427 have been erratic, so I looked at the Chester webcam log. It appears 426 has run 4 times. 427 looks like 5 times. Neither...

Re: The Stony Brook Branch

 by neman2 ¦  Sun Nov 05, 2023 8:06 pm ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: The Stony Brook Branch ¦  Replies: 212 ¦  Views: 51514

At 18:11 today M426 got 2 high load defect hits and a count of 546 axles from CSX detector MP 126. Apparently all checked ok when D2 gave CSXT 485 ok to proceed east on signal indication at 18:38. I know in my previous message I said I was going to let this topic die but it works ok for me so no nee...

Re: Pan Am Worcester Main Line

 by neman2 ¦  Fri Nov 03, 2023 2:14 pm ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: Pan Am Worcester Main Line ¦  Replies: 824 ¦  Views: 183090

Our you tube rail expert is now claiming CSX let RJ Corman do a crappy job on the Worcester Line. I'm sure some of these 6'-6" 275 lb track workers would like to meet him so he can show them how to do it right.

The videos from the guy in Mattawamkeag with the camera in his back yard shows how much CSX is investing in this system. In this latest video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK_HjU7V5gA - a few things stand out. At 10:05 they have a survey crew surveying the as built conditions including culverts....

Re: The Stony Brook Branch

 by neman2 ¦  Thu Nov 02, 2023 7:10 pm ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: The Stony Brook Branch ¦  Replies: 212 ¦  Views: 51514

The Westford to Graniteville track 2 is apparently no longer the B+E interchange track, its been clear of any cars for the past 2 weeks. Looking at this picture and notation from Hayden Logan on NERAIL, CSX L080 now runs Lawrence to Rigby, probably replacing LA-4.http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?ph...

Re: Gardner Gawking

 by neman2 ¦  Wed Nov 01, 2023 7:28 am ¦  Forum: Pan Am Southern (PAS) / Berkshire Eastern Railroad ¦  Topic: Gardner Gawking ¦  Replies: 3184 ¦  Views: 646424

Some additions from 0448 to 0620 today. At 0448 FI-2 got OK for Arrowhead to Fitchburg from B+E Shortly after FI-3 got ok for runaround at WL from B+E, milling switch lined and locked normal. At 0454 M427 with the CSXT 484 got a form D WOR 1 to Burncoat . After confirmation D1 told 427 they would be...

Re: CSX Track Upgrades & Infrastructure of Pan Am

 by neman2 ¦  Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:43 pm ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: CSX Track Upgrades & Infrastructure of Pan Am ¦  Replies: 831 ¦  Views: 151932

Picture attached shows a new wayside signal enclosure installed recently at CP Graniteville. As can be seen conduit stub is covered with duct tape so installation is not complete. An identical setup is at CP Westford. Also "shark fin" antennas pointing east and west along the tracks on the...

Re: Green Line Extension Lechmere to Medford

 by neman2 ¦  Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:25 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Green Line Extension Lechmere to Medford ¦  Replies: 1355 ¦  Views: 431739

I'm sticking to a badly designed jig at the pre-plating site. This is what happened when I was working for a contractor doing trackwork on one job, we had a very reputable track material supplier pre-plate the ties who somehow messed up the jig. They had to pay us to have our crews fix it. Very cos...

Re: The Stony Brook Branch

 by neman2 ¦  Fri Oct 20, 2023 6:29 pm ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: The Stony Brook Branch ¦  Replies: 212 ¦  Views: 51514

A few more observations. M426 and M427 continue to meet between Westford and Ayer yard pretty much on a daily basis 17:00 to 22:00 hours. The Littleton defect detector is again giving high load defects on a regular basis, for some reason it is only giving axle counts for east bound trains. Tonight's...

Re: New CSX Mileposts

 by neman2 ¦  Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:05 pm ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: New CSX Mileposts ¦  Replies: 19 ¦  Views: 4414

Keep in mind the mileposts listed in that table are not the actual milepost of the CP location but the nearest whole number milepost to that location. If you use the FRA website----https://fragis.fra.dot.gov/gisfrasafety/ you will see Forest Ave is old M.P 195.02 which if you apply the CSX renumber ...

Re: CSX Track Upgrades & Infrastructure of Pan Am

 by neman2 ¦  Tue Oct 10, 2023 5:23 pm ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: CSX Track Upgrades & Infrastructure of Pan Am ¦  Replies: 831 ¦  Views: 151932

Video of GREX rail SPS unit (Self Powered Slot) picking up old rail in Clinton. Traveling excavator on top of gondolas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G73L8nh ... WL&index=4

Apparently GREX is part of LORAM.

Re: "Up North" Gawking (District 1 sightings)

 by neman2 ¦  Mon Oct 09, 2023 7:43 pm ¦  Forum: Pan Am Railways (formerly Guilford Rail System) ¦  Topic: "Up North" Gawking (District 1 sightings) ¦  Replies: 2553 ¦  Views: 529504

If they are so concerned about the trains why are they standing so close to moving trains in the pictures? I'm not a photo expert but those people look like they were photoshopped into those pictures.

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