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Those guys had a flatbed with a small crane attached. They were eventually caught, but the rail was never replaced. :( Whoa! Some nerve, huh? It makes me wonder if they did that in daylight. Doing it at night might annoy the neighbors badly enough that someone would call the police, but if they loo...

Apologies for resurrecting an old thread, but I figured this was a good place to mention that there are apparently still some thefts going on along the Mountain Div., although not necessarily with torches, etc. As somebody mentioned above, even if the materials are "scrap," they're not the...

Interesting read, Bud. Thanks for that info. The spur did NOT have any gates or lights as it crossed busy "Old Bath Road"(old Rt. 1), flagging being done by the MEC crews. Actually, that's Bath Rd. from Maine St., Brunswick to the West Bath town line, where it becomes State Rd. Old Bath Rd...

Yeah; those are 3 x 2 seating, so it's more likely to be around 80 seats actually used per coach. As in New Jersey, I think they'll find that no one wants to ride in the middle of a 3-seat bench amongst strangers. The Comet 1's? Those should be fine for commuter service, but I can't quite picture t...

Got it. Now I remember reading the article in the newspaper, and thinking it would be interesting to watch the connecting runs, the excursion trains, and the freights all mixed in. And I think somebody suggested in another thread that the success of the rebuilding of the Rockland Branch "depend...

Cowford wrote:(Maybe that's why they're going to use 100-seat coaches - to make it as uncomfortable as possible!)