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Don was the heart and soul of Seashore if not the face especially when it came to restorations. Extremely knowledgeable about the Seashore mystique and the realities of trolleys. Also a classical musician . Ultimately, a very nice person, who truly loved Seashore. The trolley world has definitely lo...

i'm sure that a certain amount of loss happened during the covid slowdowns resulting in extra truck capacity and lower rates. but i can tell you the service scheduling was not very good pre csx. but things appeared to get worse under the new post pas world where csx and ns are brothers. partially be...

Before covid, average daily container counts were over a hundred each way daily.

the fact that the true im containers currently are typically not exceeding 60 per day each way might have something to do with that.

Dunno if it's fact or fiction but the word on the street is that CSX is offering better packages to PAS/ST folks than BE. And you know what they say, money talks and ...... ......

Conrail certainly had the freight rights, and temporarily operated T passenger trains on the south side until they were turned over to the B&M.

When they tore the old track up they inadvertently set the stage for the the weaponization of an extremely virulent band of anti rail nimbys.

Jon Deli historically is a wheeler dealer. Buys low sells very high. With all the traffic they have now, and with the prospect of more csx line pickings to ponder, plus some very possible mbta adventures, it's a premium short line ie very short and very traffic sweet. JD management summary: time to ...

what year??

The 2023 first quarter CSX figures are in. Traffic volume on CSX is down 1% compared to 22.That doesn't seem that bad on the face of it. Coal traffic ,the dying traffic lion roars one more time, is actually up 19%. The supposed to be growth traffic, you know, the service that's supposed to capture t...

not to mention the athol secondary track.

Given the fact that Norfolk Southern is the lead startup partner of PAS while CSX is the reluctant step in for Pan Am and the G&W with it's stepson Berkshire Eastern is a mere outside contractor for freight coming into and going from PASland, why not put the exPAS with the Norfolk Southern??

Supposedly, modern mass dot transportation planning is consumed with democracy by and for the people. Chester's folks though few in number were loud and constantly pushing for a station because of the chronic need in that little town for east west passenger rail service. So think of it as democracy ...

as long as they make a point to avoid westfield but make sure to stop at chester, i'm sure it is going to be a huuuge success.

CSX, NS, ST