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This line is no longer operated by Iowa Pacific Holdings, as they have sold their majority interest to International Rail Partners, effective 8/2/18.

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SNC 8524 was sold to Motive Power Resources (MVPX) who in turn sold it to the Huntsville & Madison County (HMCR). IPH is about as close to belly up as they have been, but Ed Ellis seems to have more lives than the average cat. Many expected the company to be gone a few years ago, but they still ...

"Officials are saying they believe heavy, wet rain from Friday was the cause of the incident."

As opposed to dry rain...?

Thank you for that clarification on the competitive bid. All the reports I had heard on the DCLR didn't mention any bid or that DCR won the award; only that DCLR was informed they would no longer have the contract as of the end of they year.

Interesting that state law does not require Delaware to put the line out to competitive bid. Not too many states I'm aware of that can just decide who operates a state-owned line on a whim. Now, we all know they can "rig" the bid to get who they want by how the contract is written, but the...

Thank you for that report.

Excellent, thanks for the additional info.

I can affirm that, as I photographed it sitting at the south end of the yard, still wearing the special P&W/VRS scheme. It is now on lease to NS.

freightguy wrote:The oakway leasers are gone, back to all 4 axle power for the stone trains.

Thank you for that great info, 690. I wish I would have thought to ask, but your answer brought it to mind now-- based on those run times between Keag and NMJ, do these trains run in daylight between NMJ and Waterville? As long as they don't spend a ton of time working/sitting around NMJ, it would s...

I realize this is Pan Am we're talking about, and this might be an absurd question...but does the MAWA/WAMA run on any set schedule between NMJ and Keag? Those trains used to be on a pretty decent schedule when they operated as the MABA. I did get a comment on my shot of the train coming south throu...

I show 4 C40-8Ws enroute: GECX 7898 7655 7875 7727.

Very helpful info, and I appreciate it!

Good afternoon. I will briefly be in the Portsmouth area later this month, on a Friday. Are there any predictable days/times for the DO-1 to run this branch at present? Looking back through posts a job was once based on the line, but now comes down from Rigby the best I can tell. I didn't know if th...

Thank you for those updates. The later call times are to facilitate track work, correct?