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Given the level of service (or lack therof) I have seen first hand with this outfit, it blows my mind that every single consignee hasn't gotten together to try to do something about it. Although, they are scared to stand up out of fear of retribution through even worse service. It's that bad...

Pan Am is currently installing new welded rail on the hill between Athol and Royalston. Even with the new rail I don't think track speeds will increase by much, since new ties are also needed. Yup... When the rail was replaced in the hoosac tunnel, some ballast was dropped, and the worst ties were ...

Those blue CRLE boxes are the worst. Can't tell you how many times I went into emergency because of the poor design of the train line... the air hose directly beneath the knuckle is on a sliding bar and it often catches and you have a pull apart.

Bangor > good one... used to be a good size, with engine facilities and everything.

Another one that's gone was Woodsville.

Rockingham Racer wrote:I'd hardly call 40 MPH fast.

The only boxcars loaded on GTI and destined for GTI are those customers in Ayer like the GMX Warehouse. I think Otter River may get some GTI cars as well. Other than that, all those GRS and PAR cars - headed west and south off system, you'll see em everywhere.

You guys all have really good points which, after working for GTI and working the same local for 6 months in a row, I can wholeheartedly agree with.

Your assumptions about Ayer being used as a class yard are correct. THey even put utilitymen jobs on duty there.

Good point, except they don't have the power, the infrastructure, or the physical plant to successfully become a haul-only RR.

This week they dropped some welded rail off on the bad sections of curves out on the West End. Just how much they dropped, who knows. I think the new rail was paid for with credit when they turned in all the scrap rail last year.

Businesses and local communities best hope is for someone like NS to take over... these guys have been here long enough and we all know the track record.

GTI will never be competitive with the infrastructure they currently have, but they don't choose to be. They obviously are happy turning whatever small profit they do, and choose not to put anything back in to preserve the bottom line. On the railroad the welded rail that is still left is called &qu...

superwarp1 wrote:
What is the speed limit north of Springfield to Deerfield?

And that's bad. The 643 isn't worth its weight in scrap. It never loaded past 400 amps and other than that only pulled decent at 10 MPH or below.

Well, yes and no. Trains sitting and idling on the mainline for hours and even days in ridiculous. While it may be legal, it's a joke. Yards are there for a reason... Just because they can't crew trains properly, shouldn't mean people who live nearby have to suffer. Passing trains come with the terr...

Rumors? Someone told me it was online on EDRJ yesterday... that wouldn't be the case with a crankshaft. It its finally dead, all the better.. One less clunker to ride in!