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Track is beyond pitiful, chased a train from the Summit to Cinton a few weeks ago, and had spare time to get lunch, gas up the truck, and still had to wait track side. I'm guessing speeds are in the 10mph range ? Maybe, if not already, the State of MA will buy the line....

JoeF

The local is back servicing Leominster, arriving around 03:00pm, and departing around 05:00pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

JoeF

Probably not enough to get things back to 25-mph, but there were some bundles of ties at the Linden Street, Berlin, crossing ~0700/06-22-2015 and 1 length of stick rail sitting on top of new loose ties nears the Main Street, Southboro, ~1130. CSX is in the process of rebuilding grade crossings alon...

Is that LEAD PAINT on those tanks? :-D Consideirng the age of the tanks, it's most likely lead based paint. Lead paint is still in use on bridges and other places exposed to the elements,as it lasts much longer than conventional paints. Some storage tanks these days are painted with an epoxy based ...

Narrowgauger wrote:I think they should drape an American flag on it as a slaute to Flag day as it rolls thru the towns.
Ted

They are working on grade crossings in the Lancaster area, specifically the Rt. 62 crossing and others in the area as of last week.

JoeF

Drove by Leominster yard today, no action, nothing new apart from 2 hopper cars in the yard, same as a few weeks ago.

JoeF

They rebuilt the crossing in Berlin at the "1/2 penny" resturant a few weeks ago.

JoeF

A track gang has been working the line near Greg's packing in Worcester this week, right near the I-190/I-290 interchange.

JoeF

Drove by Leominster yard this morning, 3 hopper cars on the South end of the yard, same ones that were there last week. Usually there are a lot more cars in the yard.

JoeF

All that's left is the Fitchburg Secondary track, wonder when that will be sold off ?

JoeF

So PanAm is sending a crane to fix the problem ?

Sprinter611 wrote:B724 with 6204 & 6230 with 5 gondolas 10 tanks & 2 lumber are tied down at Clinton 2100hrs

I'm assuming the engine blocks have freeze plugs in case of frozen blocks ?

They arrive in Leominster every Tuesday/Thursday from 1:00pm - 03:00pm, and head South ususally around 5:00pm, though sometimes later

Joef