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In a Railway Age interview with Joe Hinrichs re: Q3'23 earnings (negative trend yoy unfortunately), he says "We’re putting more than $100 million into the former Pan Am network to get it to our speed requirements. We’re hearing from a lot of customers both in New England but also in the eastern...

A half dozen pix taken by Steve Sconfienza on Thursday 10/19/23 are posted on the CSX Albany Division FaceBook page showing a turnout kit lying beside the CSX tracks at Voorheesville and CSX track crews puttering around with stacks of ties at the site as well. It looks like NS is ready to lay track ...

Is this slug set the first G&W orange livery unit to operate across PAS D3?

I agree that IM service to/from Connecticut will likely never be successful but there seems to be growth in CT-sourced C&D and municipal trash. Double stacked re-purposed small cube international shipping containers handling trash now are interchanged between P&W and PAS/NS at Gardner and CS...

The one time I saw a CSX train headed up the ag branch cross rte 9 it was midday and the locomotive crept up to the highway and stopped. IIRC, the flashers were tripped somehow and the conductor took his red flag onto the roadway (sort of like a toreador!) to ensure no motorist misbehaved. And then ...

Given there's no regular freight service east of Framingham (except for the temporary Beacon Park dirty dirt removal activity), I would hope that any new platforms at Newton and Wellesley would be high level platforms to shorten station dwell.

I was wondering why two new stub end tracks were recently laid in the ruins of Beacon Park yard! Wonder what local CSX uses to service this business?

Photo on CSX Albany Div Facebook page shows that as of 9/30/23 a RoW has been cleared and graded from current end of NS Albany Main track at Voorheesville to at least S Main St at Voorheesville. Getting closer to the CSX Selkirk main!

Effective 9/28/23, the STB has granted PAS its request for temporary trackage rights over CSX for up to 1,000 feet east of CPF-312 for the purpose of providing headroom to re-position locomotives servicing Sanvel (& Ardent Mills?). These rights expire 12/5/23 by which time PAS will have installe...

FRA awards FY2022 CRISI money to State of Vermont for ri-State Regional Rail Upgrade Project (Up to $9,654,789) State of Vermont Agency of Transportation The proposed project involves project development, final design, and construction activities for various track-related improvements and upgrades t...

FRA grants FY2022 CRISI money for Portsmouth Bridge Replacement and Grade Crossing Improvements Project (Up to $345,000) City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire The proposed project involves project development activities for the replacement of the Bartlett Street Bridge (Bridge), as well as various track...

The FRA has awarded up to $108M to MassDOT to upgrade the B&A/Inland Route route to handle more and faster passenger trains while accommodating CSX and NS freight traffic. This award is part of the FRA's $1.4B Fiscal Year 2022 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements program. Mas...

Based on a PAS filing with the STB on 9/21/23 re: B&E power moves at CPF-312, it appears that any B&E operating rights over CSX/PAR east of CPF-312 may require a formal agreement between the 2 parties? Pan Am Southern LLC (“PAS”) submits this Verified Notice of Exemption pursuant to the clas...

PAS submitted a filing to the STB to formalize PAS trackage rights over CSX/PAR for 1000 feet east of the end of PAS track at CPF-312: Pan Am Southern LLC (“PAS”) submits this Verified Notice of Exemption pursuant to the class exemption at 49 C.F.R. §1180.2(d)(8) for limited overhead temporary track...

Good news: MBTA line through Leominster washout area re-opened for PAS traffic Monday evening. MBTA train service will resume to/from Wachusett mid-day Monday 9/19/23. And somewhat related Patriot Corridor news: NS Lake Erie District has re-opened after curfew at Conneaut OH (bridge replacement) wen...