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CP Empire's south end is visible on satellite photos from above just south of 39th St between 10th and 11th aves. Third rail ends northbound a couple hundred feet north of the CP.

Amtrak's West Side Access is diesel operated except for the tunnels. Third rail begins around 42nd St. going south.

The P&O west of Swanton Vermont went to the Central Vermont (Swanton - Alburgh), and the Rutland some time around 1900. The Rutland was abandoned north and west of Burlington VT, though the CV's Swanton-East Alburgh segment is still active as New England Central's main line. There are a couple o...

F40PHs were prohibited from Penn Station in any direction, and by extension ex-F40 cab cars would also be unacceptable there. Since the HHP-8 conversions are for the Ethan Allen (direction change at Rutland for the extension to Burlington) the use of converted HHP-8s makes loads of sense.

I don't know an exact number but I recall reading somewhere that it isn't tall enough for catenary due to necessary vertical clearance between the train and wire, and then above the wire. That ship sailed in 1906, before New Haven made its then-risky decision to go with high-voltage AC. Clearances ...

Superliners are 16' 4" tall. For comparison Budd and UP-Style domes are 15'10", MILW super domes and C&O Chessie domes are 15'7" tall. The lowest ones were SP's homebuilts and B&O's PS-built strata-domes at 15' 6". SP made a big deal about dome height in the 1970s, result...

New Superliner IIs were delivered from the Bombardier plant in Barre VT via the New England Central and Palmer MA, including one group led by a P32AC-DM and an FL9 that had been at Railroad Days in White River Jct VT. As far as I know that was as far east as Superliners ever got on the LSL's route. ...

A look at some historic photos shows that at one time there was a through track on each side that went inside the train shed. With the train shed converted into event space that's unlikely to happen again. Both "inside" tracks (one on each side) rejoined the "outside" tracks near...

Domain registration doesn't necessarily mean hosting. easyDNS is the registrar. The IP Address for www.bsrc.com is 108.34.197.34, which is a Verizon FIOS address. www.bsrc.com canonical name = bsrc.com. Name: bsrc.com Address: 108.34.197.34 Reverse gets: > 108.34.197.34 34.197.34.108.in-addr.arpa na...

The web address goes to a Verizon FIOS fixed address in Providence RI, so it wasn't hosted. Probably run on a desktop.

Amtrak normally only does en route switching at three locations (plus New Haven and Washington, where some trains still change between diesel and electric). Those are San Antonio, Spokane and Albany/Rennsalaer. Cars are sometimes added or removed at St Paul and Denver. In all cases a full brake test...

The line that passes the Central Warehouse is owned by CSX and leased by Amtrak in the deal that gave Amtrak total control from Poughkeepsie to Hoffmans (jct. with line to Selkirk yard). Eminent domain might still be a tough sell, but the City of Albany taking possession for overdue taxes is a real ...

The alternative to the Post Road backup move is to reverse down the Hudson line to the CSX connector track at Stuyvesant. I'm sure crews will get qualifying runs over both routes, as that would give both Amtrak and CSX dispatchers maximum flexibility.

More likely it's Vermont officials getting their photo ops on the first run by riding to Vergennes.

The first one out is the Mercury Green and Croydon Cream (with Swamp Holly Orange belt rail!) on 5261-5262. It looks really good! Others to come to celebrate CTA's 75th anniversary.