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Was up in Littleton last week during my vacation, and biked the entire length of the Amonoosuc Rail-Trail, the ex-B&M from Woodsville up to Littleton. My first ride on this was from Lisbon to Littleton and was surprised to see the rail-trail extend past the book stopping point of Industrial Park...

85# rail going in on the Mountain Division? That doesn't sound very heavy to me, especially with the larger locomotives the CSRR runs on it. Would think they'd want to go with at least 107#, but free rail is free rail, I guess!

One point was made about putting commuter rail on the CNE. I see the point about all of the office and industrial parks in the Day Hill Road area. Back about 25 years ago there was a proposal of a light rail line running out the CNE, then new right of way to Bradley Airport. Maybe someone could fil...

Pretty close... F40s 200-299 delivered in Phase II, 300-415 in Phase III. P42s 100-100, 112-120 delivered in Phase III P42s 101-111 in Phase IV 121-22 in Phase IV 123-168 in Phase Va 169-207 in Phase Vb (current scheme for most P42s) Source: gobytrain.us (unfortunately no longer updated, but preserv...

Hey, they gave it a go, but I couldn't see this working for a number of reasons. First, Amtrak. I don't see this service even being advertised, and when you check the "schedules" section of their wonderful web site, there's no mention of it. You really have to know what you're looking for ...

An Amfleet would be much more appealing for a ride from, say, NYP to Montauk than LIRR's normal rolling stock. But it's hard for me to see them lasting much longer in mainline service so I'd expect to see a few scattered about going to private owners like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7bMg...

Here you go... https://portal.ct.gov/DOT/CTDOT-Press-Releases/2023/Track-Improvement-Work-New-Canaan-Branch-Line-May-30-2023 No paywall :-) :-) :-) This year, the Metro-North construction program includes the New Canaan Branch Line’s replacement of approximately 8,000 ties with a Pandrol fastening s...

It does have a mini high level on both tracks that can fit at least 2 doubles, a few of the Acela’s use to stop at New London pre pandemic. As of my last visit at New London a few weeks ago, SLE trains board/detrain on the Track 1 mini high south of the station, layover at the station, then head ba...

It could be fueled by the Middletown Route 9 reconfiguration project. But most of the optimal land for a station along deKoven (opposite the municipal parking lot and pedestrian tunnel) is already "tentatively" earmarked for the acceleration lane south of Washington St - 2017 Map I still ...

The swing bridge in Middletown/Portland is not abandoned... there was a customer over in Portland that went out of business (or relocated elsewhere) when their building's roof collapsed in the snow/ice, IIRC, years ago. There is still a customer over there today, I believe its "Red Technologies...

I was just looking at the state rail map and it looks like the state owns the line, they must lease it to P&W. I wonder what kind of upgrades/modifications could be made to accommodate passenger traffic on the line? https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DOT/documents/dpt/2013railcolor36x242D09052013pdf...

Well, it appears that there's been some movement since 2016. An interim study was just published. https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DOT/documents/dpolicy/ECRTS/PrelimFeasibilityAssessmentSummaryRprt.pdf The Palmer Line also faces fewer operational constraints than the Norwich Branch. Any proposed servi...

One was proposed a couple years back, but the people of Blandford shot it down... would've been around either the service plaza or the DOT maintenance facility. Looks like the people there want their quiet town to remain just that... quiet. I've driven US 20 between Westfield and Lee once... when th...

Newark NJ still has one It should be noted that Newark's is more of a video screen with a solari-style "simulator" running. Though in the corner of the video screen I do see the solari mark. Regardless, they've done their best to recreate the board, complete with flapping sounds (a lot be...

I can remember how the New Haven would routinely add/cut Coaches at their namesake. They even had cuts at Stamford (all our other New Haven hands around here, except me for the time being, have moved on to "next life") just as part of doing business. The Vermonter regularly adds/removes a...