Yeah, I'm not going to say there's no slow orders anywhere, but generally they move along just like in CR days, and the overall timekeeping over the route seems comparable. The miles and miles of 25mph running are 1-2 years gone at this point. And the signals work, th eonly thing changed signal wise is the control (or lack thereof) of the 2nd track on the double track portions- and if it was worth the work of cutting those out, it shouldn't be a big deal to cut them back in if needed.
>Yeah, I'm not going to say there's no slow orders anywhere, but generally they move along just like in CR days, and the overall timekeeping over the route seems comparable. The miles and miles of 25mph >running are 1-2 years gone at this point.
Most if not all the slow orders that are put on are in areas where MOW work is being preformed; a necessary evil, if you are doing tie, bridge of surface work, there are slow orders while the work is going on. Lots of work being put into this line. In the CR days, it was approximately 4 hours Bingo to Port Jervis, and right now it's about 4 and a half hours including running through the Deposit siding for the bridge work, which is ending soon.
>> And the signals work, th eonly thing changed signal wise is the control (or lack thereof) of the 2nd track on the double track portions- and if it was worth the work of >cutting those out, it shouldn't be a >>big deal to cut them back in if needed.
For the amount of traffic the line sees now or will see in the next few years, there is no reason for the double main track. Single track with passing sidings, that is all. Nobody seems to remember the amount of traffic the Lehigh and Hudson River moved over their line which was single track ABS with passing sidings that had hand throw switches at each end and operation on the sidings was at restricted speed. I think it was about 10 to 15 trains a day in the 50s and early 60s. So single track TCS with spring switches coming out of the sidings is better than what the old L&H had, IMO.
It all comes down to when NS's routes reach capacity. Some day, some day.