While traveling past P&W's trackage on the Providence/Pawtucket line (adjacent to the NEC and the MBTA's layover facility) yesterday (Sunday 8/30) I was extremely surprised to see a 4 unit consist of foreign road power parked next to a long string of coal gondolas.
The locomotives included a Union Pacific unit (most likely an SD70M, but could have been an SD60M), two NS GE widecabs (most likely Dash 9's) and an NS 4 axle GP...
Does anyone know why they were there? Is this some kind of new pool arrangement; perhaps with the NS/Pan Am Rail Patriot Corridor Joint venture?
I could not get photos or road numbers as I passed; has anyone else?
I see P&W operations in R.I on an almost weekly basis and I have never seen foreign power (not counting leased engines) anywhere except up in Worcester when CSX trains access the P&W intermodal facilities..
The locomotives included a Union Pacific unit (most likely an SD70M, but could have been an SD60M), two NS GE widecabs (most likely Dash 9's) and an NS 4 axle GP...
Does anyone know why they were there? Is this some kind of new pool arrangement; perhaps with the NS/Pan Am Rail Patriot Corridor Joint venture?
I could not get photos or road numbers as I passed; has anyone else?
I see P&W operations in R.I on an almost weekly basis and I have never seen foreign power (not counting leased engines) anywhere except up in Worcester when CSX trains access the P&W intermodal facilities..