I work on the vermonter and there has been 2 engines on it everyday that i have worked for the last month. i worked it south from sab-spg on 12-14 and im pretty sure there was no cab car in the consist,
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gprimr1 wrote:There's a decent amount of college students coming from Amherst MA and some other colleges in Vermont I think.
gprimr1 wrote:There's a decent amount of college students coming from Amherst MA and some other colleges in Vermont I think.Def. a good crowd for Montpelier (Norwich Univ) and for Essex Jct (UVM, and others), espec on Sunday nights. Some of the "guest help" for the winter at Stowe came up on the train to Waterbury. And of course, Amherst gets a lot of college students. So there is def. some pretty good ridership espec Fri-Sun. I try to take it when its convenient for my schedule. Seems to be arriving ontime these past two weeks NB into Waterbury (5-10 of the schedule). It whistled into town at 8:15 the other night! Not sure how SB performance is doing into Springfield - most times I've been on, its been 10-30 mins late there.
gprimr1 wrote:I dont know if 448/449 operates with a cab car or not, but someone once here said that cab cars aren't heavy enough to safely bust through the ice that forms in some street crossings.448/449 do not operate with a cab car. They're turned at Albany on the Wye.
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shadyjay wrote:I don't think we'll see the return of cab cars on the Vermonter.... most have all gone to PA for Keystone Service, with a couple retained NHV-SPG for shuttles.Umm, a "cabbage" provides no extra power that I'm aware of since the room for the baggage portion comes from where the motor was removed. And this would also permit them to be used in NYP (since again, no exhaust.)
I thought the F40 cabbage would be perfect - solve two birds with one stone (baggage cars out of service/sold/stored + the extra power vs cab car) but I was informed by DRN that they cannot run into NYP. I guess one could be added on in NHV during the power swap.
-Jay