CSX Activity in New England

MBTA F40PH-2C 1050 wrote:I caught B735 heading East in Mansfield, MA @ 1:47 with the 6238-6234-6215-6216-6223 and 87 cars and they headed down the Framingham Secondary to Framingham...either B725 or B726 outlawed last night, 3-25

yea nice to rub it in my face i was at the sttion 10 min later :p ,

i hope to see that sometime

Today on CSX B735 -
GP40-2 #6224

2:00 PM , train was originally supposed to go to Attleboro and drop off cars

3:00 PM , train cancelled the attleboro trip due to risk of becoming outlawed and train tries to head to Readville

4:00 PM , train cancels trip to readville due to risk of being outlawed and heads to Walpole

ooops double post

CSX B732 tonight has 3 loads and GP40-2 #6236

Today B735 left the choclate siding and went from track 2 to track 1 and went up the Framingham Secondary to Walpole

today on the framingham secondary B735 came through from mansfield with 115 of B725s cars must of been cause B725 was outlawed last night he had 4 csx engines on him heading to framingham he had 6228, 6206, 6238, 6234 for the engines

csx B725 came through on the frammingham secondary heading toward frammingham with 4 engines and 20 cars i didnt catch the engine numbers but he had 2 conductors at 4:30 am this morning. i was doing some of my earlymorning railfanning on the frammingham secondary for the B725 route

MBTA F40PH-2C 1050 wrote:I caught B735 heading East in Mansfield, MA @ 1:47 with the 6238-6234-6215-6216-6223 and 87 cars and they headed down the Framingham Secondary to Framingham...either B725 or B726 outlawed last night, 3-25

i counted 106 cars on that train

That's because of the new management lurking in the woods everybody's taking their time and doing 100% rule compliance to shove it up the company's a$@. That's why B725 keeps outlawing and B735's crew has to take the train north to Framingham.

I caught a radio transmission the other day from the N. Fram yard calling the FRA inspector in the yard. Does the FRA show up often?

Today (4/15) in Attleboro, sitting on Branch 5 on the Middleboro Secondary was the 6233 (head end facing South) and loaded cars, the usual load that comes in on B726 for exchange with B725. There must have been about 40 cars, I couldn't see if there were any crew members in the loco, I was driving on RTE 123

MBTA F40PH-2C 1050 wrote:Today (4/15) in Attleboro, sitting on Branch 5 on the Middleboro Secondary was the 6233 (head end facing South) and loaded cars, the usual load that comes in on B726 for exchange with B725. There must have been about 40 cars, I couldn't see if there were any crew members in the loco, I was driving on RTE 123

yeah today 4/17/09 B735 and B732 were in attleboro doing B725s job on the middleboro secondary with engines 6241,6229,6226 im guessing that hes going to head west onto the framingham secondary towards walpole with those cars

MBTA F40PH-2C 1050 wrote:Today (4/15) in Attleboro, sitting on Branch 5 on the Middleboro Secondary was the 6233 (head end facing South) and loaded cars, the usual load that comes in on B726 for exchange with B725. There must have been about 40 cars, I couldn't see if there were any crew members in the loco, I was driving on RTE 123

i saw that exact same set on wednesday and i stopped to take pics at sunset , no crew and the engine was offline

csxtrainman18 wrote:

MBTA F40PH-2C 1050 wrote:Today (4/15) in Attleboro, sitting on Branch 5 on the Middleboro Secondary was the 6233 (head end facing South) and loaded cars, the usual load that comes in on B726 for exchange with B725. There must have been about 40 cars, I couldn't see if there were any crew members in the loco, I was driving on RTE 123

yeah today 4/17/09 B735 and B732 were in attleboro doing B725s job on the middleboro secondary with engines 6241,6229,6226 im guessing that hes going to head west onto the framingham secondary towards walpole with those cars

i saw that set in attleboro

Are B725's car counts still generally healthy? Haven't seen that train in ages.

B726 and B725 are currently sitting on the Middleboro Secondary in Attleboro. The relieve crew arrived at 8:15 am 4/23 and there is a lot of cars, both tracks are being used, as well as about a quarter of a mile on the single iron heading South to Taunton. Each job has 4 engines. I expect B725 to head back to Framingham after 814 (10:02 Attleboro Dept.) heads East to Boston

**Update** 10:00am, overheard the Amtrak Mainline Dispatcher, he has yet to hear from the freight crew in Attleboro

**Update** 12:05pm, B729 (B725) headed North through Foxboro with 4 engines, 6205 leading, and 94 cars for Framingham