CSX locomotives in Maine

Here is the info for Rigby as of 1330 today:

POSJ: CSXT 5140 on point

What I beleive to be POED power 506w/BNSF5464w/380e/316e.

What I beleive to be PORU power: 344e/508e/380w.

merrman wrote:Here is the info for Rigby as of 1330 today:

POSJ: CSXT 5140 on point

What I beleive to be POED power 506w/BNSF5464w/380e/316e.

What I beleive to be PORU power: 344e/508e/380w.

Thanks for the report. The foreign power you mentioned was part of the past oil train. I saw reports that CSX 7352 was leader of today's POSE. Wondering if the lack of CSX power on SEPO has anything to do with the CSX power coming up here on the oil train? Not really alot of CSX power on the oil trains, but it is staying on PAR for longer periods of time. Regardless, I think it is really interesting to see CSX power being used on freights between Rigby and Waterville!

Between the last oil train being all CSX powered, and two SEPO's worth of CSX power, my friend caught 7 CSX locomotives total at Rigby Yard yesterday! Most CSX units I've seen video'ed from Rigby at one time!

Video here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7gvZCxxi2w (Not mine!)

Really nice video

I read recently on the GuilfordRailSightings group on Yahoo that SEPO/POSE are swapping power in Lowell again. Anyone heard anything else about this? There hasn't been any CSX power into Rigby for almost two weeks now.

Either they got put in "time out" again by CSXT or they don't want to pay for HP hours because they just ended a poor year financially.

The latter.

Poor year financially? Arent volumes up system wide? Add the unit grain, limestone, coal and oil trains and one would think they would be doing better than years past. PAS rates hurting the bottom line?

They had a few costly derailments (Keag and Glenville) and the FRA came down on them to do some emergency repair work. Oil trains are gone for now and Rigby is back logged. Crew shortage per usual. Doesn't matter the volume if you can't move it....

Also remember PAS is a whole different beast.

fogg1703 wrote:Poor year financially? Arent volumes up system wide? Add the unit grain, limestone, coal and oil trains and one would think they would be doing better than years past. PAS rates hurting the bottom line?

No, revenue across PAS and PAR is down from last year and are so are carloads. There have been less Oil and coal trains and freight in general is down.

Interesting. Thank you gentlemen for sharing your knowledge.

newpylong wrote:Either they got put in "time out" again by CSXT or they don't want to pay for HP hours because they just ended a poor year financially.

CN9634 wrote:The latter.

Thanks for the info guys!