Freight Schedule Information

Ever since chuck petlick's page went under, I don't know what trains are running when. Is there another page like that that has up to date PAR freight schedules?

I've got this page bookmarked...it seems to be the same thing:

http://web.archive.org/web/200606242231 ... ck/grs.htm

thats the page I was talking about, thanks. I need to use the archive more often.

Great UNH students must think alike as I was going to post the EXACT same link.... until I thought about it and I think cody810 was looking for something more current, since Chuck Petlick's site isn't being updated anymore. But I find the internet archive site linked above a great resource to look back on web pages that no longer exist.

Hehe, I didn't even realize at first that the link I posted was an archived site, not a current one. I just figured somehow it had changed locations or something.

shadyjay, let us know if you find anything more current.

I think with Guilford...err...Pan Am, the current schedule is standing trackside on a particular day and seeing what happens. Things have changed dramatically since my UNH days of just 10 years ago. Back then, the trains ran a lot slower, it was all Guilford power (except DOBO/BODO), and there were "PO" trains. Now things run through Rigby, there are leasers and Pan-Am paint, track speed is much higher, and there are passenger trains in the mix.

Your best bet is to join the GRS Railfans Yahoo! Group. Lots of posts and files in there with schedule info... best place to ask for current info from a variety of people.

Chuck took the web site down some time ago. It never had freight schedules, just approximate on duty times for the crews. The freights on Pan Am don't operate on published schedules, they're all extra trains.
From the NORAC Rule Book from 2003:
TIMETABLE: A printed booklet that contains schedules and/or special instructions affecting the movement of trains.
SCHEDULE: The part of the Timetable that prescribes direction, number, frequency, and times for movement of designated trains.
SCHEDULED TRAIN: A train designated by Timetable Schedule.
EXTRA TRAIN: A train not designated by a Timetable schedule.