Just overtook what looked like a 70+ car PW train in the Bronx. About 25 LIRR hoppers, and the rest were Tilcon boxes. No GATX cars, so where are those coming from?
rb wrote:Just overtook what looked like a 70+ car PW train in the Bronx. About 25 LIRR hoppers, and the rest were Tilcon boxes. No GATX cars, so where are those coming from?The full train originates at Fresh Pond Yard in Queens, operates to Cedar Hill Yard, New Haven CT (CSX) & Wallingford, CT. I am not sure if it is still in business, but I last heard the biggest receiver of these aggregate loads and stone loads other than the LIRR is a company called Prima Asphalt in Holtsville, LI. Not often do you see such a long eastbound empty train, most times it is a short consist no more than 30 or 40 cars, with sometimes FPCH being nothing more than light engines with no loads. Often I would see it passing by Stamford Yard, or depending on when I am working, I will pass it along the line.
