New Brunswick Southern Railway

NBSR 121 passed McAdam @ 18:21 AST, 64XX EMR/64XX EMR/64XX MNR, 120 wells, 206 containers, 120 total cars.

NBSR 907 was by McAdam Station at 07:00 AST with 2 SD70s, 42 mixed freight, 24 empty chip cars.

[Edited at 16:37 EST]

NBSR 120 departed McAdam Station at 10:33 AST with 6411/6416/6408, 77 mixed freight (11 loaded autoracks), 51 wells/52 containers, 25 empty wells.

NBSR 121 was by McAdam Station at 21:14 with 3 SD70s, 127 wells/251 containers.

NBSR 120 arrived in McAdam at 08:10. They dropped a tank and 5 log cars and departed at 08:40 with 6406/6403/6412, 25 loaded chip cars, 5 empty wells, 124 wells/270 containers.

NBSR 121 passed McAdam @ 20:33 AST, EMR 6408/64XX NBSR/64XX EMR/64XX NBSR, 2 empty autoracks, 147 wells, 233 containers, 149 total cars.

NBSR 908 got into McAdam @ 21:28 AST, 64XX MNR/64XX NBSR/64XX MNR, had a crew change, 15 hi-cube boxcars, 6 white tanks, 12 black tanks, 12 center beams, 1 flatcar(?), 2 loaded autoracks, 3 wells, 3 containers, 29 empty wells, 80 total cars.

NBSR 120 arrived in McAdam at 03:58 AST and pulled the power off their train. A few hours later, the power went back to the train, and swapped units with an incoming 907. 907 grabbed 6414, and 120 was given 6403.

907 passed at 09:58 with 6414/6406 and 43 mixed freight, 26 empty chip cars.

After 907 left McAdam, 120 passed the station at 10:11 with 6409/6403/6410, 7 mixed freight (6 loaded autoracks), 56 wells/92 containers, 59 empty wells.

NBSR 908 pulled into McAdam at 20:11 AST, dropping 30+ cars in the yard, before backing onto their train, allowing 121 to pass.

121 was by the station at 20:35 with 3 SD70s, 121 wells/248 containers, 13 empty autoracks. After they cleared, 908 continued east at 20:59.

908 was 3 SD70s, 74 mixed freight, 15 loaded chip cars.

The NBSR tie gang is about done the work for the NTCF grant project. They will then wrap up some work at Ponderosa and Bay View before heading back to McAdam to do some upgrades in the classification yard.

EMR tie gang will be done this week. Upon completion some of the gang will be shipped to Oakfield and Skerry to button up yard and storage tracks for the winter. The remainder of the crew will be working to replace bridge decks on the Mattawamkeag Sub for the rest of the year. MNR is still surfacing between Millinocket and Squapan. They have a gang working south and a gang working north.

MNR's MOW dept is working to do some end of the year upgrades to the customer tracks at Huber in Easton and LP in New Limerick. Sounds like they are going to try to install some more rail before winter hits somewhere up north.

Up to Fort Kent and Frenchville they are supposed to start a new shoring project up there. A couple of places along the Saint John River has some erosion issues, so a contractor will be working over the winter to place rip rap as well as building water diversions where applicable, to push the main current away from the shore.

NBSR 120 was into McAdam at 06:18 AST. They dropped 3 Certainteed centerbeams in the yard and went back to their train. They departed after sitting for several hours at 10:38.

No idea if additional power was added, but they had two SD70s when they passed the cam with 9 boxcars, 29 wells/29 containers, 89 empty wells.

[Edited at 20:12 EST]

NBSR 121 was by McAdam Station at 20:26 AST with 3 SD70s, 32 mixed freight, 117 wells/186 containers.

NBSR 120 was into McAdam at 05:23 AST. After dropping 14 cars in the yard, they departed east at 07:00 with 3 SD70s, 106 mixed freight, 2 empty wells, 21 wells/40 containers.

[Edited at 13:22 EST]

What appeared to be 907 departed the west end of the yard around 08:30 AST with 3 SD70s and 20 cars.

https://thecounty.me/2024/11/15/busines ... next-year/

The most recent update regarding the proposed refinery at the former Loring AFB.

"DG Fuels expects to produce 190 million gallons of jet fuel at Loring every year using 1.7 million tons of wood biomass that would be transferred to Loring via local rail lines, and then passed throughout the Loring facility, Darcy said. Six biomass gasifiers would then use heat, steam and oxygen to convert biomass to hydrogen without needing combustion."

If the plant comes to fruition and all of the biomass goes by rail, that would equal out to about 12,690 cars per year.

The 2 additional cranes for Saint John are loaded and should be leaving before the end of the month. They are loaded on the SEAWAY ALBATROSS currently moored at the Portsmouth Marine Terminal (Norfolk). They are the two cranes at top right loaded on the ship.

Credit:
https://cameras.wpengine.com/wp-content ... 2223016331

As you all know NBSR/EMR hosted the CPKC Holiday Train this year. Its a bummer the McAdam cam was down, but SD70M-2's 6416 and 6410 were decorated for the occasion, with 6416 leading east and 6410 hauling the train west to McAdam where it was turned on the wye.

I chased them from Vanceboro to Brownville Jct. They had issues with the 6416 at Mattawamkeag and lost the unit again at Chester and after a hour or so stop, it was dropped at Woodard which is what remains of a short siding east of I-95. Aside from the engine issues the event(s) drew big crowds and they also added a stop at McAdam. The 6410 and 6416 (once fixed) will keep the lights and decorations for the rest of the holiday season.
The combined NBMRxCPKC Holiday Train at Lambert Lake on EMR.

The CPKC official video of the first visit of the Holiday Train to Saint John.

https://vimeo.com/1033257202

Cranes made it in one piece. They'll be needed with more traffic coming in Q1/Q2 of 2025. Should push NBSR to having 4 daily trains (2 pairs) and CP will be undoubtly close, but will likely play their games a bit before they full launch 4 daily.