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Discussion relating to the NS operations. Official web site can be found here: NSCORP.COM.
 #2672  by Lehigh Valley Railroad
 
Who has seen this one on the NEC???

I have seen with Ex. CR GP40-2's w/cab signal controls. Even P42's

you?

 #2736  by Otto Vondrak
 
This forum is for Amtrak operations, not freight trains that operate on Amtrak rails. As far as I know, NS has stopped running the stack train over the NEC since Feb. You may want to ask this question over on the New Jersey Railfan Forum, you'll get a better answer.

-otto-

 #5113  by Lehigh Valley Railroad
 
Thanks, Otto.

Maybe I can get a response :)

 #6616  by Guest
 
Perhaps you've seen 25A/26A, Kearny (?)- Atlanta.

 #6659  by Lehigh Valley Railroad
 
This was up past Metuchen NJ.

 #6681  by nolifeCRchaser
 
The NS 26A/25A was the northeast corridor test train that NS was running in the months of October & November of 2003. It was a pig and stack train from Croxton Yard in Jersey City, NJ - Atlanta, GA. The 26A/25A has not run since then. For the first runs, power was 4 repainted former Conrail GP-40-2's, then they added a pair of Amtrak engines. There was talk of doing more tests, but it is just talk. Check the links for some pictures.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/954 ... 5739NRuXaC
http://community.webshots.com/photo/954 ... 4161fmZMxp
http://community.webshots.com/photo/955 ... 9705NpCqHA
http://community.webshots.com/photo/955 ... 7786ReLcnv
 #6851  by Guest
 
Thanks for the update.

 #8066  by Engineer
 
From what I heard, there won't be any regularly scheduled NS pig trains on the corridor in the near future....

 #8698  by msernak
 
So this train no longer runs???

 #8868  by nolifeCRchaser
 
msernak wrote:So this train no longer runs???
The 26A/25A has not run since November.
Last edited by nolifeCRchaser on Fri Jul 30, 2004 8:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.

 #18323  by nolifeCRchaser
 
The NS Northeast Corridor test trains may be running again some time soon as 3 of the 4 GP-40-2's modified for the test trains are at Croxton. The PRR 3029, 3031, & 3032 are being used in yard/local service at Croxton.
 #18835  by nolifeCRchaser
 
The NS 25A/26A is due to run on the NEC with just the 3 engines this weekend to keep the crews qualifications up to date. I do not know exact dates or times this train will run.
Last edited by nolifeCRchaser on Fri Jul 30, 2004 9:01 pm, edited 1 time in total.

 #21191  by TAMR213
 
Does anyone know why NS has not yet made this a regularly scheduled train?