by newpylong
I'm pretty sure they have a welding facility right in Waterville....didn't the Clipper say that's where they are doing it?
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newpylong wrote:I'm pretty sure they have a welding facility right in Waterville....didn't the Clipper say that's where they are doing it?newpylong,
MEC407 wrote:In an issue of the newsletter several years ago (it was still the Guilford Xpress in those days), they talked about an in-house rail welding facility... it wasn't in Maine... I think it was either Deerfield or Billerica. Probably Deerfield. No idea if it's still in operation or not.One other thought regarding the ribbon rail for the Back Road. Wasn't the rail train reported as coming from out of state via Portland anyways?
newpylong wrote:They must have not have done a tie job if it's new rail and still 25...Any chance they would simply leave it at 25 MPH even if it could probably be higher on the newer track?
CPF363 wrote:Did PAR receive any more welded rail for the Back Road over the course of the winter? Will they begin CWR installation this early this year with the winter drifting away quickly. Will ties be added to bring up speeds where the new rail was installed? Is PAR's ultimate goal to have CWR over the entire Waterville to Royal section?I don't know anything about the specifics but I can say that management has made it quite clear that 40 MPH is "good enough" on the main line in MA and for the most part that's just fine (if not slower) in Maine. It simply isn't in their model maintain the railroad to run any faster than that. Not saying it couldn't be done. Not saying they couldn't make money doing it. Not saying they couldn't even save money doing it. But all indications are freight operations over 40 MPH simply aren't part of the picture for them. Even on the Portland - Plaistow line I understand it that freights are still restricted to 40 MPH (Despite this line being maintained to Class IV standards).