"Up North" Gawking (District 1 sightings)

POWA 377, 335, 603, 313, 317, 3001 +75 if my count was right, east and clear of 147 at 11:40.

In tow
1 TBOX,
5 or 6 grain cars (I'm not sure what TCMX 12418 is used for)
4 AIMX scrap gons,
14 highcubes,
3 slurry cars with a 4th slurry looking tank clearly labeld Sodium Hydroxide,
14 empty centerbeams,
3 unplacarded .111A's, and finally
4 for Moosehead Breweries, 2 CyroTrans and 2 HLMX maroons.

Is that definitely Moosehead beer they are hauling ? I've heard mixed reports over the years that it could also possibly be European beer coming thru the Eastern Canada ports, possibly Guiness, but have also heard Moosehead...

It's Moosehead. They have a huge warehouse where they load the cars at the Dever Road yard in Saint John.

carchecker wrote:It's Moosehead. They have a huge warehouse where they load the cars at the Dever Road yard in Saint John.

Kegs. I have pictures somewhere...

The paperwork I've seen for those cars says Guinness...

That's because Moosehead brews Guiness for North America

POWA east of 121 at 18:00.

PORU with 511,313,503 and a short train was sitting at Fairgrounds east around 6PM today. I think they may have been waiting for RUPO to take the siding.

newpylong wrote: That's because Moosehead brews Guiness for North America

Only until June. Big layoffs coming to Moosehead after they lost the Guiness contract. Unfortunately look for traffic to decline from Moosehead.

Already did a long time ago for rail, won't effect traffic base that much. We used to have solid blocks of a dozen for CSX.

WA-2 with the 334, 316 and 310 are currently heading east around Pittsfield (should be around MP 95 by now) with 105 empty boxcars.

11:25 AM, 5.19.15
Pan Am 330 heading west past Mountain Branch with 4 empty ballast hoppers.

2:05 pm Wednesday
pan am 354 heading east past Mountain Division with 5 tall gons and 6 covered hopppers. Cement cars?
S

5:05pm, 5.20.15
Pan Am 1 and 2 with two passenger cars in tow heading west past Mountain Division
S

hh660 wrote:2:05 pm Wednesday
pan am 354 heading east past Mountain Division with 5 tall gons and 6 covered hopppers. Cement cars?
S

No probably covered hoppers of perlite for Chemrock on Maine Eastern. The tall gondolas would be for Grimmels on the Lewiston Industrial Track. Sounds like you caught DO-1 enroute to Brunswick.