Delaware and Raritan River Railroad-General Discussion

JohnFromJersey wrote: ↑Thu May 18, 2023 9:23 pm Very strange way of doing things here.

If u expect RR lines to be built or rebuilt in a linear fashion, then I guess you;d think its strange. No reason to do it linearly, tho. Construction done as money, materials, crews, and coordination with local authorities is available.

About to pass Main St, https://www.railroad.net/download/file. ... w&id=25221 Farmingdale. Around 9am this morning.

They had 8 for Woodhaven today. 5 lumber loads and 3 gypsum board loads.

Northbound at DCS LAKEWOOD 11:14 AM

North through Farmingdale 11:54 PM

Tracks Unlimited scoping out either the crossing or the ROW at Adelphia Rd this morning.

Caught this picking up the empties by the T Thomas Fortune House in Red Bank this afternoon. Crossing gates were inoperative and the crossing was flagged.

Must be a big train if they had 2 engines…


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Bracdude181 wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 6:34 pm Must be a big train if they had 2 engines…


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IIRC NJT used to always require Conrail to run two in case of failure on the Coast Line. This was especially true when there were repairs going on to one track or the other. One bad Conrail loco could stop a lot of commuters.

Now they just require paperwork and working PTC. But in reality there never was any requirement for two engines. No BO or SI requiring such.

And towards the end they were bringing two engines for 12 plus cars usually, and they still do now.

Has anyone seen RB-1 yet?

OK, now a sign at Okerson Rd, O/A 6/12, road to be closed for RR crossing repair.

They had 14 for Woodhaven.

Northbound at DCS LAKEWOOD 12:14 PM

North through Farmingdale 12:50 PM

Checked out the line. No progress besides marking the roads for crossing work and the signs CharlieL mentioned.

Will get pictures again when we see more progress.