by whatelyrailfan
Holyoke Gas & Electric bought the Holyoke station earlier this year. They are in the process of lobbying Amtrak & the State of Massachusetts to make it a stop.
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newpylong wrote:FYI the last I've heard on this, it's just a matter of the money being released to/from the state of MA. VT and ME have had their funding released.Is this in fact the single largest capital project both in scope and depth (rehabbing from almost 0 (Excepted?) to Class IV) that PAR has ever undertaken?
The NS crews will be coming back to redo this one so it's not a matter of the production crew being in Maine.
newpylong wrote:FYI the last I've heard on this, it's just a matter of the money being released to/from the state of MA. VT and ME have had their funding released.So, do you think we'll see work this summer?
The NS crews will be coming back to redo this one so it's not a matter of the production crew being in Maine.
newpylong wrote:I would say so... the Downeaster could have been more mileage - but I think the Conn River right of way is in worse shape than the Western was. Just my opinion of course, the Downeaster was quite the job too.Wow, I am not surprised to hear these rumours are afloat, but sorry to hear they are. I have to wonder too if maybe NS is facing some economic realities about railroading east of the Hudson River. Clearly PAS has excess capacity, but where is the traffic? Going highway and CSX it seems.
Not sure on that one. It could be a combination again of NS doing the rail and Pan Am doing the ties. Although, last go round the NS crews were constantly waiting for Pan Am to keep up. Let's face it, those NS crews probably do more maintenance or "production" on one Subdivision than Pan Am does over it's entire main line.
I think we're starting to see a shift in where priorities and efforts are happening though - NS being the PAS and PAR just being PAR. PAR is again trying to shift even more traffic through Worcester. You can argue this is the better / cheaper option for shippers but it doesn't sit well with NS after a "join venture" to share revenue was formed. I have heard mumblings of a lawsuit between the two brewing, but I have yet to confirm yet, so that is just rumor. I do know PAR will be rebuilding the Worcester line to at least 25 soon... so take that for what it's worth. I think the relationship at this point has lost it's friendliness (if it had that) and is strictly out of necessity.
Dick H wrote:We better hope that the Conn River job has all the approvals and fundingThank god.
tied up very tight. The tea drinkers in DC are looking to take back any
funding that is just sitting around. He who hesitates is lost....
atholrail wrote:TC 1617 was inspecting CPR 33 North to East Northfield today. About the only "update", I could find, aside from a cherrypicker sitting on the broadway at South Deerfield unattended.Looks like someone has been busy down in Chicopee. Lots of brush has been cut, as well as old ties stacked and piled behind Callaway Golf. In fact, its so cleaned up that I was surprised to see that there was a 2nd track down there...
Cadet57 wrote:...
Looks like someone has been busy down in Chicopee. Lots of brush has been cut, as well as old ties stacked and piled behind Callaway Golf. In fact, its so cleaned up that I was surprised to see that there was a 2nd track down there...
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.171676 ... 05284&z=18