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 #1583409  by GP40MC1118
 
LTEX GP9u (ex-CP) currently on CSX today in Massachusetts. Headed to Maine. Could be for the Rockland Branch?
Unit off lease from the Delta Southern RR in Louisiana. It's ex-CP GP9 8618.
 #1583726  by highrail
 
Caught this unit this afternoon passing through Durham, NH as it was heading toward Portland. Was this unit that might be for Rockland?
Steve
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 #1588478  by Trinnau
 
I wonder what routing this will end up taking. All the way to Selkirk to come back to Framingham or is CSX going to set it out at Worcester?
 #1588511  by GP40MC1118
 
They went all the way to Selkirk, back east to Worcester/Framingham yesterday. Expect them to go to Readville, then set off
the following day at Medfield Jct.
 #1588816  by tonyschul
 
Can't get to Framingham from there unless they rebuild the interchange in Clinton. There is a short siding on the Agricultural Branch, and the ROW is still there, but no track and switches.
 #1588875  by Trinnau
 
For car movement yes, and CSX/Pan Am do have a valid interchange there. However CSX isn't operating east of Framingham at the moment.
tonyschul wrote:Can't get to Framingham from there unless they rebuild the interchange in Clinton. There is a short siding on the Agricultural Branch, and the ROW is still there, but no track and switches.
I'm referring to the fact the cars have to go south from Framingham to Readville via the Framingham Secondary to Walpole, passing Medfield Jct due to the direction of the switch, then onto the Franklin Branch to Readville, then get back-hauled from Readville most of the way back to Framingham to make the set-off.
 #1588880  by Red Wing
 
Maybe when the Pan Am sale is final whatever BO-1 looks like then it might be an option to move the train through Boston.
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