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So what will come first? MOM; Lackawanna Cutoff; NYSW ; or Clayton's sand folly???? With the Transportation Bond Fund broke
not very much.

SOUNDS LIKE AN APRIL FOOL JOKE LOL!!!

In an effort to keep the Southwest Chief rolling thru Colorado, state Senators Larry Crowder and Leroy Garcia have introduced a bill that would fund the balance of Colorado's costs to save the SWC. The next step would be full Senate approval and on to the Gov. for his signature. This action already ...

So what is the major causes of delays on NJT this morning, 3/11/15? the traffic people on all the NY TV stations state the M&E and Pascack Valley are both completely shut down!

Its not that the Sales people are not trying to regain lost freight, its the sad fact that 85% of manufacturing has been resourced to:Mexico; China, Korea or Japan. North Jersey does not have the people that are capable of producing mechanical goods that were once made here. Children today are educa...

Add to my list is A&P warehouse on Buffalo Ave., Paterson , this was a combination regional headquarters; retail store; and the rear portion was able to receive 3 boxcars at a time for unloading (Erie) in the mid 50's I worked unloading same. A&P also had a warehouse for meats etc on the NYS...

Gulf Plastics - Totowa
SB Thomas Bakeries - Totowa
The paperboard plant on the Newark Branch alongside Rt 3 - Clifton (forgot name - Sr. moment)
Passaic Valley Water Treatment PLant - Totowa (Chlorine tank cars)

That appears to be a display stand from a shoe store or possibly a display stand from a womans dress shop! In any case one of the crew members probably picked it up from someone's trash barrel! Must have been garbage collection time in Utica, LOL.

Wow, 2035 target date, what are all you foamers going to do to fill these pages in the meantime? Those new grade crossings will need to be rebuilt by 2025 or so. Plus those remaining rails will be rusted thru by that time. Don't count on Christie administration to donate any $$ to help the cause tha...

For further information about the Sparta project, see the NJ Transit forum and click on to the NJT Expansion Projects heading and you
will get the "latest" information.

This was a pipe dream of Assemblyman Pascrell, Mayor of the City of Paterson, and a few other cronies which was discussed in this column a few years ago and died a quiet death 6 months later. It was supposed to go from Paterson to Hackensack so that hospital workers had a way to get to their jobs at...

Thank you for the update and the correction about the PA -1's ownership!!

So whats up with the new publisher? issued one issue back in mid October and nothing since. The website mentions nothing new in the works and the sample cover still shows Ross Rowlands rebuilt PA-1 on the turntable at Spencer! Anyone heard anything new??

Now that these 3 units are alive and flourishing on Norfolk Southern; shouldn't it be time to put this topic to bed on the NYSW? Only question I have is why did'nt the Susie Q ever attempt to repair these units themselves and put them back in service.

According to Progressive Rail this past Wed., Colorado is slated to receive $12.5 million from TigerVI grants for improvements along the Southwest Chief route thru that state.