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by Coos93
394 just came through Berlin 12:15 pm, looked loaded, lots of tanks even boxcars.
by Coos93
Followed by 394 on an off day. Am I seeing an increase in traffic?
by theGottfather
Maybe an increase in propane for the home heating season?
by NHV 669
Coos93 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2024 11:42 pm Also, are you listening to a scanner?Nope, don't own one. There's a Facebook group, that appears to now be set to members only viewing. One guy posts regularly now when 394 comes through Bloomfield, a kid I've shot with posts routinely when 393 hits South Paris.
Followed by 394 on an off day. Am I seeing an increase in traffic?There's generally in increase in LPG traffic this time of year. Up until a few years ago, this operation ran 3-4 weeknights consistently.
Avatar: NHV 669 at the south end of the "Pompy" in White River Jct., VT on 4/29/1993. Photo by Richard Roberg.
https://youtube.com/@NHVT_Productions
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by Coos93
Yes, I also remember when the Emons Group was running double stacks after they lifted the old B&M trestle in Gorham.
by Coos93
Today I noticed a lone covered hopper sitting in the east throat of the Western Yard in Berlin. I assume this is probably a bad order. I was up until midnight and did not hear any trains. Does anybody know if 393 or 394 ran last night? (12/04/2024)
by NHV 669
I'm not sure what you mean by "eastern throat"; SLR is/was spotting cars of plastic pellets at the siding for the former Isaacson Steel plant near where the two trains meet. That is here:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/jJgGE3Vdk2s2V6Gz8
Are you referring to over here?
https://maps.app.goo.gl/S5CGZ7DPF9dUNycg7
If so, your assumption makes sense.
Both trains should be running later tonight, timing also depends on whether 394 has Island Pond, Stratford, or Groveton work. It sounds like they dropped cars for NHCR again on Tuesday.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/jJgGE3Vdk2s2V6Gz8
Are you referring to over here?
https://maps.app.goo.gl/S5CGZ7DPF9dUNycg7
If so, your assumption makes sense.
Both trains should be running later tonight, timing also depends on whether 394 has Island Pond, Stratford, or Groveton work. It sounds like they dropped cars for NHCR again on Tuesday.
Avatar: NHV 669 at the south end of the "Pompy" in White River Jct., VT on 4/29/1993. Photo by Richard Roberg.
https://youtube.com/@NHVT_Productions
https://youtube.com/@NHVT_Productions
by Coos93
I am refering to the area where the city maintenance garage is located. It just baffles me how that car got there. I go by there every day to walk my shepards at the Berlin Fish Hatchery. So it is bothering me how that lone car got there.
Also, off subject but what is "Pompy"?
Also, off subject but what is "Pompy"?
by Coos93
393 and 394 just left town Berlin. I may be in error but it looked like 393 had three units and 394 only had two.
by NHV 669
Also, off subject but what is "Pompy"?The area on the Connecticut River Line operated by the WACR (VRS.) The same one I post about over in the VRS thread.
Avatar: NHV 669 at the south end of the "Pompy" in White River Jct., VT on 4/29/1993. Photo by Richard Roberg.
https://youtube.com/@NHVT_Productions
https://youtube.com/@NHVT_Productions
by Fritz
Coos93,
The two regularly-scheduled road trains (393 and 394) run Tuesday and Thursday nights. Now that it is winter, they'll likely be running an extra train most weeks, unless it warms back up like last winter. The extras seem mostly to run on Monday (like this week) or Wednesday nights but sometimes on Friday night. I don't think I've ever seen them run one on Saturday or Sunday nights, although, in years past, they have run daytime extras on Sundays when either CN was on strike or serious snow stopped the regular trains on their tracks.
This morning's SLQ westbound 393 departed Island Pond at 0739 with the following:
GP40-2 3004
GP40-2 3035
GP40-2 3007
16 centerbeam flats
14 hi-cube boxcars
1 hi-sided gondola
3 covered hoppers
30 tank cars
That's 64 cars total, all empties.
Surfacing gang (tamper, regulator) has now also left Island Pond.
Have a great day,
Fritz
The two regularly-scheduled road trains (393 and 394) run Tuesday and Thursday nights. Now that it is winter, they'll likely be running an extra train most weeks, unless it warms back up like last winter. The extras seem mostly to run on Monday (like this week) or Wednesday nights but sometimes on Friday night. I don't think I've ever seen them run one on Saturday or Sunday nights, although, in years past, they have run daytime extras on Sundays when either CN was on strike or serious snow stopped the regular trains on their tracks.
This morning's SLQ westbound 393 departed Island Pond at 0739 with the following:
GP40-2 3004
GP40-2 3035
GP40-2 3007
16 centerbeam flats
14 hi-cube boxcars
1 hi-sided gondola
3 covered hoppers
30 tank cars
That's 64 cars total, all empties.
Surfacing gang (tamper, regulator) has now also left Island Pond.
Have a great day,
Fritz
by Coos93
So I take it from you report of all empties going northwest, that nothing is being produced in this area but only consumed?
by bigfreight
Coos93 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 10:12 pm I am refering to the area where the city maintenance garage is located. It just baffles me how that car got there. I go by there every day to walk my shepards at the Berlin Fish Hatchery. So it is bothering me how that lone car got there.Cars are for Presby Plastics they transload pellets behind the former Issacson Steel complex
Also, off subject but what is "Pompy"?
by Coos93
Yes I see the usual three cars parked at Presby. This lone hopper is about a half mile east along the Jericho Road.