TRAINSPOTTING ON THE MORRISTOWN & ERIE, 2010

Btkspot89 wrote:Drove past the ME Shops the BL-2 was sitting out side with it appearing to be idling with the smoke coming out of it. ME 18 was sitting next to it. 563 and another ex Amtrak SW 559 were also sitting outside. Photos from today are on my picasa enjoy.
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Its great to see the old hog outside smoking away, I cant wait to get it back on the SBR!

I visited the Morristown shops on Friday, April 16.

What I found is in this picture:

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54 out in front of the shop

489 and 484 nose to nose

559, 563, blue passenger car and 3562 in the Ridgedale siding

563 was at Whippany on Saturday.

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563 was at Whippany on Saturday.

Yes....was idling providing power for maintenance work on one of the PV's.

They crossed Morris Ave. on the D&R for some switching this morning between 10:25 and 11.

Driving eastbound on I-80 today I saw [in the nanosecond I had to look] a considerable cut of freight cars on the Whippany line. It looks like business must be pretty decent on that line right now. How much traffic does the Whippany line process each week?

You cant see the M&E Whippany line from East Bound Route 80, you are several miles away......
Was this 287 North or South maybe? Looking down at the M&E Cedar Knolls Team Track or the long siding near Eden Lane ?

joe k wrote:You cant see the M&E Whippany line from East Bound Route 80, you are several miles away......
Was this 287 North or South maybe? Looking down at the M&E Cedar Knolls Team Track or the long siding near Eden Lane ?

Unless he was talking about the D&R??

I know there is equipment storage on the new run-around track just east of Jefferson Rd on the Whippany line........ viewable from 287.

Yes, there are several Comet I-Bs and other miscellanous equipment parked here.

Wow its been dead here! ME 19 just crossed railroad Ave in Kenvil, they picked up a UP labeled boxcar that was sitting behind an auto shop and then crossed Railroad Ave again with the boxcar heading Eastbound . on another note it appears ME 20 is back from the Bayway Refinery.

I was 18 and 19 coupled together, no cars (18 in the lead) heading west through Wharton this morning.

20 has been home for a few weeks now.
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I know that they needed the Chester Branch in service today to switch out Holland. That is probably where the UP boxcar came from.

JPG76 wrote:I was 18 and 19 coupled together, no cars (18 in the lead) heading west through Wharton this morning.

I saw them also pulling 3 or 4 brown box cars down the Chester Branch from Holland in the direction of Lake Jct. They don't sound the same without the *squeak squeal rattle rattle bang bang* and repeat of the old rail lol.

What is the M&E's current schedule? I have a friend in NYC who would like to catch them.