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 #1484965  by Conrail Blue
 
CR7876 wrote:
bigblue5277 wrote:I passed Browns Yard today and there were so many high-sided gondolas and several coil cars. I never saw coil cars in Browns Yard before. Perhaps The Gerdau Steel mill is benefiting from the 25% tariff on foreign steel.
OEG moved into the old Minteq site just west of the yard, they get the coil cars.
Anyone know when or what days OEG gets switched out? Or is done random and as needed?
 #1485016  by RailsEast
 
Probably on an as-needed basis, but I believe they were in there yesterday a little after 1:00 in the afternoon. SA-3 did the work as I understand...
 #1497047  by JDRails
 
A little late with this post, but last Wednesday (January 9) I caught CSX 4412 and 6228 servicing two industries in the industrial park near South Middlesex Avenue in Monroe. Then, I was able to catch those two locomotives running light to the end of the line (Cranbury Station) to pick up a hopper on the Chamberlin and Barclay siding. The train then shoved back towards Browns. Was very cool to see a train on the rarely used rails south of Applegarth Road. More pictures to follow.
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 #1497048  by JDRails
 
More pictures of last Wednesday's train to Cranbury Station:
Preparing to cross Applegarth Road
Preparing to cross Applegarth Road
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Crossing Prospect Plains Road
Crossing Prospect Plains Road
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 #1497049  by JDRails
 
Two more from last Wednesday (these are screenshots from videos I took because it won't let me upload the videos):
Crossing Cranbury Station Road
Crossing Cranbury Station Road
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Crossing Applegarth Road (towards Cranbury Station)
Crossing Applegarth Road (towards Cranbury Station)
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 #1537217  by rr503
 
Been trying to weed through CSAO North Jersey ops over the past few days. Could someone clarify to me the respective roles of OI-16 and PR-32? The former seems to go OI-SA while working PR (daily), while the latter does PR-OI, but at an unknown frequency. Is this correct?

Thanks in advance!
 #1543714  by JDRails
 
Unfortunately, it looks like the track extending towards Cranbury Station may be on borrowed time... Chamberlin & Barclay, the last remaining customer at the end of the line, appears to have gone out of business. An email from one of the owners confirmed that no more trains will run to Chamberlin & Barclay, and the assets of the company appear to have been auctioned off.

As soon as my RRPicturearchives account is approved, I will re-post pictures I took from the last time I caught the local down by Cranbury Station in January 2019.
 #1545012  by JDRails
 
As promised, here are some pictures (not the best) from January 2019. These may be some of the last pictures of a CSAO run down towards Cranbury Station, with Chamberlin & Barclay now out of business:

http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPictur ... id=5338978
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPictur ... id=5338919
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPictur ... id=5338989
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPictur ... id=5338996

Any additional pictures of trains down by Cranbury Station (or in between Cranbury and Jamesburg) would be greatly appreciated. Hoping that the Hightstown Industrial will stay alive below South Middlesex Avenue.
 #1563685  by Bracdude181
 
Power change at Browns.

CSX 4451 and NS 5628 are gone (thank god) and we’re replaced by CSX 4405 and 4429.

The current roster is now:

CSX 4405, 4429, and 4452.
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