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Discussion of the operations of CSX Transportation, from 1980 to the present. Official site can be found here: CSXT.COM.

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 #108602  by CSX Conductor
 
Unfortunately the train crews operating over the Grand Jct. cannot "teach those idiots a lesson" by hitting a car which is stopped on the tracks. The movements are to be at Restricted Speed, requiring the movement to be able to stop in one-half of the range of vision, short of any obstruction, misalighend switch or derail, or another train. So basically, even though the drivers of the cars on Mass. Ave are in the wrong, the crew would be blamed if anything happened. :(
 #108775  by MikeB
 
Was the Necco plant the last customer in Cambridge on the Grand Jct.?
 #108926  by CSX Conductor
 
MikeB wrote:Was the Necco plant the last customer in Cambridge on the Grand Jct.?
Yes.