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  • Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways in 2006. Discussion relating to the current operations of the Boston & Maine, the Maine Central, and the Springfield Terminal railroads (as well as the Delaware & Hudson while it was under Guilford control until 1988). Official site can be found here: PANAMRAILWAYS.COM.
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The Stony Brook Branch

Guilford Rail System changed its name to Pan Am Railways in 2006. Discussion relating to the current operations of the Boston & Maine, the Maine Central, and the Springfield Terminal railroads (as well as the Delaware & Hudson while it was under Guilford control until 1988). Official site can be found here: PANAMRAILWAYS.COM.

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Re: The Stony Brook Branch

  by wally
 
neman2 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 8:36 am preferably a high rail truck loaded with boxes of upside down spray paint.
instead of spray paint, it would be faster and easier to use a pump action paint gun, similar (or identical) to what foresters use to mark timber. no bending over, can hit the target from feet away rather than inches away, etc.

Re: The Stony Brook Branch

  by neman2
 
Picture from yesterday at Depot St. Westford. I believe they used this to distribute more new ties between crossings.
This machine has no man in the front cab, it is controlled remotely by the operator of the excavator.
Depot st slot train.jpg
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