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 #1145669  by lstone19
 
2220 normally comes in on 7. Both mornings, there was a train sitting on 7. While Thursday was normal ops on the MD-W, on Wednesday, 2214 had a problem at Franklin Park that once fixed, had him, 2216, and us on 2220 running in a row (2218 is a local - we passed him which we normally do not). I don't know where 2214 (7:57 arrival) and 2216 (8:00 arrival) normally go. 2218 normally goes to 11 to become the 8:30 departure but with 2218 delayed, some other equipment was on 11 loading as the 8:30. Maybe there was a problem on another track.

The last HC arrival is due in at 8:10. I assume it was in on-time and had already left. Both mornings we came in on 19, we had the signal at the 19-21 crossover by the south end of the the 17-19 platform so could pull down alongside the station building.
 #1145991  by F40CFan
 
2220 doesn't dwell long at CUS. The engineer changes ends and it deadheads out to Western. Maybe it got out of the way in time.