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first Venture car is the new cafe car testing along with a new Venture coach

my question is why was it necessary to reinstall the signage to begin with ? The warning signals were absent for quite a few months now and with the track removed by Hall Rd should ne no reason to have them.

Did not want to start a new thread on something thats trivial. Thought this might be the best choice for this post considering it is on the OOS portion on the Utica Industrial branch. On my way home from work I decided to take a different route and took 22 mile from Ryan to Van Dyke. The crossing at...

heard there was damage to the air and plow....cant confirm since the train was able to continue.

Was told that some in-the-field testing is happening with one of those locos.....not sure what is being tested though (us mere operating employees wear mushroom hats) Heard its the 2 and updated cummings engine that was installed by Siemens. It involves twin turbos to allow much needed acceleration...

Doktor No wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 09, 2022 10:54 am

As long as you're going to do it you might as well make it MONUMENTAL!

just make sure when it happens you cannot be found guilty

busstitution was attempted but there were none available that day. Probably due to the fall color tours going on now.

wondering if the bowed section was caused by the derailment and was not the cause of it. Amazing how much tension is on those rails after an accident.

365/354 combined out of Chi this evening.

"The company didn't realize that it was blocking the roadway, they didn't park it far enough down the tracks to get it off the road, so they had to call the company to have someone move their caboose off the runway," Novi police Sgt. Mark Boody said.

Now that was funny to read

Actually the signal s on the south side of M59 had the cantilevers removed as well as the gates. Flashers still present at the crossing. The crossing protection on the north side of M59 is still complete with all warning devices still in place. 22 mile road is void of any crossing protection (well t...

Im afraid you are going to be very disappointed in the comfort. The best way I can describe the seat comfort,,,,,get on a city bus and ride it for 6 hours. Seats are narrow and for two people sitting together, you WILL get to know them well :). Arm rests do separate you abit.The plugs and USB ports ...

wonder if they could make it a control point where the bridge operator controls both bridge and derails.. put in the split rail derails as well.

When you refer to high level, is it Northeast Corridor style where they only have to open the door and walk on without opening the trap, or a station that does not require a stepbox but passengers still have to pull bags up the stairs? Michigan stations are all low level in that regard with the exce...

Yet ITCS issues once again force Amtrak to run 59mph max speed.

most likely...someone from another crewbase bid on the opening and was awarded it. Not sure how CSX works in that regard.

yes for a little while. Due to the cold weather ,mgmt decided to add the additional unit. Considering how reliable the 44s are now, why not. Sure the crews love not having to turn the engine each night. When the cold weather subsides, the engine will disappear.

crossing protection for the Amtrak test train today. Testing the new coaches

railroaders...guilty until proven innocent

where do they normally tie up ? maybe adding a short track off the "main" to store the engine when not in service and the lights protect the yet to be installed switch?