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EASTERN RAILROAD NEWS
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CIR-101 SCHEDULE
The Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey Circus Blue Unit train will be departing Philadelphia
on Monday morning. CIR-101 will operate over Conrail to Worcester,
MA and be interchanged to the Providence & Worcester. The schedule
for tomorrows operations is as follows:
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OCS TRAIN BUSY WEEK- As many you have already
read, the OCS will embark on a hectic duo of schedules. The schedules
are correct, and we'll have to wait and see what Conrail throws on next
weeks trips. Both OCS trips require reversing the power at some point.
One such "reverse" is to occur at Allentown...with no apparent way to turn
the train. Sam Scannella has seen this option used to turn motive power:
"a possibility for turning the OCS at Allentown - Train/power is routed
east out of the yard, by JU, crosses the river into Bethlehem and proceeds
to the switch at 'Florence' at the east side of the Bethlehem Steel complex.
Train/power then loops up to and through PBNE's 'Iron Hill' yard, then
comes down the Bethlehem Secondary and crosses the river back into Allentown
facing the opposite direction."
You can also view the other Office Car Specials on tap for all of next week:
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LURGAN BRANCH OPEN
While maintenance is continuing on the Lurgan Branch and Hagerstown Secondary, the maintenance window was apparently short lived. TV-211's schedule continues to be pushed back three hours "due to maintenance", however the train has continued down the branch before 15:00 ET on a few occasions. Other traffic has been showing up in the time frame that was supposed to be utilized by track forces.
SD70MAC UPDATE
SD70MAC's 4136 and 4137
are scheduled for the now standard Pittsburgh-Conway to Niagara Falls,
NY break-in run on train PINF-6. 4130 and 4131 are currently at Oak
Island without an assignment. 4132 and 4133 have arrived Elkhart,
IN on train INEL-6B while 4134 and 4135 are in Indianapolis listed as "HELD".
-Kevin Burkholder
| 4130 | Oak Island, NJ | 4/26/98 | 16:55 ET | Not Assigned |
| 4131 | Oak Island, NJ | 4/26/98 | 16:55 ET | Not Assigned |
| 4132 | Elkhart, IN | 4/26/98 | 16:30 CT | INEL-6B |
| 4133 | Elkhart, IN | 4/26/98 | 16:30 CT | INEL-6B |
| 4134 | Indianapolis, OH | 4/26/98 | 16:40 ET | HELD |
| 4135 | Indianapolis, OH | 4/26/98 | 16:40 ET | HELD |
| 4136 | Conway, PA | 4/26/98 | 16:59 ET | PINF-6 |
| 4137 | Conway, PA | 4/26/98 | 16:59 ET | PINF-6 |
NYSW's MOST TRAVELLED UNIT UPDATE
NYSW SD70M 4050 continues to rack up road mileage on the Union Pacific. The unit came as far east as Proviso, IL yesterday and there was some anticipation that it would return east. Not the case... The unit has been dispatched on an empty hopper train destined to Caballo Mine in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Will Susie-Q ever come home? -Kevin Burkholder
ACTIVE ALCO/MLW UPDATE
Now fully two weeks past the scheduled retirement date for the Canadian Pacific Railway MLW's, fourteen continue to march on. While there have been several "close calls" with groups arriving at St. Luc and sitting for a few days, the MLW's are defying all odds and sticking it out. They appear to be grouped into certain pools and are holding down assignments "together". CP train 551-25 fielded RS18u 1811, 1812 and 1822. 552-25 was lead by M424 4240 and RS18u 1837 and 1839. 923-25 was the big winner with five MLW's leading the way. M424's 4230 and 4219 were in charge of RS18u 1838, 1842 and 4204 on the 923-25. Three stragglers were also reported on the road. RS18u 1860 was at Binghamton, NY off of train 556-23; M424 4210 was at Woodstock, Ontario on train 507-23 and M424 4238 was reported at Smiths Falls, Ontario on train 919-25. -Bryce Lee
WC SD45's DOWN IN DIXIE
The six Wisconsin Central-leased SD45's are holding down assignments based out of Tennessee. Four of the six were reported at Memphis yesterday, while the other pair was matched up at Nashville. Here's where they lined up yesterday afternoon:
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POWER SWAP WITH AMTRAK
All three remaining Amtrak F40PH units 235-311-359 were still at Schiller Park last night. They will be returned to Amtrak today along with WC GP7M 4508 and WC GP30 711. The two WC units are being leased to Amtrak short term and will be assigned to a 41 car Amtrak ballast train which will go to Mosinee (Mathy) for loading. WC will run the train from Chicago to Mosinee and return to Amtrak where they will take the ballast train for unloading.
It is likely that this ballast is heading for the Amtrak Line in Michigan. -Ray Weart
- PRESERVATION
PENNSY GP30 MAKES A MOVE
On April 25, 1998 PRR
GP-30 number 2233 was on its first leg to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
The engine passed south through Montandon, PA at approximately 3:00 p.m.
on Conrail's Buffalo Line behind a
North Shore RR SW-8.
Also, in the consist were West Shore Railroad SW-1 number 9425 (ex PRR),
Jeff Pontius' refurbished PRR caboose number 478044, and a PRR passenger
coach from the West Shore RR. -Kenneth D. Klingerman
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Please check this location daily, as new information will be posted, as it becomes available. If you have news to report or information regarding railroads in the Eastern United States, please send e-mail to Kevin Burkholder at KBurkholder@psghs.edu |
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