CONRAIL THREAD FOR EVERYBODY!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Well Boys I'm probibly gonna head out for some more CSX Action
tommorrow considering I dont have another Final til Monday
So hopefully I get more GEVO's which are SEXY

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cr6479

Which railroad has the wost RR crossings????

Well We Know About that Rochester thing [*^_^*][*^_^*][*^_^*]

[trainfan1221]

bwilcox and cr6479
I live in Elmwood Park, in northern NJ about 10 miles from NYC. I go to the west shore (River Line) in Ridgefield Park to get my freight train fix. I see about 20 NJTransit trains a day not counting the ones I am riding on the Main-Bergen line, but NS has eliminated all through service. Conrail put on a good show at times and had done quite a job with what they had to originally deal with. CSX trains on the River line can be few and far between despite the fact that they supposedly have as many. Conrail was our railroad and I don't think it's the same without it. But I am a train fanatic and will take what I can get. Oak Island is the yard by Newark Airport, by the way. Good talking to you guys.

[cr6479]

trainfan1221. CONRAIL did have alot of freight train on the west shore line and now CSX has half the amount of freight trains on this line.

[colbalt]

I grew up on the Syracuse to Watertown to Massena NY to Montreal Quebec on the secondary main.....
I have seen many Conrail freights through this region...It is now run by CSX, but they have improved the lines and the yards in watertown (massey) and massena (massena railroad terminal)

[colbalt]

I myself love the line, I have 12 conrail engines (HO Scale) from gp-38's to sd40-2 to other engines as well of all types as well as geeps

[colbalt]

[zzz][zzz] and various rolling stock....
This region has some short lines as well, but it hauls anything from containers, to road railers, to tanks, to freight, to almost anything

[Anonymous]

Who Doesnt Love Conrail Honestly...I got my Kick A** Conrail
Shirt and everybody loves it encluding the Engineers

[cr6479]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CSX-Dan

QUOTE: Originally posted by cr6479

Which railroad has the wost RR crossings????

Well We Know About that Rochester thing [*^_^*][*^_^*][*^_^*]

CSX-DAN. The RR crossings on the Buffalo to syracuse chicago main line is still a piecse of S@!#$% and don't get me started on Scottville road RR crossing you can go only 4mph over the crossing.

[cr6479]

CSX-DAN. GOOD LUCK on your FINALS.

[colbalt]

anyone from the saranac lake lakeplacid plattsburgh area that is into HO Scale railroading?

[Anonymous]

Thanks Guys But Heres Something I got For doing
well on my finals

[Anonymous]

Sweet......

[JPowell]

Hi all! And greetings from the Syracuse, NY area. I'm JP and I get my CR/CSX, etc fix at various spots in the area. Baldwinsville has a small 5-track yard across a street from the local Budweiser plant; Solvay has a nice small size yard for interchanging w/ Finger Lakes RR (FGLK - who has some ince guys that even let me ride with them for a few hours one Saturday a few yrs ago while they did various switching maneuvers there) who switches the Solvay Paperboard plant and goes on the Auburn Secondary to Geneva; And there's smal; 2-3 track yard in Liverpool (CP-Woodard), and various sidings between the Regional Transportation Center and the yard in the East Syracuse-Minoa area. I ysed to live across the street from the siding that CR used to service the New Venture Gear plant and is now used by CSX to service a beer distributor about 3-5 times per week.
I still see some of the old CR power, with the CR 'Q' logo, with the CSX markings. Even have seen some former WC and IC engines on a few of the CN trains in the area. CN uses the DeWitt yard for interchange ops w/ CSX about every 2-3 days. And I see NS, BNSF, UP, CN, and CP run-throughs on the mainline. Plus, there's also NYS&W who goes from DeWitt Yard to New jersey, via the line to Binghamton and then the Southern Tier line to Jersey.
My layout, when I get back to working on it, will have a mix of all of these roads, and my dream is to one day have a nice size pike w/ a model of the DeWitt Yard, all in HO of course! [:D]
Well, enough about me for now. I'll stop in every day, when time permits as I want to see what everyone else has to say and report. An I too, will do the same when I get done w/ any railfanning trips I make in the area.
Take care!
JP

[cr6479]

CSX-DAN. CSX is putting new ties in on the Buffalo to Syracuse chicago main line.

[Anonymous]

When? Well Hopefully not on Saturday anyway also to add
to my ACe Shot I'm waiting on an NS M-2

[cr6479]

CSX-DAN here is what you need to put in your scanner.

CH 2 457.9375 EOT or FRED

CH 3 160.830 LA&L

CH 4 161.100 Rochester Southern RailRoad

CH 5 160.800 CSX main

CH 6 160.980 CSX GOODMAN yard

[Anonymous]

I have all those it's a 30 Channel Scanner

[cr6479]

SORRY everybody i will be posting or replying on trains is limited this week and next week. I have family problums. CSX-DAN. I might not see you on saturday because of family problums.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Thats Alright Dont Worry About It

[trainfan1221]

cr6479
Thanks for the reply and I have to say I would agree there are less trains. By the way I hope all is all right with your family. The Lehigh Line was amazing in the mid 90s, doesn't seem to be the same with NS-CSX. Even though part of the line is still technically owned by Conrail.

[cr6479]

trainfan1221. Conrail had 50-100 train a day on the west shore line and now there is 0-25 trains a day on the the west shore line.

[Anonymous]

Hey Matt if you can my Father like to go in the early morning hours
like 9 to 10 Am so if possible go to gates but if you cannot I completly
undersatnd My Grandma just had open heart surgery but I'll post shots
and maybe a movie if you dont go

[cr6479]

CSX-DAN. I will be in gates 3pm or 4pm after RR club. I hope your grandma gets better. Today i saw the work train did not see the workgang.

[Anonymous]

Wait what happened with the Work Gang or Whatever??? they are putting
in the new Ties to the Mianline already in Gates???

[cr6479]

CSX-DAN. NO not yet. I haven't seen the workgang don't know where they right now.

[cr6479]

trainfan1211. Buffalo to Syracuse chicago main line also has less train when CSX took over CONRAIL. When CONRAIL was around the Buffalo to Syracuse chicago main line had 90-400 trains a day and now it is 0-50 trains a day on the Buffalo to Syracuse chicago main line.

[trainfan1221]

Lets just say there are quite a few less. I don't even go there and neither do my friends as much because activity is scarce. I am sure there are times when there is something to see. Conrail was one of those railroads that it seems was destined to eventually be gone, they themselves were into spinning off lines to center on a core group of mainlines. I always thought it would be interesting if NS and CSX diid something to honor the history of New York Central and Pennsylvania, essentially the two railroads they got in the Conrail split. I know CR still exists, sort of, but it's hardly the same.

[ValleyX]

90-400 trains a day between Syracuse and Buffalo? Surely, you meant 90-100. 0-50 is a pretty wide range, too.