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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue Nov 17 22:43:25 2009 Now, as #3008 chugs over the Housatonic, we emerge at Devon Junction (aka Naugatuck Junction), where we see Devon Tower (S.S. 71+), The Waterbury Branch divide. Note, a short way north of CP 261 on the Waterbury Branch is CP 500, where CTC/CSS (Centralized Traffic Control/Cab Signal System) ends, and MBS (Manual Block System) begins, the land of Form Ms (to the NORAC-versed people here, exactly like a Form D), also from this point, the NH Main Line goes from 4 tracks to 3.....CP 261, Devon Tower (S.S. 71+), the Waterbury Branch divides to the left.....   Under a massive array of new and old catenary towers, the line now goes from 4 tracks to 3, not becoming 4 again until after CP 266 (Milford), when "Industrial 5" Track branches off.....  Milford Station (The retarded stop!!! How the hell you have a 10-car platform eastbound and a 4-car platform westbound??? "The World May Never Know!!") with the westbound side lookin' MIIIIIIIGHTY packed!!!.....   Now the alleviation of the load at Milford westbound comes.....  HTEL switch (Hand Thrown, Electric Locked) with derail just after, and the "Industrial 5" starts just east of CP 266 off Track 1.....  Now, I am sure someone would wanna know what service runs on "Industrial 5".....well, this part of the NH is freight-served by daytime Cedar Hill Yard 6-day-a-week local B-747 and evening/night local B-748, with several industries receiving cars here, with only 1 siding on the south side of the ROW getting freight, and that siding is just east of CP 257 at East Bridgeport...... Here is the first of several customers along "Industrial 5" eastward, a municipal trash/industrial/construction debris transfer facility, the biggest customer seemingly on this stretch, where B-747 spends most of its time daily, with a large wye configured within the complex for the rail moves.....  (It should be noted, from what I understand, when the West Haven Station is completed, "Industrial 5" will cease to exist, and is due to become Track 3 again, and of course the obvious stick rail will go bye bye and in comes the CWR!!) One siding constantly inhabited by this ballast regulator which has been here for quite some time, and some MOW/contractor hi-railer trucks, and some fresh track ties!! "Industrial 5" has had quite a bit of investment done in it far as trackwork in the last summer or two. CSX should take notes on how to keep stick rail track up to par!!.....   It should be noted somewhere not to far from this spot is where the West Haven Station is due to be built!! Here comes the second of the three NJTs, #3137, west of CP 271 and the I-95 overpass.....  Now this is something worth a word or two about!! This unusually large nest sits atop CAT 1046A!! It has been speculated that this was built by either a turkey vulture, an osprey or a bald eagle. Whatever the hell it was, it definitely built the mansion of nests, and well guarded too!! Try to get up here.....BZAP ZAP!! Smart friggin' bird!! Even chose to build it on the new catenary tower, CAT 1046A!!! :-D   "WE ARE WORKIN' ON THE RAIL-ROOOOOOOAD!! ALL OUR LIVE LONG DAAAAAAYS!!" Track workers and crew at CP 271 (Just of note, folks, the chair on the flatcar is not standard package equipment included with the flatcar!! :-D).....    Keeping the railroad in one piece is definitely not easy and definitely not a Mon-Fri, 9-5 thing!! All day, all night, holidays, weekends, 24/7/365!! Much respect to all the guys, including these guys, who keep it all well run like a well oiled machine!! :-) Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeew Haven straight ahead!! Passin' thru CP 271.....  Amtrak Motor Storage, with a real "Mixed Bag 'O' Engines", plus a Metroliner Cab.....      We have made it!! Track 4 in the station for arrival, and the MNR Road Foreman there to greet us on our arrival, plus provide spotting info to the engineer!!.....   As we have arrived safe at New Haven, Track 4, this part has come to a close!! Again, much more still awaits us, and I promise not to disappoint!! Hope I ain't done that so far!! Tune in for more folks!! Hope you all enjoyed thus far!! :-) |
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