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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Aug 13 11:44:06 2011 My other place of visit in the Hudson Valley was to selected locations along the CSX River Line mostly thru Rockland County, but also a trip up to check out Iona Island!! Of course, much as my title to this posts states, things started off really hot, but then got really, and I do mean REALLY (5 1/2 HOUR WAIT!!!) cold!!!First, in the lowly village of Congers, we get a mode in depth look at the Congers Station. Having lost a race to catch CSX Q434 (Oak Island NJ to Selkirk), I had enough time until my next bit of action to take a look around the station area. Between you and me (and I can already hear the Subchatters talking about passenger on this line alreayd!!), this station begs to become a commuter station, down to the parking lot!! Let's take a look!! Congers Station, with a beautiful park to welcome you here!!    This sure would be one beautifully furnished commuter station!! I can just see the commuters flowing thru this station on a weekday peak period!! :-)     A parking lot at the station just beggin for a gaggle of commuters' cars to park here!! :-)  One last look at the well constructed canopy, as the scanner has crackled and we have action comin' at us!!  For our first catch here, CSX Q268, Louisville KY to Doremus Avenue Yard (Via Oak Island, National Docks Secondary) Newark NJ, lead by yet another SD70ACe with a truly disastrous K5LLA horn, the 4835, and CW44AC (man how I wish the CW was in the lead!!) 461 and a nice load of loaded autoracks!! And shortly thereafter, after waiting for Q268 in the siding between CP 26 (Valley Cottage) and CP 22 (Blauvelt), CSX K645, Linden NJ (Via Chemical Coast Secondary, Oak Island and National Docks Secondary) to Chicago IL (Iowa Chicago & Eastern interchange) blasts thru with a more worthy, and kick ass K5LA, atop "Oak Pointer" SD40-2 8853 and SD70AC 4744 and a lot of ethanol tankers runnin' on empty!! :-) Now the cold begins to settle over the CSX River Line, as once K645 got north of CP 69, the River Line did NOT see a single train for 5 1/2 hours!!! Now being pissed off, I wandered about shooting the railroad scene in the silence!! Here is what I caught as I made my way north on Route 9D........ Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, as seen from Route 9D in Stony Point  Looking south form this pathway, Automatic Signal 38.3  Looking north, the Stony Point Defect Detector  Now at Iona Island, I continue this tedious wait, taking a look at the scene around Old school, and typical modern generic, mileposts representing CSX River Line MP 41   Both together in a comparison shot!!  Automatic 41.0, seen respectively looking south, north and an eastward-looking side profile    Of course, no railfan outing is not complete with a fine show of stupidity while trackside!! In this shot, it appears to be a family thing!! The dog too!! SMFH >:-P  I guess RIF (Reading Is Fundamental) and HOP (Hooked On Phonics) did NOT work for them!!! >:-P This is located right adjacent to these imbeciles!!  Suspicious vehicle spotted at Iona Island aside the old school MP 41!!!!  The Triad of "41s", as we have the new generic Milepost 41, Automatic 41 and old school Milepost 41 all together!!!  FINALLY!! Sings of life on the River Line!! 2 CSX track cars, engaged in the track work up around CP 69, are now hustling southward, to clear up at West Haverstraw CSX Plasser Ballast Regulator BR9840    CSX Harsco Mark IV Switch Tamper    And these 2 were hustling for good reason, as hustling southward hot on their heels, a break to the 5 1/2 hour lull, CSX Q116, Chicago Bedford Park Yard to The Port Of Newark, NJ, lead by C40-8W 7788 and newly rebuilt SD40-3 4004 (notice the squared cab) and a good haul of single level and doublestack containera off to the Port Of Newark Thank you for viewing!! Hope you have enjoyed!! And again, be forewarned, the River Line's worst day is Sunday!!! Learn from my example!! :-D |
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Posted by arnine on Sat Aug 13 11:58:16 2011, in response to PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Aug 13 11:44:06 2011. Nice work and great pics :) |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Aug 13 12:02:07 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by arnine on Sat Aug 13 11:58:16 2011. Thank you again, kind sir!! :-)Slowly and surely, I make my way thru my backlog!! :-) |
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Posted by arnine on Sat Aug 13 12:08:40 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Aug 13 12:02:07 2011. Please do :) Take a week off of work! :) Hey what happened to your truck? You are missing a light on your left bumper I think |
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Posted by BMTLines on Sat Aug 13 12:29:15 2011, in response to PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Aug 13 11:44:06 2011. More awesome work!! |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Aug 13 12:31:28 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by arnine on Sat Aug 13 12:08:40 2011. Right actually, and in what was possibly an act of vandalism as I did not hit anything, the light fixture was shattered, so I popped it out. All fixed now. :-) |
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Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!! |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Aug 13 12:31:46 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by BMTLines on Sat Aug 13 12:29:15 2011. Thank you, sir!! :-) |
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Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!! |
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Posted by arnine on Sat Aug 13 12:33:47 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Aug 13 12:31:28 2011. Ok you need to electrify your truck so if a vandal hits ya it gives them the shock of their life lol hate vandals. glad it's fixed just sux u had 2 pay 4 it :( |
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Posted by merrick1 on Sat Aug 13 12:48:14 2011, in response to PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Aug 13 11:44:06 2011. Great videos, I like the motorcycle sounds at the end of the second one and the car alarm sounds at the end of the third one. |
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Posted by chud1 on Sat Aug 13 16:24:54 2011, in response to PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Aug 13 11:44:06 2011. Excellent pictures and video's again TMP. 5 stars out of 5 stars. i will be foaming for more.chud1 |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Aug 13 18:28:41 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by chud1 on Sat Aug 13 16:24:54 2011. Thank you, kind sir!! :-) |
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Posted by chud1 on Sat Aug 13 18:30:51 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Aug 13 18:28:41 2011. u are most welcome kind sir.chud1. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Aug 13 20:15:18 2011, in response to PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Aug 13 11:44:06 2011. How many tracks is there room for at Congers station . . . ? On Google Street View, looks like room for at least three. Whining CSX would have enough room for their single track if they put commuter rail back in, seriously. NJT's spur through the Meadowlands was supposed to connect with this RR, but the way they have that configured now, they'd have to "reconfigure" a few parking lots, and it'd be a very twisty route that would include a new bridge across the Hackensack River . . . |
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Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!! |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Aug 13 20:18:21 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Aug 13 20:15:18 2011. The line as a whole ranged from 2 to 4 tracks in many spots. Though it looks like the right of way once had 3 tracks here. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Aug 13 20:21:35 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by merrick1 on Sat Aug 13 12:48:14 2011. Thank you, sir!!! :-)Next time, I plan to get here when the action is more frequent. Sunday is indeed the most dull day of the week. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Aug 13 20:23:43 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Aug 13 20:18:21 2011. Looks like we ain't getting the Tappan Zee rail crossing; too bad, because it would have added to the views to have the Metro-North push-pulls from GCT going through here. I woulda settled for NJT and Comets, but they went a little crazy over in Trenton buying MLVs and ALP-45DPs . . . |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Sun Aug 14 02:08:33 2011, in response to PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Aug 13 11:44:06 2011. What does that detector read out? Does it still use the Conrail style place name? |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun Aug 14 11:41:27 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by Jersey Mike on Sun Aug 14 02:08:33 2011. I think most of the detectors on the CSX River Line now all say CSX instead of Conrail. The only one as I understand it that still does announce "Conrail" is up around Roseton. And I wouldn't be surprised if by now they all have been changed to CSX. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun Aug 14 11:43:36 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Aug 13 20:23:43 2011. The Comet Vs would look goo d pulling to a stop there. Much as I like the MLVs, keep 'em out of there!! :-D |
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Posted by Danny at 103rd street on Sun Aug 14 11:45:26 2011, in response to PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Aug 13 11:44:06 2011. Nice shots Paul I need to Shoot some fright one day |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun Aug 14 11:46:26 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by chud1 on Sat Aug 13 18:30:51 2011. I plan to return here in the Fall when the colors are out. And I hope I get the luck of some others I know who shoot up here who have been getting all kinds of run-through power from other roads!! As of late, there have been Iowa Chicago & Eastern SDs, BC Rail GEs, CN SD70M-2s, BNSF Warbonnets and Pumpkins and UP power to name a few. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun Aug 14 11:47:16 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by Danny at 103rd street on Sun Aug 14 11:45:26 2011. I plan to come back up that way in the Fall for Bear Mountain Bridge and Iona Island shots!! If your weekends are free, lemme know and once I plan, I will come pick you up. |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Mon Aug 15 08:44:28 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sun Aug 14 11:41:27 2011. CSX cut the Conrail part, but left the old placename identifier in most locations instead of changing it over to a milepost readout. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Mon Aug 15 09:20:32 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS + VIDEOS : CSX River Line, hot action and a cold periods!!, posted by Jersey Mike on Mon Aug 15 08:44:28 2011. The only one which I heard definitely uses a milepost readout is the defect detector/overheight detector at Bogota (MP 7.2)"C-S-X EQUIPMENT DEFECT DETECTOR, MILE-POST SEVEN-POINT-TWO, TRACK _____, NO DEFECTS (OR DEFECT DETECTED + LOCATION OF DEFECT), OUT!!" |
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