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Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III |
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Posted by arnine on Wed Nov 18 12:07:25 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Nov 18 11:21:41 2009. I think he is a chicken. |
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Posted by arnine on Wed Nov 18 12:08:30 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Nov 18 11:26:28 2009. Cool :-) I look forward to it. |
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Posted by Edwards! on Wed Nov 18 13:31:03 2009, in response to PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue Nov 17 22:43:25 2009. Excellent work...Use to do plenty of drop-offs/pick ups there for the Running Dog part way to/from Springfield.Pics are great... |
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Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Nov 18 14:03:29 2009, in response to PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue Nov 17 22:43:25 2009. 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!!!.....It's easy to open only four cars for boarding passangers than for departing passangers. If the eastbound side was only 4 cars long, the train will be delayed as people who are in the wrong part of the train will have to race to the proper part to get off. Milford is a busy station, unlike other short platformed stops like East Norwalk. |
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Posted by seabeachexpress on Wed Nov 18 14:06:17 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue Nov 17 23:49:21 2009. The upper harlem was upgraded with cab signals all the way to Wassaic about 10-12 years ago. New Fiber cable was laid along the route from Southeast to Wassaic along with CP cabinets and wayside signals at the 2 or 3 passing sidings. There are meets in the peak-hours when they run 4 trains all the way to/from GCT. I remember the old days when there was a locked box on the Southeast platform that had a direct line to the dispatcher in NYC. Each conductor on a northbound would open the box to call for his warrant to proceed north. |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Wed Nov 18 14:06:37 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Nov 18 14:03:29 2009. That's a similar set up at Linden station on the Northeast Corridor. Westbound, it fits either 8 or 10 cars (I forget exactly, it's been almost 10 years since I worked over there), and eastbound it fits only 5 cars. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Nov 18 14:09:10 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Nov 18 14:03:29 2009. I never had any problems and I have worked the NH when Milford was only 4 cars long. It is all in how far in advance that you announce which cars to be in in order to exit, and how well you announce it, and being sure you briefed the crew properly so when people ask, they are informed enough to know where to be and when to head that way. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Nov 18 14:12:28 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Wed Nov 18 14:06:37 2009. Westbound you hit it right on the money!!! Eastbound looks like about 6, next time I am there I can have the definite answer. Westbound with the work going on there seems to fit 4 or 5 right now (remember that big @$$ "E" i shot???) |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Nov 18 14:14:20 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by seabeachexpress on Wed Nov 18 14:06:17 2009. Them was the good ol' days to call for permissions!! lolThe full Harlem Line, GCT to Wassaic is CTC/CSS |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Nov 18 14:15:55 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Edwards! on Wed Nov 18 13:31:03 2009. Thank you much good sir!!! There's more a-comin', so stay tuned!!! :-) |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Nov 18 14:17:32 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Wed Nov 18 14:06:37 2009. Hey by the way, Mr Fishbowl sir, if you wanna see inside the ALP-46, check out Part IV!!!!! :-) |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Wed Nov 18 14:34:50 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Nov 18 14:17:32 2009. Thanks, Paul! |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Nov 18 14:35:15 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Nov 18 14:09:10 2009. Perhaps ridership numbers dictate longer platforms for departing passangers. It's still easier to platform an entire train for exiting passangers than to have only a section platform. As you should know, all the announcements in the world will not prevent some morons from being caught in the wrong section. |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Wed Nov 18 14:37:06 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Nov 18 14:12:28 2009. Actually, eastbound I remember better because when I was a TC on the Corridor, I had to get the doors at Linden going east since I was usually working in the middle of the train. And I had to get the doors at the back of the 5th car. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Nov 18 14:38:03 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Wed Nov 18 14:34:50 2009. You are quite welcome!!! Paul takes care of ya'!!! :-D |
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Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Nov 18 14:39:55 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Nov 18 14:35:15 2009. LMAO!!! That's for sure!!! lol But Milford is just as busy westbound, so the sides should be evened up. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Nov 18 14:43:16 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Wed Nov 18 14:37:06 2009. Gotta be careful there at Linden!!! I already observed one 10-car Arrow III train pop all 10 open westbound!!! All I will say is that it was a day I wasn't doing photography there and while the railroader side of me wanted to point it out to the crew, I stayed quiet. |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Wed Nov 18 16:52:17 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue Nov 17 23:49:21 2009. Thanks a lot for the info man but I just have one more question, the only meeting on the Danbury is at Branchville (or whatever the name of the station with the island platform is, I forgot at the moment) right? If so, then Branchville looks like a short platform, so what happens when a say 4 car train going southbound wants to pass a 7 car train going northbound. |
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Posted by RearOfSignal on Wed Nov 18 17:38:01 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Osmosis Jones on Wed Nov 18 16:52:17 2009. The siding at BL Wilt (Near Wilton Station) is 1,195 ft in length. That's about 13 85 ft coaches plus an engine. The siding at BL Hill(Branchville) is 1,000 ft in length. That's about 10 coaches and an engine. Metro-North doesn't run trains longer than 7 coaches, so that should never be a problem. |
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Posted by Railman718 on Wed Nov 18 17:56:28 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by rr4567 on Wed Nov 18 12:00:12 2009. Whineberg is getting worse than the whole Ken S. thing.No hes not... |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Nov 18 19:19:10 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Osmosis Jones on Wed Nov 18 16:52:17 2009. The meeting point on the Danbury Branch is at Wilton Siding, and it occurs twice a day 5 days a week, first one being Train 1881 (5:10 pm Danbury to S. Norwalk) meets Train 1844 (5:16 PM Stamford to Danbury), and again later in the night with Train 1895 (8:59 PM Danbury to S. Norwalk) meeting Train 1882 (S. Norwalk to Danbury). There hasn't been a meet at Branchville Siding in quite some time. |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Wed Nov 18 19:26:30 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Nov 18 19:19:10 2009. Thanks for the answer (same goes for RearOfSignal). I haven't fanned the Danbury or Waterbury in years I just realized, I need to fan the Danbury soon but I'm not really interested in the Waterbury as for some reason I remember it being kind of depressing despite Seymour. |
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Posted by r33/r36 mainline on Wed Nov 18 19:29:45 2009, in response to PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue Nov 17 22:43:25 2009. Nice photos! |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Wed Nov 18 19:33:55 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Tue Nov 17 23:49:21 2009. No meets are scheduled on the Waterbury as per MNR schedules for the Waterbury Branch.I guess that trains are stored at Waterbury Yard then, as the second Waterbury train of the day leaves just 40 minutes after the first one, which is about how much time it takes to travel down the branch. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Nov 18 20:12:25 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Osmosis Jones on Wed Nov 18 19:26:30 2009. A few of my co workers compare parts of the Waterbury Branch to a post-apocalyptic scene!! :-D |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Nov 18 20:14:07 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Osmosis Jones on Wed Nov 18 19:33:55 2009. No trains of MNR's are stored in Waterbury. Storage of Waterbury Branch equipment is at New Haven Yard. The small, relatively disused yard belongs to the Springfield Terminal Railway, part of Pan-Am Railways. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Wed Nov 18 20:14:36 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by r33/r36 mainline on Wed Nov 18 19:29:45 2009. Muchas gracias, senor!! :-) |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Nov 19 07:27:20 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Terrapin Station on Wed Nov 18 09:17:56 2009. That's a yes when it comes to jealousy . . . (railfan window on Cosmopolitans ≠ fireman's window on ALP-46)And those pix beat most of yours. |
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Posted by arnine on Thu Nov 19 09:00:26 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Nov 19 07:27:20 2009. Sure does as these pics are from right inside the loco, versus a RFW. BTW, your right I think he is jealous. |
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Posted by seabeachexpress on Thu Nov 19 23:10:48 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Osmosis Jones on Tue Nov 17 23:19:13 2009. I think the Waterbury Line would be a perfect fit for a Light-rail non-electric like the river line. Since CDOT owns the tracks up to at least Torington, I bet they would get decent ridership if they extended it past Waterbury. They could run every hour weekdays and every 3 hours on weekends. That would free-up 2 consists for the other non-electric parts of MNRR. I don't think there is much frieght on it and the only other usage is the tourist line from Waterbury to Thomaston. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Nov 20 07:30:25 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by seabeachexpress on Thu Nov 19 23:10:48 2009. No. |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Fri Nov 20 07:35:41 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by seabeachexpress on Thu Nov 19 23:10:48 2009. The Waterbury line should be extended to Hartford somehow. There are a lot of Hartford-Waterbury commuters. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Nov 20 09:03:29 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Osmosis Jones on Fri Nov 20 07:35:41 2009. Can't convert it to light fail then. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri Nov 20 09:05:59 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Terrapin Station on Wed Nov 18 10:55:40 2009. Oh, how jealous you are. Your bones must ache with it . . . |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Fri Nov 20 10:08:25 2009, in response to Re: PHOTOS : Head-end on NJT!!! Part III, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Nov 19 07:27:20 2009. Again, Olog, I STILL await his acceptance of my challenge to him to a photo show off!! |
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