Rail roads and their tracks.
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I worked for GE rail service in the repair division.
Cars may never be repainted to show their new owners name, but tracking and payments still work using the old name.
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"In 2015, GE Capital announced the sale of its tank car and services business to Marmon Holdings, and the remainder of the business (other freight cars, locos) to First Union Rail."
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I tried to get tickets on the excursion train from Steamtown NHP pictured above but they sold out overnight:
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I tried to get tickets on the excursion train from Steamtown NHP pictured above but they sold out overnight:
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Nice film for you RR history buffs.
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The Russians built and opened in 2018 the longest RR bridge in Europe, the Crimean Bridge.
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They postponed the big boy tour.
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We are fast approaching the completion of our new Wawa, PA train station and expansion of passenger rail service closer to my area (we already have 2 freight lines)
I picked up something interesting today on a satellite photo. An old rail line running about 5 miles from Wawa, PA to Chadds Ford, PA that was destroyed, has reappeared in a very small, but possibly meaningful way.
In the photo below, just between the notorious Chester Creek and new Rail Station under construction, you see a switch-track to seemingly nowhere. But this was the original railroad berm where Wawa connected to Chadds Ford. Its the same rail bed as was in use back in 1972, but thats brand new track at the red arrow. The old tracks beyond have been torn out about 500’ beyond. Could new track be going in?!?
Could they have put the new switch track there as a start for a connection back to Chadds Ford? Why else would they install a switch track? Its not for car storage as it goes downhill and curves around a large hill. Besides, they built several rail car storage sidings just out of my picture already.
Its fun & exciting to think about.
I picked up something interesting today on a satellite photo. An old rail line running about 5 miles from Wawa, PA to Chadds Ford, PA that was destroyed, has reappeared in a very small, but possibly meaningful way.
In the photo below, just between the notorious Chester Creek and new Rail Station under construction, you see a switch-track to seemingly nowhere. But this was the original railroad berm where Wawa connected to Chadds Ford. Its the same rail bed as was in use back in 1972, but thats brand new track at the red arrow. The old tracks beyond have been torn out about 500’ beyond. Could new track be going in?!?
Could they have put the new switch track there as a start for a connection back to Chadds Ford? Why else would they install a switch track? Its not for car storage as it goes downhill and curves around a large hill. Besides, they built several rail car storage sidings just out of my picture already.
Its fun & exciting to think about.
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