From the PRR Yahoo Group: "Greetings to all: For those who are within driving distance of Harrisburg, on Monday night (Nov. 8) at 7 pm, I'll be giving a slide...
A New York Time's story on the sometimes cozy relationship between the FRA and the industry it regulates: http://tinyurl.com/5lnfq Registration is free if you...
Folks - This is the latest list since the last one I sent out on May 10, 2004. MT4 901, GP15-1 1452, SD45-2 1704, SD70s 2557 & 2569, GP40-2s 3000, 3003, 3006,...
Joe Walder
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Nov 9, 2004 3:40 am
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Yesterday afternoon (11/08) I heard the Harrisburg terminal dispatcher giving a speed restriction to what sounded like FRA-18. Does anybody know what that was?...
gpop36 - FRA T-18 is a self-propelled track geometry car that can put certain "stresses" on the rail that test how track handles under "load." Because the...
Thanks, Joe. ... certain "stresses" on the rail that test how track handles under "load." Because the unit is run by a contractor working under the FRA, none...
Rob Shook posted this on the Pittsburgh group at 9:40 PM: "There is currently an 054 tied down at Radebaugh with the 9745 as sole power. The train includes...
I spent most of today in and around the Harrisburg area, and this was by far the best trip I have had there ever (I only live 45 minutes away, so I go there...
Thanks for the report, Derrick. Sounds like you had a great trip, especially with all of the foreign power. Dave ... was ... 2F "Red ... was ... stack) ... ...
My January 2005 issue of Railpace arrived today and with it Alex Lang and Peter Furnee's inaugural column on Digital Photography, "Dimensions". With two very...
... I have only seen the shortened Three Rivers twice (once each way) but I would assume the following: 1 P42-9 4 or 5 coaches 1 dinnette A few reefers on the...
On this balmy first day of 2005, with the temperature in Harrisburg reaching a record 63 degrees, I drove to Cove to check the status of the signal bridge at...
