Conrail Will Replace Unique New Jersey Movable Bridge
CONRAIL SHARED ASSETS says it will replace the distinctive A- frame swing bridge across Mantua Creek in Paulsboro, N.J., after 82- car southbound train WPCA-11 derailed seven cars on the bridge on November 30, 2012, putting four cars vinyl chloride in the water. The heavily-trafficked Penns Grove Secondary south of Paulsboro was out of service until the cars could be fished out of the water on December 16, and a temporary non-moveable bridge was installed. One car leaked and
Kamloops Heritage Railway
OPERATIONS ARE SUSPENDED: The Kamloops (British Columbia) Heritage Rail- way will not operate its steam-powered tourist train excursions this year after the Kamloops Heritage Railway Society’s steam mechanic was laid off in late 2012 after the board of directors was dissolved earlier in the year. It was announced in March that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are in- vestigating a case of misappropriation of funds at the Kamloops Heritage Railway So- ciety and the organization’s assets have been frozen while the investigation continues. The KHRS had operated ex-Canadian Na-
tional 2-8-0 No. 2141, which is owned by the City of Kamloops, on excursions over the CN branch between the city and the main line at CN Junction. The city has taken custody of the locomotive while the railway society’s fu- ture is uncertain.
prompted residential evacuations for much of December. The structure was built in 1873 by the Delaware Shore Railroad (part of the Pennsyl- vania-Reading Seashore Lines until it was conveyed to Conrail in 1976) and had been rebuilt after an earlier derailment in 2009. The new bridge will be erected alongside the temporary structure and is expect- ed to be finished in September 2014. The moveable bridge was normally locked during the winter months when pleasure boat activity subsides.
Metrolink
PERRIS LINE GETS GREEN LIGHT: After a Superior Court judge ruled on March 27 in favor of Metrolink in a suit brought by the Friends of Riverside’s Hills, the railroad may soon begin work on the 24-mile Perris Valley Line, which will run from Riverside to South Perris, Calif. New stations will be built at Hunter Park, Moreno Valley/March Field, Perris, and South Perris. The project will ac- commodate the Orange Empire Railway Mu- seum, which will run into the Perris depot after the Metrolink project is completed. The route currently handles BNSF Railway local freight service to San Jacinto.
Metro-North Railroad
ADDITIONAL SERVICE SET IN APRIL: Beginning on April 7, Metro-North Railroad added 187 weekly off-peak and weekend runs
CORRECTION: In our February story on Steam Into History, we said of the former Northern Central Railroad, “Both tracks have been lifted on the Maryland portion, which is now the Northern Central rail trail.” In fact, the southern end of the former NCRR is still in use from Bal- timore to Cockeysville as part of the electrified MTA Central Light Rail Line to Hunt Valley; Norfolk Southern provides local freight service. The line is, indeed, torn up north of Cockeysville.
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in addition to the 56 trains the railroad added last fall. 85 weekday and 22 weekend trains will be added on the Hudson Line, with 65 weekday and six weekend trains added to the Harlem Line. Nine more weekend trains will operate on the New Haven Line.
NJ Transit
THE JUICE COMES ON AT HOBOKEN: On March 13, NJ Transit announced that in- terim repairs have been completed at the Mason Substation in Hoboken, N.J., which en- abled the resumption of normal electric m.u. service from Gladstone, Montclair, and Dover with the March 24 timetable change. The sub- station, which provides power to the Morris & Essex line between Hoboken and Kearny, was inundated by Hudson River floodwaters dur- ing Hurricane Sandy in late October 2012. It will ultimately be replaced by a new installa- tion which will be built well above 100-year flood levels. During the outage, limited Glad- stone Line schedules were in effect and cov- ered by consists powered by dual-mode ALP45DP locomotives. With the resumption of electric service, NJT’s operations are essen- tially back to normal levels.
STEVE BARRY
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