GO Transit Updates Its Classic Paint Scheme
GO TRANSIT TRAIN 717 IS WESTBOUND on the Lakeshore East line at Oshawa, Ontario, on July 28, 2013, with Boise-built MotivePower MP40PH-3C No. 607, released the day before in the new GO Transit
Coos Bay Rail Link
NEW MONEY FOR BRIDGE REPAIRS: The state of Oregon has earmarked $10 million to upgrade bridges on the 134-mile, former Southern Pacific Coos Bay Rail Link line be- tween Cocquille and Coos Bay. The state bought the route in 2009 after RailAmerica’s Central Oregon & Pacific embargoed the line due to bridge conditions. While CBRL resumed service to Coos Bay in October 2011, many of the 115 bridges need repairs in order to handle industry-standard 286,000 lb gross weight freight cars. While the total cost could ap- proach $30 million, the Port has applied for a $12.1 million TIGER III grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation and will apply another $6 million from the Oregon DOT to bridge improvements. In May, CBRL signed an agreement with the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay to operate the line for ten years.
MBTA
NEW DIESEL HEADS TO GE: In mid-July, the first of 40 new MotivePower HSP46 diesels for the MBTA was shipped to General Electric’s Erie, Penn., plant for emissions test- ing (the units have GE propulsion equip-
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paint scheme. At press time, only this locomotive and one side of a coach were in the new colors. Two lighter shades of green replace the original meadow green; the previous GO scheme was introduced in 1966.
ment). Moving in primer paint as MPEX 2000, the locomotive will return to MPI at Boise, Idaho, after testing is finished.
CAPEFLYER BRINGS IN THE BUCKS: Halfway into the season, the CapeFlyer sum- mer weekend rail service between Boston and Cape Cod is being considered a financial suc- cess, having more than covered its above-the- rail expenses since its inception. By the end of July the trains had carried over 9000 passen- gers and revenues had surpassed the $165,000 break-even point; Cape Cod Region- al Transportation Authority officials say the trains may earn two or possibly three times their expenses. Extra trains operated on July 3 and 4 were very popular and moved nearly 2400 passengers. The train has been so suc- cessful that it may run through Columbus Day weekend. The service was originally to end on Labor Day.
New York & New Jersey Rail
NEW CARFLOATS ARE COMING: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is accepting bids for two new 18-car, four-track carfloats for use between Greenville Yard in Jersey City, N.J., and 65th Street Yard in
Brooklyn, N.Y., operated by New York & New Jersey Rail. The barges will accommodate four loaded 60-foot freight cars on each out- side track and five on each inside track. De- pending on the chosen design, they’ll be from 57-59 feet wide and from 260-370 feet long they may be built new or be rebuilt from exist- ing craft. The new floats will replace the sin- gle existing three-track float currently in use. A new transfer bridge will also be built at Greenville’s Slip 10 to replace the existing pontoon bridge at Slip 11, which was salvaged from 51st Street Yard in Brooklyn and in- stalled after Hurricane Sandy damaged the Greenville transfer bridges last year.
Pacific Imperial Railroad
WORK TO START ON FORMER SDA&E: The Pacific Imperial Railroad has signed a construction agreement with Watkins Envi- ronmental to rebuild 70 miles of the former San Diego & Arizona Eastern (the “Desert Line”) between Plaster City and the border at Division, Calif., via Tijuana and Tecate, Baja California, Mexico. The first order of business will be to evaluate the 57 bridges and 70 tun- nels along the route, which traverses the rugged Carrizo Gorge.
STEPHEN C. HOST
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