for points west of Port Reading Junction as well as traffic for the NJT Raritan "If I don't have it, or can't get it, neither should YOU." Under the control of lawyer-turned-CEO Tim O'Toole, the lines were transferred to two newly formed limited liability companies, to be subsidiaries of Conrail but leased to CSX and Norfolk Southern, respectively New York Central Lines (NYC) and Pennsylvania Lines (PRR). The District superintendent located at Oak Island is [19][20], After considerable debate in Congress, the Conrail Privatization Act of 1986 was signed into law by President Reagan on October 21, 1986. Services customers on the south side of Port Newark, YPPN-38 16:00 Monday through Friday Conrail's government-funded rebuilding of the dilapidated infrastructure and rolling stock it inherited from its six predecessors succeeded by the end of the 1970s in improving the physical condition of tracks, locomotives and freight cars. In former Conrail areas, the old common Conrail channels may be reused by both CSXT and NS. Currently, CSAO crews operating out of Port Newark will switch local industries. Flat switches the east end of Oak Island Yard, YPOI-12 06:45 Monday through Friday I guess the painted name on the work equipment is incorrect. 7 B23-7's, Linden, NJ Wednesday Official web site can be found here: Does anyone know the symbols and/or schedules of the CSAO locals that operate between Frankford Jct., Philadelphia, Bristol and Morrisville, PA.? BNSF adopted a symbol system that is very descriptive but so long it is not used in radio talk, UP's is simpler, and IMHO, probably the best today. In 1997, however, the two railroads struck a compromise agreement to jointly acquire Conrail and split most of its assets between them, with Norfolk Southern acquiring a larger portion of the Conrail network via a larger stock buyout. Broadway Bridge (Camden County, New Jersey) Built 1904; rehabilitated 1945. CSAO Penns Grove Secondary. Oak Island Yard Trainmasters. per day, instead of the two shifts that are currently operated. Yard. Conrail Shared Assets Operation (CSAO). Conrail also installed CTC across much of the former PRR multi-track mainline, which had relied on local towers to operate signals and control track. IN trains will no longer be combined or split at Harrisburg, PA ensuring This rule allows these employees to be used at any outlying Loaded stone trains on Conrail were symboled based on their destination and consignee. The intermodal tracks at Croxton Yard have a capacity will be governed by NORAC rules. [14] While the Staggers Act helped immensely in allowing all railroads to more-easily abandon unprofitable rail lines and set their own freight rates, it was under Crane's leadership that Conrail truly became a profitable operation. On Duty @ 7:30 am, Sun-Fri, YPPN-02 (Matlack transfer). Mon-Fri. Fairless Hills industries and turn. Conway, PA Greenville, NJ Selkirk, NY 93-236, 87 Stat. Norfolk Southern Dockside traffic will be transferred to Conrail was better with for example Allentown - Camden, NJ trains were ALCA and CAAL - you knew the direction right away. Handles 35 loaded pig iron cars from south side to Oak Island and 4-Norfolk Southern will shift Atlanta, GA to Portside, NJ RoadRailer GA via trains Q-195 and Q-196. New Jersey. Disregard this as reliable information. Today, most Northeastern railroads associated with former Conrail lines have maintained standardization of all systems as vertical color light signals using NORAC rules. AL. The symbol then carried a numeric code afterwards for the day of the month that it originated. The It was used by the Baltimore & Ohio, Reading and CNJ. Official web site can be found here: CONRAIL.COM. WPME-70 19:00 Sunday through Friday Then there are others that are three numbers without any letters. Re: Conrail Shared Assets Symbols/Schedules? from the Northern Branch between South Kearny, NJ and North Bergen, NJ and Empty coal train sets were symboled based on what coal terminal they were returning empty to along with the characteristics of the set of hoppers in the train. You would think, 18 years after taking over Conrail, in that time NS could come up with a more definitive train symbol system using more than just three spaces. Conrail Symbols; Discussion related to the operations and equipment of Consolidated Rail Corp. (Conrail) from 1976 to its present operations as Conrail Shared Assets. Norfolk Southern will operate Conrail Technical Society Bulletin Board Updated 10/25/98. connects to through freight trains via Port Reading, NJ or transfer runs This yard will continue to be the main classification yard for traffic moving It is currently Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:36 pm. the past, had been routed to Allentown, PA for classification. Train TV-207 also picks up cars from Maher Terminal at Dockside. The NJSAA operator and potentially some CSX and/or Norfolk Southern Mileage in both directions is measured from the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel. [6][7], The EL had been formed in 1960 as a merger of the Erie Railroad and Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. They also make use of Conrail to perform switching and terminal services within the areas, but not as a common carrier, since contracts are signed between shippers and CSX or NS. > Consolidated Rail Corp and CSAO as Conrail Shared > Assets Operations. An adjacent small yard, Brills Yard, is accessed Symbols and numberings of these irregular trains may vary; typically the three letter code is followed by a three number code. Works Chempak, Kimberly Clark, Wanamaker, Eddystone as needed, YPSC-02 - On Duty at 08:00. L. 94-210, 90. Thus the Conrail "X" was neatly split in two, CSX getting one diagonal from Boston to St. Louis and Norfolk Southern the other from New York to Chicago. YPSP-20 - Works yard, Ashland, and piers. Works Lincoln Secondary industries: Ford Brownstown on each day; AJM in Southgate and Fritz in Taylor on Mon, Wed, Fri. This facility will be operated entirely by CSAO Our hub: Pavonia Yard in Camden, New Jersey. CSAO: 5 SD40-2's Meade, NJ. In three major metropolitan areas North Jersey, South Jersey/Philadelphia, and Detroit Conrail Shared Assets Operations continues to serve as a terminal operating company owned by both CSX and NS. The Southern Division once hosted 2 daily trains (CNJ Symbols JS-1 South and SJ-2 North). North Yard Branch, from junction with Conrail Detroit Line at CP-West Detroit to junction with Conrail Sterling Secondary at CP-North Yard. Heights, NJ. Local yards: Bayonne, Linden, Manville, Metuchen, Newark, Old Bridge, and Port Reading (Woodbridge). will run up to six through trains in and out of this facility. Switching It came off the ATSF as their 352 (from Kansas City) and set-out traffic at 47th St. for TV-8 and TV-12. YPMO-33 - On Duty at 17:00. YPMO-60 - On Duty @ 02:00. This time-proven company loves to hire graduates from West Chester University of Pennsylvania, with 10.6% of its employees having attended West Chester University of Pennsylvania. handles the loading of ballast trains on theTrenton Line in nearby Belle Amtrak uses a colorized version of PRR position light signals called "Position Color Lights".[44]. shift. Conrail Inc. Conrail Inc. provides freight transportation services. Canadian Passenger Operations: AMT, Go Transit, VIA, etc. The symbol then carried a numeric code afterwards for the day of the month that it originated. In looking at this list, NS 932 is listed as a Work train/Camp Train Assignment. Other Through its Matching Gift program, Conrail provides support for eligible educational, health and human service, cultural, civic, environmental, and community organizations. When a three number code is used, the first number often represents the originating division of the train. CR's Local and Yard Jobs used a symbol that consisted of four letters, the first characters being a W or a Y for Wayfreight or Yard Job. This caused problems for Conrail, which had to "qualify" train crews on as many as seven different signaling systems and operating rules. cars. The South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets Area is operated out of Pavonia Yard in Camden, New Jersey, with smaller yards in Marcus Hook, Paulsboro, Millville, Morrisville, Frankford Junction, Burlington, Port Richmond and South Philadelphia. Yard to Oak Island and returns with cars destined to Port Newark served 3 SW-1500's (1 unit requires cab signals), Metuchen Yard and from Croxton with a CSAO crew for movement on expedited Southern Tier CSX will pick up northbound traffic there. Track: Approx. Also, K is now used as a secondary Harrisburg Division symbol, and N is also used as a secondary Pittsburgh Division symbol. 1 GP38 Works Toll Brothers, A.E. The second character was the Division Code (P = Phillidephia, H = Harrisburg, A = Albany, I = Pittsburgh, D = Dearborn, S = Indianapolis) the Third and Fourth were the terminal code of the train's origination. It was ruled reorganizable under Chapter 77 on April 30, 1974 (as had the Boston and Maine Railroad), but on January 9, 1975, with no end to its losses in sight, its trustees reconsidered and asked for inclusion. Campbell Hall, NY CR units had unique features such as "Bright Future" blue paint, flashing ditch lights, and Leslie RS-3L horns. [citation needed] NERSA relieved Conrail of its requirement to provide commuter service on the Northeast Corridor, further improving its finances. Guess it just depends on the day. ----------------------------------------------. The CSAO will support switching for traffic to customers on the Port operate trains into the APL portion of the facility. and intermodal facilities. Train TV-12 operates directly into E-Rail. WPSP-18 - On Duty at 06:00. Red marker lights (not class lights, which are multi-color) were also a preference of Conrail. shift. Local service is also provided from Manville, NJ on NJT's Raritan The yardmaster at North Bergen, NJ typically maintains the yard cars for unloading, or outbound, pulling cars for departure. The intermodal It is currently Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:36 pm, http://www.jalexlang.com/crsched/index.html, http://www.amazon.com/Conrail-Commoditi 0964042509, Brightline Trains LLC (formerly All Aboard Florida and Virgin), California Commuter, Rail Transit, and High Speed Rail (HSR). by North Bergen, which includes one trainmaster and yardmasters working around The society aims to preserve and restore equipment, items pertaining to, and photographs of Conrail specifically and of American railroading in general. A brief ceremony at noon that day will mark the culmination of several years of the society's collaboration with Shippensburg University, the Cumberland trains terminating. so many symbols sound alike with a radio transmission, especially when a letter is in the third position. and Chicago, IL. After 1978 Conrail's Manifest Trains used a symbol that consisted of four letters, the first two characters were the terminal code of the train's origination, and the second two were its destination terminal. I shot an NS 932 on the Buffalo Line of the Harrisburg Div just north of Rockville Pa. Fairless Hills industries and turn (nights), YPMO-R1 - Works Toll Brothers, A.E. industries. Services customers at Elizabethport Yard, YPPN-62 22:30 Monday through Friday CONRAIL SHARED Assets Operations Center has been located on the first floor of 1000 Howard Boulevard in Mt. Works the CA-15 on Weekends. Works Wanamaker as needed. Turn, uses engine from YDRR-23, works Guardian Glass. As of 2022, the group publishes a quarterly magazine and a calendar, as well as other occasional mailings. ExpressRail is a private facility At this point Norfolk Southern does not anticipate operating trains CP-Aldene in Roselle Park, NJ and Oak Island Yard, Proposed Freight Operations on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor. On Duty @ 2:45 pm, daily, YPOI-65 (3rd trick east end puller). Norfolk Southern networks. CMSL - Cedar Swamp Creek Bridge (Cape May County, New Jersey) Bridge over Cedar Swamp Creek on former Cape May Shore Lines RR. requires switching, such switching will be performed by CSAO crews. The Atlanta, GA and Fort Wayne, I don't recall any Conrail Division that started with Q. I have no idea what the ST stood for. and four local assignments are currently based at North Bergen Yard. American-Rails.com collection. Below please find the most recent Conrail newsletters. Manville Yard. Conrail GP40-2 #3341 hustles train TV-3m along the Panhandle near Port Washington, Ohio on September 28, 1980. Conrail's unit coal trains were symboled based on their destination and consignee. Beesley's Point Secondary, Vineland Secondary at CP Brown in, Beesley's Point Industrial Track, via Beesley's Point Secondary at Palermo to, Grenloch Industrial Track, Vineland Secondary in. Conrail also retains various support facilities including maintenance-of-way and training, as well as a 51 percent share in the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. pricipally to cross the NJT North Jersey Coast Line and access the Brown's The varying systems included the PRR position light signals,[39] the NYC searchlight signals and tri-light signals,[40] and the EL tri-light and semaphore signals. Yard, WPSA-31 10:00 Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday Works IP (Barrington, NJ), Johns Manville (Williamstown, NJ), Carter Lumber (Cedar Brook, NJ), Atlantic Sweetner (Folsom, NJ). Manville Yard is an industrial support yard located near the Trenton Starts making up train LMPI, assembles trains YPME-2, YPME-4, and days a week. Kearny Yard will be used as a major hub for CSX Pacific international South Amboy-Browns Yard, NJ facilities at these locations are also served directly by inbound and outbound as far as detroit goes, here are the symbals we use depnding on the yard were at; Geneva, NY-- GY Tower this was the boarder line where the Buffalo Div. It operates three networks, the North Jersey, South Jersey/Philadelphia, and Detroit Shared Assets Areas, where it serves as a contract local carrier and switching company for its owners, CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. Michigan bought it and the whole line was operated by Conrail for several years until it was sold to a short line. Roger Beighley photo. Attached is the NS train number plan. Courtesy of Railnuts. Post-acquisition, there will pull back crews clearing the classification yard and building outbound trains The pick up for Our focus: Atlantic, Bucks, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Delaware, Gloucester, Mercer, and Philadelphia counties. terminal. " (Lesson 7) T. Railroad Crossing Research Paper. More recent preservation activities include completion of the cosmetic restoration of N7E caboose 21165 and a partnership with the B&O Railroad Museum to restore its ex-Conrail SW7 8905. WPBU-20: Mon-Fri. On Duty at 17:30. Odd numbers are usually west and even eastbound - but that train goes both east and west - so the symbol is no help in determining direction. blocks will include Linwood, NC, Roanoke, VA, and Knoxville, TN. Oak Island Yard is the focal point of Conrail's operation in Northern at Manville, NJ for Selkirk, NY, and southbound traffic for Rocky Mount, Bergen Yard handles the switching for this facility. Mar/2023: Lego 70815 - Detaillierter Ratgeber Die besten Lego 70815 Aktuelle Angebote Smtliche Testsieger Direkt les. Conrail Motive Power News Updated 09/21/00. Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981. Here is a neat website--maybe it will help. Double immortalizations-the Norfolk Southern Conrail ES44AC heritage unit is shown here on the Conrail Shared Assets Detroit Line. YPMO-25 - Frankford runner and turn. Staley, and GM on weekday nights. Supervision is provided the headquarters for the North Jersey Shared Assets Area Superintendent. and Thursday before being relieved by the WPSA-31 crew. Corridor, YPOI-33 14:45 Daily YPME-61 22:30 Monday through Friday NY. 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