Rails & Ports

10/05/2021

Can anyone identify this train? First word is "Pacific," but the rest has been smudged out, and locomotive is perhaps heavily photoshopped to look very unusual.

Some bastards tied a dog to the tracks to stage a "hero" scene, and while I'm most pi**ed off about that, they also nearly put the train crew in the position of killing both dog and "hero." It was all over TikTok, but got taken down. Here's where I saw it on Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lenka-love_hero-or-set-up-i-received-activity-6849800659273838592-m-uu

Watching the video shows a lot of clues to someone with West Coast knowledge.

06/22/2021

It's been a real Rails & Ports day in Boston. Spent an hour or so atop South Station with MBTA Chief Railroad Officer Ryan Coholan, then bopped over to Black Falcon Ave. to see the new neoPanamax cranes arrive for placement at Conley Terminal.

MBTA Commuter Line passengers should know that the man running the operation loves what he's doing, and is putting his all into making the operation better than it was before the pandemic. His message: Come on back! We're ready!

Conley cranes will be operational by the Fall, and Port of Boston will be able to handle up to 14K TEU ships. Will the Haul Road be able to handle that kind of traffic? Track 61, Where Are You?

06/22/2021

Big-boat cranes arriving at Boston Conley Terminal today! Is the haul road enough to make it worth a 14K TEU vessel to tie up?

06/20/2021

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06/17/2021

https://www.mynbc5.com/article/regional-transportation-project-gaining-local-support/36745861

Mayor Miro Weinberger joining other New England mayors in support of the North Atlantic Rail Alliance's proposal for electric, high-powered trains.

06/08/2021

Some drivel for RPO friends and foes:

With apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer, author of "Casey at the Bat."

05/20/2021

AMTRAK is coming back to Vermont and tickets are now on sale. Services for both the Vermonter and the Ethan Allen Express trains begin on July 19, 2021. With new safety measures and real-time seat availability, now is the perfect time to plan your next travel by train.

For how to purchase and for access to a 20% discount for travel dates through October 31, 2021, visit: https://vtrans.vermont.gov/rail/providers

05/17/2021

Holy Ship Batman! Halifax and US East Coast Ports to get visit from massive 16,022 TEU vessel this week!

History will be made this week as the largest ship to ever call on North America’s east coast makes its debut calls at seven major ports in eleven days.

05/02/2021

CP: Regular Saint John Calling for Hapag Lloyd Begins in Late May

The agreement announced by Canadian Pacific and Hapag Lloyd in late 2020 is now firmly in place via a notice to customers made Wednesday, 28.April, about the startup of a weekly container service on rotation from the Mediterranean to Saint John, New Brunswick.

04/26/2021

See you there