{"id":21494,"date":"2018-06-27T08:46:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T12:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=21494"},"modified":"2018-06-27T08:43:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T12:43:49","slug":"palmers-rare-move-june-22-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/palmers-rare-move-june-22-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmer\u2019s Rare Move\u2014June 22, 2018."},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s the follow up to my June 25th<\/sup>posting Palmer\u2019s Busy Bright Morning<\/a> [https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5Az].<\/p>\n

A lone loaded auto-rack was spotted in CSX\u2019s Palmer Yard.<\/p>\n

CSX\u2019s local freight B740 had arrived from West Springfield Yard.<\/p>\n

B740\u2019s crew discussed arrangements with the dispatcher to reverse out of the yard (westward) with the auto-rack on the interchange track and then pull forward onto the controlled siding at CP83.<\/p>\n

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CSX B740 shoves back on the interchange track at Palmer, Massachusetts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The reason for this was to avoid using the normal freight connection from the controlled siding into the yard because of the length of the auto rack was at risk of derailing over the tight switches.<\/p>\n

The crossover at CP83 from the interchange track to the controlled siding was installed in 1995 to facilitate Amtrak\u2019s Vermonter, which was then operating via Palmer and changed directions here to go between CSX and New England Central\u2019s route on its Springfield, Massachusetts-St Albans, Vermont portion of the run.<\/p>\n

The passenger crossover at CP83 has been rarely used, since Amtrak\u2019s Vermont returned to the more direct routing in December 2014 (running north of Springfield on the Boston & Maine Connecticut River line via Greenfield to East Northfield).<\/p>\n

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CSX’s crewman lines the switch for the controlled siding on the now rarely used crossover. Notice the rust on the rail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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CSX B740 pulls forward through the crossover and will soon head east on the Boston & Albany to East Brookfield. Notice how the CSX crewman on the ground is illuminated by the sun shinning through the gap between the locomotives and the auto rack.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was a fortuitous situation to catch this rare move in nice morning sun.<\/p>\n

B740 then continued east to East Brookfield, where CSX autoracks are unloaded on the East Brookfield & Spencer.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the follow up to my June 25thposting Palmer\u2019s Busy Bright Morning [https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5Az]. A lone loaded auto-rack was spotted in CSX\u2019s Palmer Yard. CSX\u2019s local freight B740 had arrived from West Springfield Yard. B740\u2019s crew discussed arrangements with the dispatcher to reverse out of the yard (westward) with the auto-rack on the interchange track and … Continue reading Palmer\u2019s Rare Move\u2014June 22, 2018.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[3768,4537,887,35,7535,30],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CSX_B740_on_interchange_track_at_CP83_Palmer_MA_DSCF9613.jpg?fit=3464%2C2309","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-5AG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21494"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21494"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21541,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21494\/revisions\/21541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}