Freight and General New England RR News

riptide said:

MEDOT’s Rockland Branch RFP was posted about three weeks ago. They’re seeking an operator for a 10-year term.

It also included the following language to set expectations for scheduling freight to accommodate Amtrak’s proposed passenger service pilot (I didn’t know the specifics before so I called them out in bold):
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Unsignaled lines without Positive Train Control are limited to 4 round trips/8 track-occupancy movements daily, so 3 Amtrak RT's + 1 flex-slot RT for the freight or excursions or maintenance trains are the traffic limit for the line. Doesn't really make a difference if it's day or night...there's no time separation, just a per 24-hour traffic limit. Freight volumes are so sparse now that Dragon Cement is kaput that they could easily fit all carloads into one weekly run-as-directed slot.
 
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