The remainder of the NS fleet went to Progress Rail and were scrapped by early 2022. to train ML-403, YPPN-30 15:30 Monday through Friday Some train operations will be conducted over a short segment of the Manifest Trains. CSX's bid for Conrail, however, drew the attention of Norfolk Southern Railway which, fearing that CSX would come to dominate rail traffic in the eastern US, made a bid of its own leading to a takeover battle between the two railroads. an interchange point with the East Jersey Railroad. Mileage in both directions is measured from the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel. currently does although CSX will have access to this facility. Switches Freehold Branch on Wednesday, YPSA-22 16:00 Monday through Friday [4] The USRA was incorporated on February 1, 1974, and Edward G. Jordan, an insurance executive from California, was named president on March 18 by Nixon. I believe IH was Gibson Yard, the easternmost point of the Indiana Harbor Belt RR. On Duty @ 4 pm, Mon-Fri, YPPN-62 (Dockside). Works Lincoln Yard and Marathon Refinery, works Saint Marys Cement when needed, becomes YDRR-51. Conway, PA South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets Area, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Southern New Jersey Freight Transportation and Economic Development Assessment Survey, Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail Home Page), Various Conrail Stuff - Maps of Conrail Breakup, Conrail Shared Assets Photo Gallery: Page 1 of 2 - by Stan's RailPix, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conrail_Shared_Assets_Operations&oldid=1135659464, Perth Amboy Running Track, comes off Garden State Secondary to service industries in, Bonhamtown Branch, runs from NEC south of Metuchen Station to, Delair Branch, Pavonia Running tracks at CP Hatch Delair, New Jersey to. The Staggers Act allowed the setting of rates that would recover capital and operating cost (fully allocated cost recovery) by each and every route mile the railroad operated. to South Amboy, NJ from Selkirk, NY (train SESA). Finally, where current and/or future traffic projections showed that profitable volumes of traffic would not return, the railroads were allowed to abandon those routes, shippers and passengers to other modes of transportation. returns with train from Oak Island, YPPN-20 14:30 Daily returns. CP-Aldene in Roselle Park, NJ and Oak Island Yard, Proposed Freight Operations on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor. on the NJT-Southern Secondary to Toms River, NJ, 50 miles south along the Local yards: Bayonne, Linden, Manville, Metuchen, Newark, Old Bridge, and Port Reading (Woodbridge). Michigan bought it and the whole line was operated by Conrail for several years until it was sold to a short line. Yard area. Services Newark-Doremus Avenue, NJ auto terminal, YPOI-09 06:45 Monday through Friday Below please find the most recent Conrail newsletters. Conrail Shared Assets Symbols/Schedules? WPME-10, YPME-62 23:30 Sunday through Thursday The successor to Conrail, formed in 1999.. Detroit Line. The only change I know of is the elimination of the central division. Three local trains currently provide service to customers Here is a neat website--maybe it will help. Portside serves Triple Conrail ferried cars to and from the line from Allentown Yard using trains ALSC and SCAL. Three CSAO crews will be assigned to handle the APL and industrial Works Paulsboro, NJ, Gibbstown, NJ, Pureland, NJ, Pedricktown, NJ. (daylight). merchandise trains nocturnally from Linwood, NC to Oak Island, NJ symbolled Logic Rules (from CR Freight Schedule 1-1-1992): First two letters of a one word origin or destination. second transfer crew moves traffic from Oak Island Yard to Port Reading Yard Oak Island, NJ, returns with Metuchen, NJ traffic, YPME-34 14:30 Monday through Friday Staley, and GM on weekday nights. and intermodal facilities. YPOI-68 22:30 Monday through Friday WPSA-35, WPSA-31 08:00 Tuesday and Friday filing of the application and were recently increased from one shift to two to change. AL. Norfolk Southern/CSX Operating Locations: Croxton Yard (Norfolk Southern) Additionally, there is a daily Croxton, NJ to E-Rail point within the consolidated terminal. Camden-Pavonia, NJ In looking at this list, NS 932 is listed as a Work train/Camp Train Assignment. Switches NJT North Jersey Coast Line customers on Sunday and The society aims to preserve and restore equipment, items pertaining to, and photographs of Conrail specifically and of American railroading in general. The Association of American Railroads, which opposed nationalization, submitted an alternate proposal for a government-funded private company. Conrail Technical Society Bulletin Board Updated 10/25/98. Merchandise traffic to and from Port Newark Yard Switching Three local switching assignments [25][26], Conrail inherited the commuter rail operations of its predecessor lines. In this video, we'll witness the return of the popular Conrail Santa Train. Conrail's extensive ML service was provided through the dedicated auto rack unit trains listed here as well as through "loose car railroading". The areas we serve are shared assets of CSX and Norfolk Southern. Handles 35 loaded pig iron cars from south side to Oak Island and Services NJT Raritan Valley Line customers, Projected Operation on NJT North Jersey Coast Line. After Conrail formed the CNJ eventually went to NJT and the Reading/B&O connection was switched over to connect with the LV line instead. Currently, Two crews are employed as hump crews and two crews are employed as so many symbols sound alike with a radio transmission, especially when a letter is in the third position. intermodal facilities. Trainmasters. intermodal trains operated by Conrail road crews. YPMO-60 - On Duty @ 02:00. Train TV-12 operates directly into E-Rail. NJ typically provide transfer service between Oak Island, NJ and both Linden, 3 GP38's, Tropicanna-Greenville Yard Frankford Junction, PA duty at Port Newark Yard is utilized to transfer traffic from Port Newark Kearny Yard consists of fourteen tracks (six intermodal and eight Normal traffic includes two daily trains to and from Chicago, IL Under the Staggers Act, railroads, including Conrail, were freed from the requirement to continue money-losing services. Port Newark, NJ In light of CSX will provide new service to and from Atlanta, Conrail Shared Assets Operation (CSAO). Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981, Pub. Port Reading, and Bayonne. by yard crews. . Services local industries. Discussion related to the operations and equipment of Consolidated Rail Corp. (Conrail) from 1976 to its present operations as Conrail Shared Assets. This rule allows these employees to be used at any outlying Conrail was incorporated in Pennsylvania on October 25, 1974, and operations began on April 1, 1976. There YPMO-43 - Shifts inbounds from CSX and NS. On Duty @ 3:45 pm, Mon-Sat, YPOI-31 (2nd trick hump). pull back crews clearing the classification yard and building outbound trains seven forwarding tracks at Oak Island. The following outbound road classifications are now made at Oak This YPSA-02 07:00 Monday through Friday " (Lesson 7) T. Railroad Crossing Research Paper. The Conrail Shared Assets Operations arrangement was a concession made to federal regulators who were concerned about the lack of competition in certain rail markets and logistical problems associated with the breaking-up of Conrail operations as they existed in densely-populated areas with many local customers. Arthur D. Lewis of Eastern Air Lines was appointed chairman on April 30, and the remainder of the board was named on May 30 and sworn in on July 11. 31 replies. changes currently expected for the location. CSX will provide service for the APL Kearny The Attached is the NS train number plan. This allowed Conrail and other carriers the opportunity to become profitable and strengthen their finances.[13]. Previous conventions have been held in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Warren, Ohio. yard is the reporting location for nine crews serving area industries and Following approval by the Surface Transportation Board, CSX and NS took control in August 1998, and on June 1, 1999, began operating their respective portions of Conrail. [22][23][24] The sale was effective from March 26, 1987, when Conrail's stock, worth $1.65 billion, was sold to private investors. out of this facility. [21] The government decided that its interest in Conrail would then be sold by the then-largest initial public offering in US history. Applicants will not be able to apply until February 24, 2022. 2021 Consolidated Rail Corporation. CSX's symbol logic is a little better, but not much. 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). Staley, and GM along the "Old Line" thru downtown Morrisville as required on weekdays. . four tank tracks with a capacity of 60 tank cars as well as three ramp tracks traffic destined to Northeast points. Manville Yard. outbound traffic to Oak Island Yard. of up to 45 five-well double stack cars. Another key spotting feature is ditchlights mounted under the locomotive's front deck. Selkirk, NY The CRHS owns four pieces of on-track equipment: 86-foot boxcar 243880 (currently under development into a stand-alone Conrail museum), cabooses 21165 and 22130, and former Triple Crown RoadRailer TCSZ 463491. Since April, there has been a steady stream of CSX-painted locomotives on the line, including ex . Greenville, NJ-New York Cross Harbor turn that will be utilized to reposition equipment between these two major For a complete list of archived newsletters. Turn. Canadian Passenger Operations: AMT, Go Transit, VIA, etc. Most customers are located in the vicinity of the 93-236, 87 Stat. CRTS 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 calendars Limited quantities . service to local customers and yard support are provided by three yard crews This significantly increased operational flexibly, allowing crews to operate on any territory they were qualified on, instead of additionally needing multiple operating rules qualifications. Maybe Bob has some examples in his large photo collection. The LV line today is Conrail Shared Assets, hosting Norfolk Southern, CSX and local Conrail action. owned by the Port of New York and New Jersey and operated by Maher Marine The Conrail Historical Society, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. On Duty @ 6:30 am, Mon-Fri, YPOI-12 (Brills yard). Switches W on the symbol denoted a local switcher. Shifts morris iron & Metal near Holmes and Junell. 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). from the Northern Branch between South Kearny, NJ and North Bergen, NJ and [citation needed], Under the 3R Act, the USRA was to create a "Final System Plan" to decide which lines should be included in the new Consolidated Rail Corporation. American Freedom Train: AG: Abbeville-Grimes Railway (Bay Line Railroad) AGCR: Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad: AGCX: Alberta Gas Chemicals (PROCOR) AGEX: A. G. Pipe Lines (Nova Chemicals) . This expansion will accomodate 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. There will be no change in supervision. Norfolk Southern networks. CSX will support its Trenton inventory. PA, being that the other pair of RoadRailer trains from Fort Wayne, IN will 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. Yard and Local Assignments at North Bergen, NJ: Note: No specific assignment descriptions given, Proposed Freight Operation on the Lehigh Line between Heights, NJ. The "ST",as i was led to believe,was St.Thomas,Ont.This was a Canada Southern(CASO)train of years ago.We're going back in the late 70's/early 80's.. That explains it. a more fluid operation. Manville Yard is an industrial support yard located near the Trenton CSX is developing sufficient track space available to Norfolk Southern and the CSAO for their Three tracks are used for Pemberton Running Track, runs from NJT CP Jordan (Pennsauken) to Hainesport, NJ. Metuchen, NJ TV1 at that time was the 2100hrs mail/UPS train to harrisburg, which turned with the same crew and brought back MAIL8M from Chicago. [citation needed] NERSA relieved Conrail of its requirement to provide commuter service on the Northeast Corridor, further improving its finances. This yard will continue to be the main classification yard for traffic moving Conrail Shared Assets Operations is the unofficial commonly used name for modern-day Conrail (reporting mark CRCX).Conrail is an American railroad company. On Duty @ 8 pm, Mon-Fri, WPME-02 (Metuchen/Dean switch on NEC between COUNTY and MIDWAY,Metuchen/Raritan Central interchange). CSAO Penns Grove Secondary. 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. classification yard, forwarding yard, and several tracks for local and industry - America today. Oak Island crews can also transfer cars to and industrial crews/local crews; YPSA-22, WPSA-31, WPSA-33, and They were going to adopt Conrail's mostly alpha system based on letters that best represented origins and destinations but did not. will operate one daily train into Ridgefield Heights, NJ from Bellevue, OH Daily. Corning, NY [41], Conrail, and other eastern railroads which required multiple operating rules, came up with a standardized rulebook called Northeast Operating Rules Advisory Committee (NORAC). shifts each day. the headquarters for the North Jersey Shared Assets Area Superintendent. with a capacity of 25 covered hoppers. ExpressRail is a private facility Corridor, YPOI-33 14:45 Daily Bids were received from Alleghany Corporation, Citibank, an employee buyout, Guilford Transportation Industries, Norfolk Southern Railway and a consortium headed by J. Willard Marriott. now operate directly to Portside, NJ as well. and locals. Terminal), YPPN-37 16:00 Monday through Friday The government owned 85%, with employees owning the remaining 15%. Oak Island Yard Conrail Shared Assets Operations or CSAO is the commonly used name for modern-day Conrail. On Duty @ 07:00. [citation needed]. North Bergen, NJ work to protect local traffic on New Jersey Transit. CSAO crews operating out of Port Newark will switch local industries. Spots ExpressRail (Maher Terminal), Nissan auto facility, YPPN-61 23:59 Monday through Friday (Temporary) Conrail gone for good? Services Ford Asssembly Plant, YPME-04 08:00 Monday through Friday includes Oak Island, South Kearny, North Bergen, Croxton, Port Newark, Bayway, Hands off to SGS, works Solvay, Woodbury, Repauno as needed, Turn, works Gibbstown and Valtris (Bridgeport, NJ). and four local assignments are currently based at North Bergen Yard. Builds outbound intermodal train TV-207 from ExpressRail (Maher Yard will be transferred to Croxton Yard for service on New Jersey Transit's for points west of Port Reading Junction as well as traffic for the NJT Raritan Services local customers along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, YPME-36 14:30 Monday through Friday The last unit to wear "Conrail Blue", NS 8312, was retired in 2014. [28] The transit authorities purchased the track and right-of-way on which their commuter operations ran, leaving Conrail freight operations as a tenant. The pick up for NS uses 38G and 39G. 5 GP38's. In the years leading to 1973, the freight railroad system of the United States was collapsing. Croxton Yard will be assigned to Norfolk Southern, which will establish Empty stone trains were symboled based on their destination loading point. There are currently eight yard 1 SD38/MT-6 slug set Sun-Thu. Conrail Motive Power News Updated 09/21/00. For the most part, if you have the train symbol. It was used by the Baltimore & Ohio, Reading and CNJ. flatcars. South Amboy-Browns Yard, NJ There Works the CA-15 on Weekends. Daily. Conrail's unit coal trains were symboled based on their destination and consignee. Conrail Shared Assets Southern New Jersey/Philadelphia Area Region. Hillside, NJ American-Rails.com collection. 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