Transfer assignment, takes Allentown, PA and Selkirk, NY blocks to Northern New Jersey Locomotive Assignments: Below is the current locomotive power. Discussion related to the operations and equipment of Consolidated Rail Corp. (Conrail) from 1976 to its present operations as Conrail Shared Assets. Is there some train symbol you are trying to decode? Services Lehigh Line customers east of Manville, NJ, WPMA-12 13:00 Monday through Friday Double immortalizations-the Norfolk Southern Conrail ES44AC heritage unit is shown here on the Conrail Shared Assets Detroit Line. L. 94-210, 90. Yard will be transferred to Croxton Yard for service on New Jersey Transit's Newark-Waverly Yard, NJ. trains terminating. AAR 050 - 160.860 Channel 4 - AAR 058 - 160.980. Services NJT Raritan Valley Line customers, Projected Operation on NJT North Jersey Coast Line. New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. (D-N.J.), Chairman of House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, on May 2 helped launch a replacement project of the Conrail Shared Assets Point-No-Point Bridge with executives from Conrail, Norfolk Southern, CSX, and members of United Steelworkers of America and Heavy and General . Local service is also provided from Manville, NJ on NJT's Raritan 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. It continues to do business as an asset management and network services provider in three Shared Assets Areas that were excluded from the division of its operations during its acquisition by CSX Corporation and the Norfolk Southern Railway. CSAO will make additional CRTS Calendar of Upcoming Events Updated 07/05/98. Services customers on the east end of the Lehigh Line and Newark-Poiner Disregard this as reliable information. I guess the painted name on the work equipment is incorrect. Pursuant to the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981, Conrail operated the remainder until 1983 when these services were transferred to state or metropolitan transit authorities. at North Bergen, NJ will be transferred to Croxton Yard and will become Norfolk Pittsburgh Div typically uses the NS symbols Pittsburgh-Harrisburg, including the Capitol and the Pennsylvanian. It was a solid Herzog Ballast Train, which according to the list posted shld be in the series 918-925 trains. Similarly, the standard-cab SD70, Conrail's final order of locomotives, were ordered to NS specifications, and were in Norfolk Southern's preferred numbering series (the 2500's), which they retained after the breakup. Conrail (more recently known as Consolidated Rail Corporation or Conrail Shared Assets) is now a switching and terminal railroad owned jointly by CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern following the . As mentioned above, significant projects took place to reduce trackage, oftentimes removing double-track with automatic block signals in favor of single track with centralized traffic control (CTC). Newark-Doremus Avenue, NJ Pulls and respots ExpressRail (Maher Terminal), YPPN-01 07:30 Sunday through Friday [46][47], Media related to Conrail at Wikimedia Commons, For current operations under the Conrail name, see, Conrail system map with trackage rights in red. FJ and MO are the symbols not sure on numbers. the headquarters for the North Jersey Shared Assets Area Superintendent. Conrail was restructured into a Switching and Terminal Railroad, and it began operating about 1,200 miles of track in three regional areas on June 1, 1999. one train directly into and out of Metuchen, NJ. Also can pick up empties from WPFJ-10 in Eddington and Trenton industries. 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. be some changes between yards, but no change overall in the NJSAA. to change. In 1984, the government put its 85% share up for sale. per day, instead of the two shifts that are currently operated. are four intermodal tracks at this location with a capacity for 170 conventional NC. Services customers at Elizabethport Yard, YPPN-62 22:30 Monday through Friday To mark its 30th anniversary, Norfolk Southern painted 20 new locomotives with the paint schemes of predecessor railroads. The intermodal tracks at Croxton Yard have a capacity Previous conventions have been held in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Warren, Ohio. Suffern, NY. This page has been accessed 27,698 times. Elizabethport, NJ 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.? The company operates using its own employees and infrastructure but owns no equipment outside MOW equipment. [15][16][17][18] On February 8, 1985, Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole announced Norfolk Southern Railway as the successful bidder. Normal traffic includes two daily trains to and from Chicago, IL Examples: B41 = Dearborn Division local train 41. Under the terms of the agreement with CP Rail Systems, CSX and Norfolk Yard, WPSA-31 10:00 Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday 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). Norfolk Southern will pick up Lehigh Line local industry traffic 1 B23-7, Brown's Yard Services Newark-Doremus Avenue, NJ auto terminal, YPOI-09 06:45 Monday through Friday I just checked the AAR reporting mark list and it says Conrail Shared Assets Operation reporting mark is CRCX and there is no marking in the list for CSAO. This yard will be supervised by a yardmaster Four yard assignments 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. APL's three tracks have a The District Superintendent located at South Kearny Trainmasters. Switches Heightstown Branch on Monday and Thursday This site is an activity of the Conrail Historical Society, the only organization dedicated to preserving Conrail's History. Kearny currently originates eight intermodal trains each day. Many signals from previous railroads were re-used though, as new signaling hardware was expensive, and Conrail faced financial difficulty. Unlike most railroad consolidations, only the designated lines were to be taken over. The consolidated terminal area now The CNJ line is strictly the domain of NJT. Kearny Yard is currently the major intermodal facility in Northern to the NJSAA. M79 = Extra section of 179. It was founded way back in 1976. [6][7], The EL had been formed in 1960 as a merger of the Erie Railroad and Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. YPMO-43 - Shifts inbounds from CSX and NS. Works Honeywell interchange as needed. 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. generally paralleling NJT's Bergen County Line. These regions were Northern New Jersey (and New York City), Southern New Jersey (and Philadelphia), and Detroit. 2021 Consolidated Rail Corporation. 6 SW-1500's. of up to 45 five-well double stack cars. and four local assignments are currently based at North Bergen Yard. Local yards: Burlington, NJ; Frankford Jct., PA; Millville, NJ; Morrisville, PA; Paulsboro, NJ; Port Richmond, PA; South Philadelphia, PA; Stoney Creek, PA. crews. CSAO crews operating out of Port Newark will switch local industries. Most locomotives that went to CSX retained their marker lights, while Norfolk Southern quickly removed them. The six intermodal It continues to do business as an asset management and network services provider in three Shared Assets Areas that were excluded from the division of its . will run up to six through trains in and out of this facility. Oak Island Yard also has four. tracks are designated "A" through "F" and have a total capacity for 213 This facility is accessed by crossing over a two mile portion of the New The All-Color 1999 Conrail Technical Society Calendar. use four yard assignments to handle the intermodal business. Disregard this as reliable information. Island Yard: Allentown, PA IN trains will no longer be combined or split at Harrisburg, PA ensuring 5 GP38's. There are train symbols that are two numbers and end with a letter, for example a K or an R? Conrail Shared Assets Southern New Jersey/Philadelphia Area Region. via the Southern Tier Line. so many symbols sound alike with a radio transmission, especially when a letter is in the third position. Conrail Symbols; Discussion related to the operations and equipment of Consolidated Rail Corp. (Conrail) from 1976 to its present operations as Conrail Shared Assets. CSX will establish service (Q-162 and Q-163) direct between Dockside There Author Posted on August 25, 2020 Categories Uncategorized Posted on August 25, 2020 Categories Uncategorized industrial switching for the area. PSA: Most of the Detroit symbols listed here are inaccurate. This page was last modified on 27 January 2022, at 18:28. and locals. "Fact Sheet: The Preliminary System Plan for Restructuring the Railroads of the Northeast and Midwest. CR units had unique features such as "Bright Future" blue paint, flashing ditch lights, and Leslie RS-3L horns. support) to handle both intermodal and industrial traffic. 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. The old company remains a jointly-owned subsidiary, with CSX and NS owning respectively 42% and 58% of its stock, corresponding to how much of Conrail's assets they acquired. Conrail Technical Society's Photo Gallery Updated 02/21/01. moving through Kearny Yard. Yard area. facility from property adjacent to Kearny Yard. Manville, NJ is supervised by a yardmaster on first shift six They were going to adopt Conrail's mostly alpha system based on letters that best represented origins and destinations but did not. This yard will continue to be the main classification yard for traffic moving there. Pemberton Running Track, runs from NJT CP Jordan (Pennsauken) to Hainesport, NJ. local assignments and one yard transfer assignment currently originating In former Conrail areas, the old common Conrail channels may be reused by both CSXT and NS. The two local crews working from Metuchen, 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. 1 GP38 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. Among its cost reduction achievements were: Reduced work force (from about 94,000 in 1977 to about 20,000). Crown, and is also located in the area. North Yard Branch, from junction with Conrail Detroit Line at CP-West Detroit to junction with Conrail Sterling Secondary at CP-North Yard. Thirteen daily yard crews are based and Albany Div. daily between Sterling, MI and Ridgefield Heights, NJ. The areas we serve are shared assets of CSX and Norfolk Southern. One job typically Reduced track-miles by about half (from 40,700 miles to . Terminal), YPPN-37 16:00 Monday through Friday Conrail Shared Assets is a company created to operate trackage that CSX and NS could not easily split when Conrail was sold. and will be served by Norfolk Southern road crews either inbound, placing "If I don't have it, or can't get it, neither should YOU." The NJSAA operator and potentially some CSX and/or Norfolk Southern Canadian Passenger Operations: AMT, Go Transit, VIA, etc. In addition to providing local service for customers along the shared assets lines, we also provide local freight service along Amtraks Northeast Corridor between Philadelphia and Trenton. Yard to Oak Island and returns with cars destined to Port Newark served The remaining two yard jobs provide Services Tropicanna and Port Jersey Auto Terminal, YPOI-31 15:45 Daily road trains to and from the Browns Yard area will use this link for two miles, CSX will pick up northbound traffic On Duty @ 9 am, Mon-Fri, Browns/Amboy Secondary, Dayton Branch, Hightstown IT), YPSK-13 (customers south of South Kearny), YPSC-01 - On Duty at 08:00. Flat switches the east end of Oak Island Yard, YPOI-21 15:45 Monday through Saturday North Bergen, NJ Conrail was incorporated in Pennsylvania on October 25, 1974, and operations began on April 1, 1976. Conrail management, recognizing the need for more regulatory freedoms to address the economic issues, were among the parties lobbying for what became the Staggers Act of 1980, which significantly loosened the Interstate Commerce Commission's rigid economic control of the rail industry. On Duty @ 4 pm, Mon-Fri, WPSA-31 (Browns/Southern Secondary, Earle, USN interchange. I haven't been able to find one. 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. This significantly increased operational flexibly, allowing crews to operate on any territory they were qualified on, instead of additionally needing multiple operating rules qualifications. - America today. Michigan bought it and the whole line was operated by Conrail for several years until it was sold to a short line. In years passed, the Santa Train operated from Browns Yard to downtown Freehold . Croxton Yard in Secaucus, NJ is a six track intermodal facility diverging and a Selkirk, NY block for the north. Services customers at Brills Yard, Bayshore Lead, Newark Farmer's Oak Island, NJ, returns with Metuchen, NJ traffic, YPME-34 14:30 Monday through Friday GA via trains Q-195 and Q-196. W on the symbol denoted a local switcher. [29], With Conrail's increasing success, it decided to merge the company with another railroad, so it approached CSX Transportation about buying Conrail. WPSP-18 - On Duty at 06:00. I live near Conrail's Southern Secondary, aka the old Jersey Central Southern Division Main Line. Conrail Detroit Shared Asset Area - Information about Conrail terminal operations in and around Detroit, Michigan, serving CSX and Norfolk Southern CSXRailfanPage.com - Railfan guide to CSX in the Mid-Atlantic Region including train symbols, frequencies, photos, videos, railfan locations, modeling, and more [21] The government decided that its interest in Conrail would then be sold by the then-largest initial public offering in US history. Discussion related to the operations and equipment of Consolidated Rail Corp. (Conrail) from 1976 to its present operations as Conrail Shared Assets. Conrail Shared Assets utilizes the following types of locomotives, all supplied by CSX and Norfolk Southern. Selkirk, NY crews work the Ford Assembly Plant while the five remaining yard crews provide Starts making up train LMPI, assembles trains YPME-2, YPME-4, and L. 97-35, Staggers Rail Act of 1980, Pub. [36], Conrail was the only railroad to receive EMD SD80MACs (the Chicago North & Western were originally supposed to receive SD80MACs with marker lights, but when that railroad merged with Union Pacific, the order was rescinded) and were separated evenly between CSX and NS. On Duty @ 8 am, Mon-Fri, YPSK-13 (switches NJRC, yards and builds 67J/66J), YPOI-09 (1st trick hump). switching for CSX and Norfolk Southern. Messages: 1. Also, K is now used as a secondary Harrisburg Division symbol, and N is also used as a secondary Pittsburgh Division symbol. met. Official web site can be found here: Is there a list of Conrail two letter symbol abreviations anywhere on the web? CSX and Norfolk Southern anticipate that Oak Island will handle an On Duty @ 10:30 pm, Mon-Fri, YPPR-44 (Port Reading drill, Reformatory Branch, YPSA-02 (Browns/Sayreville Running Track). Train TV-207 also picks up cars from Maher Terminal at Dockside. 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. Conrail (reporting mark CR), formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. . Apr 30, 2020. Detroit operations are focused along the corridor connecting Trenton, Detroit, and Sterling Heights / Utica. The symbol then carried a numeric code afterwards for the day of the month that it originated. Conrail's unit coal trains were symboled based on their destination and consignee. Maybe Bob has some examples in his large photo collection. Norfolk Southern will be granted access to two tracks for storage of intermodal A brief ceremony at noon that day will mark the culmination of several years of the society's collaboration with Shippensburg University, the Cumberland increase of 130 cars per day versus current volume, which is within its Many Conrail-installed signaling locations were removed in the 2010s, as railroads upgraded their signals for Positive Train Control compliance. a more fluid operation. A fourth area, the former Monongahela Railway in southwest Pennsylvania, was originally owned jointly by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad and Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad. yard, but is not part of NJSAA. L. 96-448, 94, Conrail Privatization Act, Pub. 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CRTS Calendar of Upcoming Events Updated 07/05/98. Works River Rouge Yard, also works Saint Marys Cement and Detroit Water & Sewerage when needed. When I was with Conrail out of Morrisville we used the following TV-1 has been replaced by NS symbol 21E. In 1972, Hurricane Agnes damaged the rundown Northeast railway network and threatened the solvency of other railroads, including the somewhat more solvent Erie Lackawanna (EL). trains TCATPS and TCPSAT away from their current routing via Harrisburg, Track: Approx. Terminal, which also provides for its own internal switching. switching to area customers. Laurel, New Jersey, since 1999. Pascack Valley Line, Bergen County Line, Boonton Line, and Morristown Line at Kearny. terminal rule. What designates one from the other? 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. Greenville, NJ-New York Cross Harbor Flat switches the east end of Oak Island Yard, YPOI-12 06:45 Monday through Friday Handles 35 loaded pig iron cars from south side to Oak Island and Services Ford Assembly Plant. Here's one for you..WQST(i've only seen this symbol once,and i may have an idea what the ST is).Anyone know this train? 29 GP's 1 SD38/MT-6 slug set Works Paulsboro, NJ, Gibbstown, NJ, Pureland, NJ, Pedricktown, NJ. Maybe the Canada Divsion used the letter Q. changes currently expected for the location. Conway, PA In the early years of Conrail, the NYC "small-back" searchlight was adopted as the systemwide standard for new signal installations and replacements. now operate directly to Portside, NJ as well. CSX will Heights, NJ. Here is a neat website--maybe it will help. Conrail Shared Assets Symbols/Schedules? Morrisville, PA NS uses 38G and 39G. The Association of American Railroads, which opposed nationalization, submitted an alternate proposal for a government-funded private company. Post-acquisition, there will Yard. Works Toll Brothers, A.E. 93-236, 87 Stat. CSAO Sterling Yard. Likes Received: 2. Elizabethport Yard is used for storage and support of local industries points served from Oak Island Yard: Bayonne, NJ Browns Yard in South Amboy, NJ is located on the Amboy Secondary. Because Conrail largely avoided the busy corridors, many of its freight trains snuck through the country's most . However, in August 1986, Norfolk Southern had withdrawn its bid citing Congressional delays and taxation changes. will operate one daily train into Ridgefield Heights, NJ from Bellevue, OH In this video, we'll witness the return of the popular Conrail Santa Train. While that list is good, it is at least 3 years out of date. Through its Matching Gift program, Conrail provides support for eligible educational, health and human service, cultural, civic, environmental, and community organizations. 1-CSX road trains SESA/SASE operate daily. It is described here because of its importance to the NJSAA. capacity. Switches New Jersey Steel and other local customers, WPSA-33 17:00 Monday through Friday will be classified at Oak Island Yard for points to and from the CSX and AL. yard is the reporting location for nine crews serving area industries and handles the interchange traffic to the East Jersey Railroad and transfers Upon arrival at Sibley Yard, becomes YDRR-25 Mon, Wed, Fri; YDRR-32 Tue, Thu. Switches Croxton Yard, YPCX-20 15:30 Monday through Friday Conrail (reporting mark CR), formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. Customers located along Conrail's lines have access to the national rail network through either railway. YPMO-25 - Frankford runner and turn. 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. 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. Finish making up trains LMPI and ML-403 then relieves the crew on YPMO-60 - On Duty @ 02:00. I don't recall any Conrail Division that started with Q. I have no idea what the ST stood for. Our hub: Pavonia Yard in Camden, New Jersey. All Conrail locomotives that went to CSX and NS have been either retired or repainted. Our focus: Atlantic, Bucks, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Delaware, Gloucester, Mercer, and Philadelphia counties. East St. Louis, MO (Exermont Alton & Southern), Originating Terminal (See manifest destinations), Empty to either Cleveland, OH or Philadelphia-Greenwich, PA. Conrail Shared Assets Operations continues to use the tri-light as its standard signal type. CSX will arrive and depart four intermodal trains five days loading and unloading and the other three tracks are used for the storage and set-off traffic, while train Q-271 will pick-up traffic at Ridgefield It is currently Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:36 pm. Conrail Technical Society Bulletin Board Updated 10/25/98. 3 SW-1500's (1 unit requires cab signals), Metuchen Yard On Duty @ 08:00. Port Newark Yard will be operated by the CASO, using CSAO yard crews to service area customers. 1663 views. Other large segments are taken, with permission, from J. Alex Lang's Conrail Freight Schedules website. industries. Valley Line west of Bound Brook, NJ. Services local customers along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, YPME-36 14:30 Monday through Friday Pull Chemical Coast trains from the classification yard and other TV-53 was shown as North Bergen, NJ to Streator, IL (ATSF). On Duty @ 10:00. CSAO Vineland Secondary. point within the consolidated terminal. Street Yard, YPOI-14 07:30 Monday through Friday and switching service will be provided by three local crews. YPCX-10 07:30 Monday through Friday CSX will continue to operate direct service Metuchen Yard is a 20 track facility located along Amtrak's Northeast #conrail #csao #csxThis is a short clip featuring Conrail's Chester secondary and it's only freight train. [19][20], After considerable debate in Congress, the Conrail Privatization Act of 1986 was signed into law by President Reagan on October 21, 1986. In addition, the following classifications are maintained for local YPFJ-41: On Duty at 20:00. The non-APL portion of Kearny Yard will be assigned to CSX. The remaining nine crewswork in transfer or local service. Does anyone on the list understand Norfolk Southern's train symbols? Conrail Commodities would explain a lot of that- the originating traffic, the connecting traffic, etc etc. Turn, On Duty @ 03:00. Sun-Thu. Services local industries, WPME-10 09:00 Tuesday through Saturday are five yard assignments handling the intermodal and industrial business Daily. Oak Island Yard in Newark is the principal yard for the region with smaller ones at Bayonne, Greenville (Jersey City), Linden, Manville, Metuchen, Newark, Old Bridge, and Port Reading in Woodbridge. Portside serves Triple This caused problems for Conrail, which had to "qualify" train crews on as many as seven different signaling systems and operating rules. One crew transfers They were running daily until the mid 1960's, when they became 6 trains a week, 3 south (Monday, Wednesday. Switching Turn, works industries around Vineland. In order The NYC and PRR reporting marks, which had passed to Conrail, were also transferred to the new companies, and NS also acquired the CR reporting mark. The Final System Plan assigned a major section of the EL, from northern New Jersey west to northeast Ohio, to be sold to the Chessie System, which would help spur competition in Conrail's territory. This link is double-track traffic control new through freight service (train SASE) from South Amboy, NJ to Selkirk, What was NH? Works Lincoln Yard and Marathon Refinery, uses engine from YDRR-40. Discussion forum related to Amtrak also known as the National Railroad Passenger Corp. cars for unloading, or outbound, pulling cars for departure. This rule allows these employees to be used at any outlying The primary service area, Port Newark, is comprised Currently, Conrail trains TV-11 and TV-207 originate at E-Rail. 4-Norfolk Southern will shift Atlanta, GA to Portside, NJ RoadRailer cars to Greenville, NJ and Bayonne, NJ and returns to Oak Island Yard. The Portside Triple Crown operation will continue to function as it Crews from Port Newark service Elizabethport Works Mon-Fri. Works the Chester IT. Merchandise traffic to and from Port Newark Yard [45] A preserved Conrail ex-PRR GP30 is on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Elizabethport Yard will be assigned to CSX for intermodal The two tracks were originally built by competing railroads (west track is the former Lake Shore and Michigan Southern track, the east track is ex-Michigan Central Railroad). 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