First Road Freight to Mattawamkeag in 4+ Years! -12/4/23

[@armandoperez7967]

I definitely wouldn’t mind living next to the track! Much better than living next to another hiking biking trail!

[@RAAndre]

Fantastic to see this. CSX buying Pan Am was the best thing to happen to New England railroading in my lifetime.

[@quinnwhite2648]

Now that’s quite a stretch. They are just Pan Am but with better track conditions. They are already bullying a lot of customers trying to drive them away. They already managed to kill off the lumber reload at Enfield that Pan Am opened.

[@Maine_Railfan]

I wouldn't go that far. The only places CSX doesn't drive away carload customers is the south. Take a look at how they have mismanaged rail operations in Mass over the past 10 or so years and thats a good picture at how New England is going to be run until they sell it.

[@jackseamon7064]

Very nice video. Thank you for sharing.

[@digitalshackonthelane]

Nice catch!

[@Steve-xf4uv]

I'm always glad to see rail lines being upgraded and used again. Not sure the people living in the appartment block with the Christmas decorations will agree !

[@matthewjones9912]

That is great to see! Great catch!

[@MarcelosalivaTRENESArg]

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[@mainecoastrailfan]

Nice video!

[@NorthCountryTrains]

This is quite significant and very exciting to see! CSX might not be the perfect savior for Pan Am but they’re doing some things right, and this is one of them.

[@jamesburnside3023]

Great night scene

[@A-Dam84]

Very Nice

[@skeezix91]

Let's see the traffic bump up again 😎👍

[@MillersRailfan]

Now all CSXT has to do is get rid of these pieces of shit left over from pan am

[@quinnwhite2648]

Ironically these still run better than the junk CSX keeps sending up. That CSX GP38-2 they keep sending back up here should be dropped into the Atlantic as a new coral reef. Thing is a pile, it will be pulling and then will shut down on its own. Either that or it is slippery as hell with even a small train.

[@MillersRailfan]

@@quinnwhite2648 quite the vivid comment Do you operate these units yourself? Not being disrespectful; just curious

[@quinnwhite2648]

@@MillersRailfan until last month, yes. I jumped from the sinking ship that is CSX. Even the AC’s they are sending out here are trash. They have so many traction motors cut out that the dynamics don’t work. That combined with working conditions which are 500 times worse than pan am, and overbearing managers, no wonder why 75% of the former pan am guys have left.

[@MillersRailfan]

@@quinnwhite2648 very surprised by this

[@newpylong]

@@quinnwhite2648Employees have left (and have not hired on) for two main reasons: 1 - They are still operating under the absolutely horrible BLE and UTU ST rate structure and labor agreements. Who would work for 75% starting of already low rates compared to other railroads? That will go away soon now that B&E has taken over PAS. 2 - The Country Club is shutdown. No longer can you go over to Channel 2 and disappear for 4 hours or drag your balls at 18 MPH the entire trip. ST employees hate management and they hate oversight. Another railroad's local crew can switch a 10 car train in 1/4 the time it takes an ST crew to do it. They don't care whether they get to their destination on rubber tires or on their train. They don't realize that sticking it to the man hurts the customers who pay your pay check. It sucks having to do your job now. Working conditions? What a joke... at least they are making at attempt at making their employees feel human. Going to work in some of those "job site trailers" with overflowing toilets, no heat, debris all over the roadbed, rotting oatmeal on the ground, broken lights is an experience I don't wish on anyone. Pan Am was an absolute disgrace.

[@cameronbrawn49]

Good to rail traffic increasing.

[@apmazurka]

All additional Income for CSX.

[@stevenconnolly7907]

Taxpayer money is being used for all this.

[@BranchlineGeepProductions]

I believe all the grant money was pulled when CSX took over, but I could be wrong.

[@NHVT_Productions]

Taxpayer money is used for railroads across the country.... your point? Constantly writing op-eds to the Caledonian Record isn't going to change that...