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Took a few seconds for the traction motors to load up and the brakes were released. No?

No, all 142 M3a's are still in Service and still 30 M1a's remain in daily service

Thanks for posting the photo, Mr. Station. It is appreciated.

Flip seats can no longer be installed, due to seat movement during crashes. existing flip seats at NJT will be slowly faded out as fleet is renewed. MNCR replaced the Flip seats with salvaged seats from M1's

No the Heavy repair shop will stay in Stamford.

Not sure if the CSX units are ACSES equipped, probably not, so that's one possibility. Another is that there is usually another longer CSX/CP train waiting to go north from the OP Link to the Hudson Line at CP 8 at night. So that's another reason. Maybe it's just a shorter move to make overall going through the wye? Considering too that the CSX local (B750?) occasionally goes up the Harlem around...

Oooooo, shiny. Until CSX moves the outlawed freight that is blocking both ends of the yard, MN wont be able to take delivery of this engine... -otto- _________________ ~Otto M. Vondrak: Site Admin: Creative Director

Thats good news to hear that the bids came in lower than expected. It sounds like the New Haven Rail Yard project will be similar to the Croton Harmon project in terms of size and scope. I was wondering with the articles mentioning that the New Haven Shops will be the primary maintenance facility for the new M-8 cars that are supposed to arrive within the next couple of years, will the New Haven ...

Is this every day for the past month or just a couple isolated incidents?

Here are some sample images I found: