Sure, I admit to not knowing the big picture and that dispatching is not a game and should not be faulted without knowing the current operating environment.. It just seems that there is something new

Blaming the ds easy; just ask the Chief, he’ll tell you. 😀 But yes as Dave points out there are literally a dozen or more reasons why there was a delay at AY, and most would not be readily

As the dispatchers are/were so fond of telling us, maybe "you don't see the big picture". I can think of several reasons why the train would sit there that wouldn't be all that obvious to someone not

Good to see a dozen or so loaded coal hoppers on the head end of AYPO around 1100 this morning. Train remained under the East Main Street bridge Ayer, apparently waiting for more than an hour for east

Retrning 2 Bostn lite engn Sent from Paul’s celtel. Plz xcuse abrviasuns & typos!

MEC 515 2 gel plnt in Pbody w 4 bnrs 1 tnkr Sent from Paul’s celtel. Plz xcuse abrviasuns & typos!

East wye Ayer

Not so common daylight (lousy weather) run using the ED4 crew. 2 motors. By Mt Tom at about 0945

MEC 515 w 8 cars (6 bnrs, 2 tnkrs 4 gel plnt in Pbody Sent from Paul’s celtel. Plz xcuse abrviasuns & typos!

Weren’t those also D&H & CSX colors ? Sent from Paul’s celtel. Plz xcuse abrviasuns & typos!

That's AYPO 7541 & 7534

Closer to 14:26hrs

Led by "Ukraine flag nose" 7541. From what I could see seemed to be a short train.

Yard was well filled with mostly tank cars - from west side to east: West track 10 plus tank cars, Canal Main had MEC 5967s and 5946n otherwise clear as far as we could see up by the airport. The

Heading towards the mill at 1344 by the Antique Mall, 503 and 509

Rosemont St Haverhill 2336

In Lowell headed back to their train after picking up PAR-1. They will get a recrew at Lowell per radio chatter a while ago

Met POAY at Westford approx 16:23

Told by D2 at 15:59 will meet POAY at CPF 307, at Lowell will pickup "power?"

Instructed by D2 to tie down at Graniteville, 15:53 hrs