Preparing to resume operating sessions on February 10 involves many things, including the development and production of a new Employee Time Table. The addition of a daily commuter train between Avondale and Fredericton, the purchase of three new 3000-horsepower Alco C-630 units, and the new spur to Grafton have resulted in several adjustments to the daily train schedule. Management has also worked hard to alleviate the bottleneck that occurs when too many trains are in South Newbridge at the same time. The result: Employee Time Table #6.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Op Session Prep
Carleton Railway Management announces the publication of a new Employee Time Table (click to enlarge):
Preparing to resume operating sessions on February 10 involves many things, including the development and production of a new Employee Time Table. The addition of a daily commuter train between Avondale and Fredericton, the purchase of three new 3000-horsepower Alco C-630 units, and the new spur to Grafton have resulted in several adjustments to the daily train schedule. Management has also worked hard to alleviate the bottleneck that occurs when too many trains are in South Newbridge at the same time. The result: Employee Time Table #6.
Preparing to resume operating sessions on February 10 involves many things, including the development and production of a new Employee Time Table. The addition of a daily commuter train between Avondale and Fredericton, the purchase of three new 3000-horsepower Alco C-630 units, and the new spur to Grafton have resulted in several adjustments to the daily train schedule. Management has also worked hard to alleviate the bottleneck that occurs when too many trains are in South Newbridge at the same time. The result: Employee Time Table #6.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Grafton progress
The newly constructed "Karnes Kitchen Ltd." bakery is ready for the upcoming operating session on February 10. The track in Grafton is ballasted and scenery is in place. The building in the background on the left is the Mason and Risch piano factory (click on the photo to enlarge). 
Saturday, December 17, 2011
2012 OPERATING SESSION SCHEDULE
The Carleton Railway is preparing for the resumption of regularly scheduled operating sessions. A new timetable should result in more efficient movement of trains, and the addition of the Grafton spur adds four major industries. A total of 14 trains (6 passenger, 8 freight) are scheduled to move across the Avondale and Northampton Subdivisions during each 3-hour session.
2012 operating sessions are scheduled on the following evenings (7 p.m.):
Friday, February 10
Thursday, March 1
Friday, May 4
Friday, May 25
Friday, June 15
Both new and experienced crew members are welcome! Email me (mcmulls@nb.sympatico.ca) for details and directions.
2012 operating sessions are scheduled on the following evenings (7 p.m.):
Friday, February 10
Thursday, March 1
Friday, May 4
Friday, May 25
Friday, June 15
Both new and experienced crew members are welcome! Email me (mcmulls@nb.sympatico.ca) for details and directions.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
November Train Show
The annual train show of the Saint John Society of Model Railroaders was a great success this year. The Carleton Railway added two more modules (for a total of six) to better depict the busy commercial town of Monticello, Maine -- just across the border from Bloomfield, NB. The photos below show some of the progress:
The agricultural industry is key to the success of Monticello's downtown area. Whether at the MPG garage on Main Street or at the general store just across US Route 1, it is the farming economy that determines whether or not it is a good year.
Big potato deals are negotiated and finalized in these sturdy old office buildings on Monticello's Main Street. Both the Carleton Railway and the Bangor and Aroostook will ship thousands of carloads of potatoes through Monticello this year (1965).
Thanks to everyone who attended today's show!
The agricultural industry is key to the success of Monticello's downtown area. Whether at the MPG garage on Main Street or at the general store just across US Route 1, it is the farming economy that determines whether or not it is a good year.
Big potato deals are negotiated and finalized in these sturdy old office buildings on Monticello's Main Street. Both the Carleton Railway and the Bangor and Aroostook will ship thousands of carloads of potatoes through Monticello this year (1965).
Thanks to everyone who attended today's show!
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Model Train Show -- Saturday, November 5
The Carleton Railway will be participating in the annual Saint John train show on Saturday at the Lion's Club in Quispamsis (behind the Ken-Val Co-op). The railway will be represented by six modules portraying the busy junction between the Carleton Railway and the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in Monticello, Maine. Two of the modules have been newly constructed this year and will be included in the show for the first time; I have added many details and improvements to the other four modules. Information about the show is available on the club wesite: http://sites.google.com/site/sjfallshow/
I hope to see you on Saturday!
I hope to see you on Saturday!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
San Luis Central
A leased San Luis Central reefer loaded with freshly harvested potatoes is shown in a way freight (the Carleton-York Peddler) leaving Avondale, Carleton County en route to the port of Saint John via interchange with the CPR. Throughout the fall season, the scheduled train more than doubles in length as leased reefers make their way from Carleton County to market. 
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Grafton Track Work Nears Completion
The track gang is busy getting the new Grafton spur ready for the inauguration of rail service to the community just across the St. John River from Woodstock. Several major new industries in the community will keep the crew of the nightly "Grafton Local" busy. In the photo below, railway employees are hard at work while some locals watch the action from the Hyram T. Myshrall overpass. The photo is framed by Karnes Bakery's modern building on the left, and the Mason and Risch piano factory on the right. That is the nearby community of Pembroke at the top of the grade in the distance (click on the photo to enlarge). 
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