Allentown & Auburn -- "first freight train"

rock island lines · **Joined:** Mon Feb 17, 2014 4:20 pm **Posts:** 487

Accidentally found this video of a "first freight" by this shortline / tourist line. I don't know a thing about the A&A except what the Wikipedia entry says.

Question to stir the pot: If you start hauling freight on your tourist pike, does the FRA hold you to a higher standard? I have heard Mr. MacDowell talk about "FRA lite" for museums, so just wondering.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzkz7f7AqTI

superheater · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:54 pm **Posts:** 1821

It's a neat little road, with some imaginative events.

jayrod · **Posted:** Sat Sep 09, 2017 10:27 am

rock island lines wrote:

If you start hauling freight on your tourist pike, does the FRA hold you to a higher standard? I have heard Mr. MacDowell talk about "FRA lite" for museums, so just wondering.

Yup. You'd be under full oversight by FRA as a common carrier.

R.L.Kennedy · **Joined:** Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:37 pm **Posts:** 113

There is only one A&A; the Arcade & Attica. This is the ALLN.

railfanmag · **Posted:** Tue Sep 12, 2017 8:59 am

R.L.Kennedy wrote:

There is only one A&A; the Arcade & Attica. This is the ALLN.

Well, actually, there can be several A&A's; abbreviations like these make more sense than reporting marks in the non-railfan press. If you want to get technical with reporting marks, then there are no A&A's. Allentown & Auburn is ALLN and Arcade & Attica is ARA.

robertjohndavis · **Joined:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 8:10 am **Posts:** 2414

Steve's right. Get a mix of New Englanders together and ask them what road the B&A was. Reporting marks won't settle the argument. ;-)

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