by cpf354
The Atlantic Northeast Rails and Ports newsletter reports M&B resumed operations to Granite State in Milford on September 25, although the legal battle between ST and M&B goes on.
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Nashua Telegraph wrote:A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by state Rep. Peter Leishman against Pan Am Railways in which he claimed that Pan Am violated its contract with his Milford-Bennington Railroad Co. by blocking it from using Pan Am’s tracks.Read more at: http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/943 ... rding.html
Pan Am won a motion for summary judgment against Leishman and his railroad. That judgment was issued by Judge Paul Barbadoro of the U.S. District Court in Concord on Dec. 16.
While Barbadoro wrote that he did not condone Pan Am’s conduct and doubted Pan Am’s “claim that it invoked its right to exclude Leishman from its tracks solely because of public safety concerns, the contract (signed by Leishman in 1992) plainly gives it the right to act as it did, regardless of its motive for doing so.”
MEC407 wrote:From the Nashua Telegraph:*sigh*
Nashua Telegraph wrote:A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by state Rep. Peter Leishman against Pan Am Railways in which he claimed that Pan Am violated its contract with his Milford-Bennington Railroad Co. by blocking it from using Pan Am’s tracks.Read more at: http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/943 ... rding.html
Pan Am won a motion for summary judgment against Leishman and his railroad. That judgment was issued by Judge Paul Barbadoro of the U.S. District Court in Concord on Dec. 16.
While Barbadoro wrote that he did not condone Pan Am’s conduct and doubted Pan Am’s “claim that it invoked its right to exclude Leishman from its tracks solely because of public safety concerns, the contract (signed by Leishman in 1992) plainly gives it the right to act as it did, regardless of its motive for doing so.”
musehobo2 wrote:I thought that Guilford (Pan Am) abandoned the tracks because they never bothered to take care of them, and the state of NH took over from Milford north. Then when the tracks were repaired (not by Pan Am) they were used to haul gravel. Now Pan Am want to run the gravel trains and will increase the costs, driving the gravel company to switch to trucks and another line goes down for Pan Am.I wouldn't doubt it. PAR isn't the nicest company around.
Still think they taxed the old B&M out of business, not just because of interstate road construction. Look at the Ossippe Pits. Still going even after the Big Dig.
UnionLeader.com wrote:Long under scrutiny for his use of a state-owned railroad line, a Peterborough state representative could end up losing access to the 18 1/2-mile line, which runs between Wilton and Bennington.Read more at: http://www.unionleader.com/article/2012 ... /708319938
Peter Leishman, owner of Milford-Bennington Railroad Company, said he’s currently using the track without the blessings of state transportation officials.
They even returned payments he tried to send them last year, said Leishman, a Democrat from Peterborough.
In the meantime, another company — possibly Pan Am Railways — could end up winning a state contract that would give it control of the track, challenging Leishman’s ability to use it.