by airman00
Otto Vondrak wrote:If I recall correctly I remember there was a lumber company in kingston that got serviced. The siding to that business is gone, but the business is still there and so perhaps there is always hope! I've seen CSX in Northern NJ servicing customers who only get 1 box car on a limited basis, when they need it, and yet CSX is more than happy to have them on-line. So never say never. With all this rebuilding of the line going on, maybe someday that business might be willing to come back again. And I'm sure the county wouldn't mind facilitating some freight service. And so not just the CMRR but if the county also lobbied CSX to have switch put back in that might have an impact.Paul W. Brasky wrote:"...Conrail took our switch out in 1996, so we'd have to campaign CSX hard to get it reinstalled."Because the switch was of no benefit to Conrail. From what I understand, CMRR had an actual freight customer in Kingston in the 1980s. When that customer went away, there was little reason to keep the switch so Conrail removed it.
Why did they do that?
-otto-
To me that switch is very important to the future of the line. Because having a live rail link is critical, especially one that is also connected to the national rail network as the CSX river line is. Granted this is just my opinion but I sure hope that switch gets put back in someday soon. You guys deserve it for all the work you do and for what you've been thru what with the many storms and all.