Somerset Railroad questions

In a rare moment, I caught some train traffic on the Belt LIne in Buffalo while going underneath it at Parkside. I was surprised to see it was the Summerset RR coal cars moving south. I haven't kept up on the situation at the power station and I assumed it was closed. But the latest article I could fnd [5/2013] indicates that its open.

Did the powerstation ever close and reopen or did it stay open with continuous operations?

FYI: Somerset

SST, the Someserst power plant was shut down for a shorttime a couple years ago, IIRC. However, it has reopened and CSX ships coal there- they still operate the line under contract.

Operating stats on Somerset...

http://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/bro ... plant/6082" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I see coal trains and empty hoppers running through Tonawanda pretty often. is this where they are headed?

some go there and some go to the old niagara mohawk plant on the niagara river.

lakeshoredave wrote:some go there and some go to the old niagara mohawk plant on the niagara river.

The Huntley Plant on River Rd in the Town of Tonawanda and served by CSX may be shutting down.


http://www.ieefa.org/press-release/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Howiew wrote:

lakeshoredave wrote:some go there and some go to the old niagara mohawk plant on the niagara river.

The Huntley Plant on River Rd in the Town of Tonawanda and served by CSX may be shutting down.

http://www.ieefa.org/press-release/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Electric generation by coal is pretty much on the decline across the board. Between environmental regulations and the cost of natural gas - most plants will either be mothballed or abandoned by the end of the decade.