by mwhite
Lately I've seen racks with logs headed South from NMJ, and empties returning. They look like saw logs, not pulp. Anyone know where these are going?
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Fogg1703 wrote:I wasn't referring to any traffic in particular, I was just thinking that if a rail link existed, some of that chicken traffic might have gone northbound via the old BAR.
What traffic are you referrring too? The potato shipments from Washburn in the early-mid 80's? These were transloaded at Searsport and trucked to Belfast. The only sustainable traffic after the chicken business dried up for BML was tourist trains, occasional grain movements from Thorndike and the abraisives transload for a customer on the abandoned Rockland branch.
Fogg1703 wrote: What shipments could originate at Searsport and shipped to Paper mils around Waterville? Most clay products come from the south in covered hoppers and even if they build a clay terminal at Seasrport, rail is out for shipping as it would be cost in-effective and time consuming. By the time the BML got the car to Burnham Jct, the truck is already unloading at the paper mill and another loaded truck is on the way and another truck is returning empty. It would be a great idea, don't get me wrong, however, trucks clearly have the advantage here.I didn't say it was a perfect idea! Time consuming as compared to a truck haul, yes. However, if they are currently shipping by rail, the relative distance would make the trip quicker.