Hello All,
As a happy coincidence - at Searsport, a sizable warehouse has been constructed, and tracks are being laid to it. Reports indicate that a warehouse that is three times larger will be going in sometime soon.
The East Millinocket and Millinocket mills are both up and running- things overall on the system seem to be on the up swing.
A good gauge of the rest of the system is the night turn out of NMJ, as it is the train that the Guilford interchange traffic comes in and out on. The tonnage (average anyway) has been going up. That isn't to say they haven't hauled eight cars out of there, but lately, 20 - 30 cars out of NMJ with a single unit has been fairly common.
What is interesting, the Job #1 / 2 trains have an average car count of much higher than that - usually in the 50 + range, and I have seen over 80. I think this means that the primary interchange for the MM&A isn't Guilford any longer.
Hope this helps!
cya, Joey