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the bottom line is that a retiring local legislator thought that creating a rail route would be a swell going away attaboy present. Amtrak bought into it because they want their foot in the door Springfield to Boston corridor emergency plan b operation. CSX bought into it because they needed mass do...

I believe the biggest stumbling block north of Attleboro is the corridor. Many are called but few are chosen.

Tom Cahir is a long time fickle pickle preferring to go where ever the bucks and greatest related power are heading. Obviously he must feel that off the hallowed waters off Falmouth ,Treks and tourists s beat the hell out of trash and trains in August..

I'm thinking that since the current ridership figures from Greenfield are not exactly stellar, the powers that b on all this stuff must have concluded that express service is all that is required to get local folks to ditch their cars and jump aboard these speedy trains. In the meantime, until Rhode...

Because they didn't want anyone else to get it.

I'm not an expert on cement logistics. However, I think that there is an obvious market for US cement. Lafarge and Cement Quebec both bring lots as in thousands of carloads of cement into the New England area every year. Thomaston I am told has plenty of material left to process and the only thing i...

In the not too distant past, folks in Framingham strongly voiced that they would like to see a tunnel before any high speed rail traffic happens. And I'm sure if you asked them they probably would love to see all the north south freight activity go some place else as well. There is no question that ...

If in fact there are bridges on the branch that are close to or are in fact in a condition where they are prone to failure, then the line should be shut down until such time as they are repaired. Amtrak or no Amtrak. And if this is all true, I would say that the state of Maine has a certain amount o...

Looks like it has lots of potential to be a secret site for a CSX think tank to rationalize why they purchased Pan Am.

if amtrak gains a viable nec plan b on the cheap in case of flooding , i guess some of this will be ok. the richie neal rail fantasy island, on the other hand, with the exception of the chester station of course, imho is a piece of bad pork.

the old thomaston cement plant has died many times in my lifetime. and it has also come back to life many times during my existence. i have to assume they still have cement over there so that's not the problem. if csx proves to be a more reliable mover of cars and mike smith does a few intense marke...

Does it really matter that there are a few deranged naysayers on this site? The political reality of the situation is that 1) Richie Neal wants Springfield to renew its legacy as the rail cross roads of new england as his political epitaph.. And 2) amtrak wants an alternative to the NEC in case of f...

Ok, I surrender. There are at least 50 people from Springfield including Richie Neal who want to occasionally go to Boston by train. And there are at least 15 people in Boston who want to occasionally go to Springfield by train.

A general rule in short line marketing is just because it's here today doesn't mean it will be here tomorrow. consequently, the savyy shortline is always on the prowl for new opportunities. while i'm not a huge csx fan, i have to believe that having csx for a connection that will pick up and deliver...

Well some of the good news is that ASA is a supplier to BIW. Mike Smith is a long time rail traffic marketing guy who has done well massaging old traffic and bringing in the new. The cement operation over the past 50 years has had a myriad of owners, shut downs etc and always seems to bounce back. A...