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STB Decision #4 Accepts CSX Application for Control and Merger of Pan Am Systems https://railsandports.com/2021/07/csx-p ... plication/

This one is a good laugh https://dcms-external.s3.amazonaws.com/DCMS_External_PROD/1626180970138/302708.pdf Stupid selfish politician with no knowledge of this matter. BTW - His district is the extreme west end of the State and it probably would be the least affected region of Massachusetts. Don't ...

And speaking of BMO... is there any significance to PAR's choice of BMO (Bank of Montreal) to handle the sale? For instance, would that signal that they were hoping for or expecting a Canadian buyer? BMO and Pan am have an existing business relationship: BMO financed much of PAR's acquisition of ex...

b&m 1566 wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 12:12 pm ... I'm glad they didn't decide to call it the Merrimack, Belknap & Grafton Railroad, that would've been awful.

#15 en route.

Does PanAm even have the money to fix the tunnel properly? It is quite clear that they did no preventive maintenance at all. Is NS likely to chip in for the repair? If not, I imagine MassDOT will eventually pay, but with all the bureaucracy it will be a while before anything happens and the tempora...

But still the questions: Why is the award to PAS? And what does $200,000 buy ya? The siding in Haverhill is costing >$800,000.

A full pile seems to last Merrimack station for three years (last deliveries 2016-7). By that time, renewable sources may provide adequate power during peaking events. BUT what if the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing and it's low tide? The fact is, we will need plants that can generate o...

In our infinite wisdom, the New England polities have successfully rebelled against construction/expansion of several gas pipelines. This is one reason for the emphasis on New England in the Presidential push to authorize LPG-by-rail.

Rumor has it that OCS hosted high-level NS execs from Mechanicville to Ayer today?

Any line slower than the Green Line would have to have trains running backwards. :wink: Perhaps this is an irrelevant response but Grafton and Upton has been acquiring many used ties that I believe come from various MBTA track renewal projects. There is a stack of experienced ties in Milford that ha...

Here we go? There have been enough false starts and take-backs, but ...

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What will be the effects in other regions (northeast, southeast ...)?

Newell PA to Willard OH, then east. CSX all the way to Worcester MA.

Routing was west to Willard OH, and then east on the mainline. Seems like all CSX from the mine to Ayer.

Crew changed at Barbers.