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Oh yeah, there is a high demand to commute from North Adams to Fitchburg.

Just more dreaming and scheming by the folks in the Legislature.

Some of you are really underestimating how deep and how long the Blue Team and the Orange Team have rivaled each other. Just because the Orange Team may have the cash doesn't mean the Blue Team wants their money. You haven't been following all the past litigation between the 2 over the trackage righ...

Hate to disappoint you CN9634 but you have been lied to about PAR being the weak link.
I know several players who were "at the table" when the talks went on with the 2 large IMC Retailers.

There are probably restrictions in the Pan Am Southern agreement about running intermodal to the Midwest from Ayer and Waterville. It would protect the NS and their part of the investment. The NJ lane for the water was not part of the restrictions. When trucking capacity grew and rates collapsed aga...

As far as those JB Hunt, Schneider, and UMAX containers on I-95 heading to and from Maine... 2 of those 3 approached Pan Am and NS a couple years ago about re-establishing service from the Midwest to Waterville. Pan Am was all for it. NS wasn't interested. It's been discussed on this forum before. I...

I will say it again... The more complicated the sale, split up over several buyers, the more red tape there will be and the longer Tim Mellon has to wait for his money. This is still an "all or nothing" sale at this point. They aren't entertaining any break up. There are enough players bid...

Tim Mellon wants his money. He's not interested in taking more time to split the railroad up between NS and Watco.

So next rumor please...

As for the Wal-Mart DC inbound traffic, they have 2 Distribution Centers: Lewiston, ME and Raymond, NH. My trucking company, New England Transportation, can confirm that the longest length of haul into either is around 400 miles. The farthest point being western Pennsylvania. So not very conducive t...

To clarify for Mr. Barlow: 1) the LPG business goes out for bid every year. CSXT, NS, CP and CN all compete for the move from the Midwest and Canadian refineries into Chicago and then on to Pan Am at the various interchange points. NS generally loses this bid every year to CSX due to their price for...

There is significant Ayer to Alabama land fill trash container business that PAS/NS have initiated in 2020. And the NS-PAS-P&W business has grown over the years with autos/steel/haz waste/misc bulk. Also I'm guessing NS instrumental in bringing LPG into E Deerfield for PAS to distribute. And th...

Business Trains are subject to Passenger Train speed limits. So for example, they can run at 79 mph on parts of the main line west of Portland down to the NH/MA border.

One other thought.., While Irving may through their railroad, NBSR, have interest in buying the railroad from Mattawamkeag to Ayer, MA.... I can think of 4 other paper mills currently served by Pan Am that would have competitive rates and anti-trust concerns against such an acquisition. Not good whe...

NS has had 10 years to buy Pan Am. They haven't and they won't. Second, look at what traffic moves West to Mechanicville versus through Worcester going West on CSX. That will tell you who has the better rates to the Midwest and Southeast. Irving now has both CN and CP cuddling up to them. Why buy Pa...

The same family that owns all of Saint John:
Irving Forest Products

They are buying pulp from Rumford, Old Town, Saint John and Sappi all via boxcar. They also have bought some pulp Quebec as well as their sister Pixelle plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Fire Marshal and Insurance investigators still working on the cause.