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Some good news to end out the year: LaJoie Growers in Van Buren recently shipped out a couple of reefer loads of spuds. Must be the first load of fresh potatoes since the early 70s. Here's to the shipper's continued success!

Each track is long enough for a cut of 15 well cars, so they could load up to 30 cars at a time without much switching. The runaround track is also long enough for a 30-car cut. With respect, that's a big overstatement. There is no more than 2 x 750-ft of working track. That's about 2.75 x 5-unit 4...

Respectfully disagree with prior two posts. (1) CSX routing around the former PAS will happen regardless of operator (CSAO or GW), so that's a moot point; (2) CSAO was established by concession to STB's approval of Conrail's breakup, so there is precedent.

You're asking the wrong guy that question about the why ... last we knew Canpotex was trying the legal route almost 4 years ago now-- https://sencanada.ca/content/sen/commit ... rief_e.pdf Don't sell yourself short, you answered the question with that link and a little research. As there is no inte...

Previous suitors (CDAC and MMA) have both tried to run potash trains using Interswitching laws in Canada (similar to proposed Reciprocal switching in the US) and no-go each time. We'll see if that changes now with CP and a robust Canpotex lobby. The question: Why? Canadian interswitching rules are ...

Replacement is different than adding capacity, but the story ends the same. CHS in Biddeford is on the PAR main, Dead River is less than three miles in on the Mountain branch. Both will soon be able to receive CSX direct routing from some LPG origins. In contrast, a terminal in E Deering offers seas...

I could see an LPG or transload operation at East Deering... Leaving aside the questionable market need for another LPG terminal in the area, I'd reckon that the chance of securing such a permit would be slim to none. That one vacant plot is pretty tiny (<3 acres) for transloading. Transloads requi...

Based on how the history is being laid out, I'll be sure to look for those books in the Fantasy section at my local Barnes & Noble.

Benjamin, you could also model MEC freight trains deadheading the coaches to/from BAR!

I think you'll all be interested in this USPS study published in 2012

https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/f ... -013_0.pdf

Based on what i'm hearing from people close to the railroad, the tender truck crack on 7470 is not new. It was on every O-18a in 1921 and the new operations manager deemed the engine unsafe when he saw it EVEN THOUGH its been running that way for 50 years. 50 years? According to you, it's been that...

When talking about Rockland branch mileage, you first need to ask the question: At what time period are you talking? See attached from the Official Railway Guide (1931, 1956) and MEC Employee Timetable (1979). At some time between 1956 and 1979, Rockland moved .54 miles further away from Brunswick. ...

The planned expansion of the port of Quebec just failed the required environmental impact assessment, so will not move forward. In the scheme of things, it's net neutral. Development of the new and improved Montreal (Contrecoeur PQ) container terminal continues, however.

Indeed. NE-84/NE-87, then later POME/MEPO trains (symbols changed in 1978?) ran Rigby-Michy with one crew up until GTI takeover, I think.

Welcome to the world of Railroad Retirement! I've never seen "Ee" but Tier 1 is split between the equivalent of Social Security (what you have as Ee Tier 1) and Medicare (what you have as Ee Tier 2). RRB Tier 2 is, indeed 4.9%. If it makes you feel any better: The only "premium" ...