Portland Waterfront Rail Ops (Yard 8, Intermodal, etc)

[MEC407]

From the Portland Press Herald:

Beer drinkers in Iceland will get a taste from across the Atlantic this summer when the “Maine Beer Box” comes to Reykjavik.

The beer box, a branded shipping container with 50 taps built into its side, is the centerpiece of a multi-year effort between the Maine Brewers’ Guild and Eimskip, the Icelandic shipping company, to bring Maine beer into new markets in the north Atlantic.

The beer box will be featured at a Maine beer festival in Iceland in June. The same container will be filled with beer from Iceland’s craft breweries and sent back for a festival in Portland in July.

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[NYC27]

A well informed source tells me that there will be 10 JB Hunt boxes on AYWA tomorrow. There is no 53' chassis pool in Waterville so these will ride as TOFC. Possibly returning on the Friday night departure of WAAY. This is apparently a trial for one of the paper mills up north. If successful might mean greater frequency of those trains.

[gokeefe]

WOW .... Huge deal for Pan Am if it works.

[newpylong]

How do you know?

[690]

They weren't on Friday night's WAAY, just the usual Sappi cars on the head end, then four spines of water.

[NYC27]

They weren't on Friday night's WAAY, just the usual Sappi cars on the head end, then four spines of water.

Right, I said AYWA not WAAY. They have to go up before they come back.

How do you know?

I've got a guy.

[Dick H]

From Brian Jennison on the GRS Sightings Group. 4/2

AYPO was through Newmarket at 1455 behind two 600s. It had a bunch of empty box cars up front, followed by 50 Eimskip containers and ten J.B. Hunt trainels

[CPF363]

AYPO was through Newmarket at 1455 behind two 600s. It had a bunch of empty box cars up front, followed by 50 Eimskip containers and ten J.B. Hunt trainels

The J.B. Hunt containers go on to 23K to the west?

[690]

AYPO is an eastbound, they're going to Waterville.

[CPF363]

From Brian Jennison on the GRS Sightings Group. 4/2

AYPO was through Newmarket at 1455 behind two 600s. It had a bunch of empty box cars up front, followed by 50 Eimskip containers and ten J.B. Hunt trainels

Did the J.B. Hunt containers come off of 22K at Ayer? Is NS looking to extend their container services to Waterville?

[BM6569]

JB Hunt was hiring regional drivers to work out of Waterville.

[pnolette]

They are hiring for intermodel drivers to work out of the Waterville ramp.So its safe to say they will be using rail soon..

[CN9634]

Hunt has been in Maine for years coming in from the Mass ramps (and the original Waterville attempt), and trucking companies are always hiring drivers(given the turnover rate). This is for their regional fleet which has postings in Bangor, Waterville, Augusta, Lewiston, and so on...

But alas, yes there is an effort on going since Hunt opened their office here in Portland to win some new business and drive growth in existing accounts through the Waterville 'ramp'.... Pan Am can be a part of that if they can make this work. Remember, there is no CP Rail or NS standing over their shoulder on this, sink or swim time is now. And also remember, the success doesn't just rely on the moving of trains, but how they handle the terminal operations too. In theory they should have enough practice with US Intermodal already running the Ayer ramp... but I have yet to see an in-gate/out-gate system with pen or T-bar setup at Waterville.

[Cosakita18]

Noticed that about 10 Eimskip containers were riding in well cars eastbound on SEPO this evening. Are well cars new to Poland Spring equipment pool?

[gokeefe]

Are well cars new to Poland Spring equipment pool?

Yes, your report is the first in this discussion.