Does anyone know how much of the old Conn River ML was signaled and is it still signaled?
paul
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roberttosh wrote:Hard to believe that back in the 80's they were running 3 trains each way north of E. Deerfield on the Conn River, now they might run 3 a month, and they're more like locals vs thru trains.No doubt alot of industry since the 80's has gone south etc, but how much former B&M/Guilford business is now shipped by New England Central or truck?
cpf354 wrote:Conn River was a route for bridge traffic to and from the CP, I understand, but when Guilford assumed control of the D&H, that ended in favor of the D&H routing.That is absolutely correct. Before they got the D&H you used to see all the traffic that you now see on MOED come down on CPED from Wells River. Although, when Guilford got the Conn River taken from them they retained freight rights to all present consignees on the line. This has since dwindled to a mere few cars a week which they only do because they legally have to. I think it is fair to say they could still be running much larger jobs to WRJ if they hadn't pissed all this traffic away. South of Greenfield I can think of a dozen companies they are still in business with inactive sidings. The NECR has most certainly stolen their fair share of bridge traffic, a lot of it teamed up with the P&W and VRS just to go around the ST. Pretty bad...
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gprimr1 wrote:To put the situation in perspective, Yankee Candle in Deerfield had a siding right into their factory off the Conn River line.Yankee is definitely a good example.
They now get their wax trucked in from another railroad in Westfield. (Pioneer Valley Railroad I think.)
I think sometimes that it would make more sense to lease the line to the Pioneer Valley railroad or another short line.
I would imagine if the Vermonter is going to run on it, it will have to be resignaled, especially if they ever move forward with the Knowledge Corridor plan.
newpylong wrote:I'm def going to have to make a trip up there to see them do that.gprimr1 wrote:To put the situation in perspective, Yankee Candle in Deerfield had a siding right into their factory off the Conn River line.Yankee is definitely a good example.
They now get their wax trucked in from another railroad in Westfield. (Pioneer Valley Railroad I think.)
I think sometimes that it would make more sense to lease the line to the Pioneer Valley railroad or another short line.
I would imagine if the Vermonter is going to run on it, it will have to be resignaled, especially if they ever move forward with the Knowledge Corridor plan.
The entire physical plant is going to be replaced. Ballast, ties, rails, signal, crossings.
gprimr1 wrote:it's going to be something I think!newpylong wrote:I'm def going to have to make a trip up there to see them do that.gprimr1 wrote:To put the situation in perspective, Yankee Candle in Deerfield had a siding right into their factory off the Conn River line.Yankee is definitely a good example.
They now get their wax trucked in from another railroad in Westfield. (Pioneer Valley Railroad I think.)
I think sometimes that it would make more sense to lease the line to the Pioneer Valley railroad or another short line.
I would imagine if the Vermonter is going to run on it, it will have to be resignaled, especially if they ever move forward with the Knowledge Corridor plan.
The entire physical plant is going to be replaced. Ballast, ties, rails, signal, crossings.