Ive seen the last two SU99's out of NJ and they havent had much of the C&D traffic at all. Have these facilities still not reopened after they were shut down? If they have not, will they ever reopen or will the NYSW be out of luck for good....
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RichM wrote:I've been up in the Binghamton area several times in the past 4-5 weeks. I noticed a large number of C&D cars still stored on the Utica side above Chenango Forks, and another large number at the siding along Route 17 at Deposit.
Just wondering... is this traffic down due to the winter, a construction slowdown, or the transfer facilities not reopening in Hudson County?
Any ideas?
blockline4180 wrote:Dont forget that the NYSW owns those cars, so when the cars are empty there billed back to the NYSW. If there is less demand for the cars they have to go somewhere.RichM wrote:I've been up in the Binghamton area several times in the past 4-5 weeks. I noticed a large number of C&D cars still stored on the Utica side above Chenango Forks, and another large number at the siding along Route 17 at Deposit.
Just wondering... is this traffic down due to the winter, a construction slowdown, or the transfer facilities not reopening in Hudson County?
Any ideas?
Probably many reasons! No one is building anything(like you said " a construction slowdown") and the economy is at the brink of taking a nose dive. Also, the winter is known to produce less rail traffic then in the spring or summer months.
There could be other factors, but i'd say the ones I already mentioned are the primary causes.
The Jersey Journal wrote:NORTH BERGEN - A legal settlement over five solid waste transfer stations means a breath of fresh air for local residents.Since the article is short, I won't quote more - alas, I don't know how long this link will remain active.
After a four-year legal fight - and decades of unregulated garbage storing - the New York Susquehanna & Western Railway and operators of the waste transfer stations alongside a two-mile stretch of railroad in North Bergen have agreed to follow state and local environmental and health regulations governing solid waste, settling a legal dispute with the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission.