by wolfboy8171981
You just found the only way the CP can take the oil "directly" to the refinery, it involves a barge.
Railroad Forums
Moderator: David
michaelk wrote:since there's already discussion of the Bayway deal here- and I see the mention of trains coming over on lehigh line- if that were to happen would there be any point in actually using the "rehab'd" rahway vallery railroad from Cranford into the refinery? Or would it just be simpler to still go up into Newark and back down?Given the level of potential community opposition in the Roselle area (NIMBYism), i think it would be much easier to go up to Newark and back down.
Don31 wrote:Excuse my ignorance- if the tracks are already there and usable- do the whiners (er' nimby's) have any say? I guess they will complain- but who do they complain to? And then who owns the old rahway valley railroad line from cranford to linden? Is that union county or someone else? (If union county i suppose they whine to their freeholders and then they win...)michaelk wrote:since there's already discussion of the Bayway deal here- and I see the mention of trains coming over on lehigh line- if that were to happen would there be any point in actually using the "rehab'd" rahway vallery railroad from Cranford into the refinery? Or would it just be simpler to still go up into Newark and back down?Given the level of potential community opposition in the Roselle area (NIMBYism), i think it would be much easier to go up to Newark and back down.
michaelk wrote:The line from Cranford to Linden is the former SIRR. I believe (correct me please if I'm wrong) that its now owned by the M&E, which used state funds to rehab a portion of it. Do the locals have any say? Technically, no. But the sad reality is that they complain to local politicians (Roselle and the county) who are always looking for a reason to be seen and heard and it just snowballs from there.Don31 wrote:Excuse my ignorance- if the tracks are already there and usable- do the whiners (er' nimby's) have any say? I guess they will complain- but who do they complain to? And then who owns the old rahway valley railroad line from cranford to linden? Is that union county or someone else? (If union county i suppose they whine to their freeholders and then they win...)michaelk wrote:since there's already discussion of the Bayway deal here- and I see the mention of trains coming over on lehigh line- if that were to happen would there be any point in actually using the "rehab'd" rahway vallery railroad from Cranford into the refinery? Or would it just be simpler to still go up into Newark and back down?Given the level of potential community opposition in the Roselle area (NIMBYism), i think it would be much easier to go up to Newark and back down.
Don31 wrote:michaelk wrote:The line from Cranford to Linden is the former SIRR. I believe (correct me please if I'm wrong) that its now owned by the M&E, which used state funds to rehab a portion of it. Do the locals have any say? Technically, no. But the sad reality is that they complain to local politicians (Roselle and the county) who are always looking for a reason to be seen and heard and it just snowballs from there.Don31 wrote:Excuse my ignorance- if the tracks are already there and usable- do the whiners (er' nimby's) have any say? I guess they will complain- but who do they complain to? And then who owns the old rahway valley railroad line from cranford to linden? Is that union county or someone else? (If union county i suppose they whine to their freeholders and then they win...)michaelk wrote:since there's already discussion of the Bayway deal here- and I see the mention of trains coming over on lehigh line- if that were to happen would there be any point in actually using the "rehab'd" rahway vallery railroad from Cranford into the refinery? Or would it just be simpler to still go up into Newark and back down?Given the level of potential community opposition in the Roselle area (NIMBYism), i think it would be much easier to go up to Newark and back down.
Don31 wrote: The line from Cranford to Linden is the former SIRR. I believe (correct me please if I'm wrong) that its now owned by the M&E, which used state funds to rehab a portion of it. Do the locals have any say? Technically, no. But the sad reality is that they complain to local politicians (Roselle and the county) who are always looking for a reason to be seen and heard and it just snowballs from there.
blockline4180 wrote:Don31 wrote: The line from Cranford to Linden is the former SIRR. I believe (correct me please if I'm wrong) that its now owned by the M&E, which used state funds to rehab a portion of it. Do the locals have any say? Technically, no. But the sad reality is that they complain to local politicians (Roselle and the county) who are always looking for a reason to be seen and heard and it just snowballs from there.
Don,
I know its probably a long shot, but if NS/CSX ever had the need to send the oil trains via the former SIRR, where does the line come into the Lehigh Line?? Did it once connect to the RVL (NJT) at Cranford as well?? My railroad atlas shows the connection as being abandoned... Did Union County ever rehab any of the connections or no??
Thanks!