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They are rotting away in various locations if you know where to look.
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gokeefe wrote:A lot heading to points above Augusta as well. Clearly plenty of opportunity for the Waterville service if it starts/restarts.Auburn would be better in my opinion but I'll take anything at this point. Trust me, Hunt is aware of the current events.
Pan Am Railways received the second largest grant of $201,060 for intermodal track improvements in Waterville, where Poland Spring earlier this year started transferring shipments from truck to rail. The company estimated it would ship 4,000 containers of Poland Spring water by rail instead of truck this year.
fogg1703 wrote:If this Waterville service does well it will be interesting to see if the equipment will change to well cars to take advantage of double stacking in Worcester and/or Mechanicville.The containers are not going past Ayer at this point so I'm not sure it would make sense to use well cars. You can't have double stacks to Portland anyway.
BM6569 wrote:The containers are not going past Ayer at this point so I'm not sure it would make sense to use well cars. You can't have double stacks to Portland anyway.My point was if the service was to grow to any markets beyond New England (Midwest, Southeast) we could see well cars loaded single stacked in Maine and then filet/toupee in Worcester (CSX) or Mechanicville (NS) a la 22k/23K.
fogg1703 wrote:Minor point but 22K/23K don't get toupeed or filleted at Mechanicville as 205/206 handle all M'ville containers. Is there any intermodal terminal in the US where a RR does perform such a likely time-consuming operation?BM6569 wrote:The containers are not going past Ayer at this point so I'm not sure it would make sense to use well cars. You can't have double stacks to Portland anyway.My point was if the service was to grow to any markets beyond New England (Midwest, Southeast) we could see well cars loaded single stacked in Maine and then filet/toupee in Worcester (CSX) or Mechanicville (NS) a la 22k/23K.
johnpbarlow wrote:Minor point but 22K/23K don't get toupeed or filleted at Mechanicville as 205/206 handle all M'ville containers.My expertise in that part of the world is showing, thanks for the correction. Did 22K/23K ever receive the fillet/toupee treatment in Mechanicville? I thought that was part of the operating plan and design when it opened.
johnpbarlow wrote:Syracuse, I believefogg1703 wrote:Minor point but 22K/23K don't get toupeed or filleted at Mechanicville as 205/206 handle all M'ville containers. Is there any intermodal terminal in the US where a RR does perform such a likely time-consuming operation?BM6569 wrote:The containers are not going past Ayer at this point so I'm not sure it would make sense to use well cars. You can't have double stacks to Portland anyway.My point was if the service was to grow to any markets beyond New England (Midwest, Southeast) we could see well cars loaded single stacked in Maine and then filet/toupee in Worcester (CSX) or Mechanicville (NS) a la 22k/23K.