by Cosakita18
Is the tunnel still not capable of handling stacks? I thought the new trash containers were running double stacked on 22/23k ?? Or is the tunnel just not capable of handling the slightly taller domestic containers?
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Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2020 4:47 pm If Hoosac Tunnel cannot clear "double dtacks", then how do they get the "Blue Bird" Dome through it?Double Stacks are about 20' 2" feet high. Domes are only about 15' 6" - 15' 10" feet high.
I would presume that car is ex-Wabash RR and was acquired from NS.
newpylong wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 4:58 pm So when that does not happen do I get to say I told you so?LOL, I'd generously say that we'd be even! Still waiting for that intermodal service connecting with CSX and NS into Maine that "deep throat" assured would start March, 2014. And, to be fair, with all the free passes over the years and odds in your favor since you're betting the entire field against my single pick, you should be offering something worthwhile in that deal.
gokeefe wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 5:09 pm Lol ... I remain open to the idea that a private equity fund such as Fortress would be interested and very much unconvinced that a bid from GWI could be taken seriously (if it were to even materialize) based on regulatory concerns. They are just as "out of it" as CSX. While it seems clear enough that NS thinks they stand a chance with the STB (which seems like a shift from times past in regards to BM/MEC) I have a hard time discounting potential interest from CN. The early signal in my opinion remains the choice to use Bank of Montreal (literally about 300 feet from CN's HQ) as the investment banker.Right...GWI has serious regulatory issues but CN does not....tell that to the folks in Jacksonville, Atlanta and Darien.
QB 52.32 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 7:39 am Right...GWI has serious regulatory issues but CN does not....tell that to the folks in Jacksonville, Atlanta and Darien.Mr. QB, did your captioned quote ever have me looking at the maps of the GWI roads in New England. If they get Pan Am, they will as good as have, save the branch free "spike" of the B&A, a virtual monopoly on anything moving on the rails in New England - and given the present Surfboard philosophy (subject to change Jan 20), that is a "naughty naughty".
QB 52.32 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 7:34 am Word on the street is that a case of Orange Crush was seen being loaded onto the OCS.That figures... too cheap to get the good stuff (Sunkist).