Gilbert B Norman wrote:As Mr. Train Guy notes, this could prove exciting. Hope "our hands up that way" like Messrs. O'Keefe and Newpylong agree.
Exciting is probably an understatement with regards to any situation which suddenly results in two Class I railroads serving Maine via the former MEC.
With regards to Saint John I'm confident there won't be any issues there. NBSR will be just as happy to serve one railroad as they would be to serve three. Saint John in this case ends up with four railroads serving it (CP, CSX, NS and CN). CSX, NS and CP would all access the port via NBSR. That is a pretty radical growth proposition if it works out. I can't imagine there is a port anywhere in North America with four Class Is serving it.
Setting this admittedly "wild" scenario aside I remain utterly mystified by CSX's stated interest. Predictably NS claims there's an issue at hand. My sense here is we are watching a game of three dimensional chess using only two dimensional vision. As has already been said there are a lot of things going on here including potential new traffic opportunities which we probably have no idea about.
The steamship lines could be moving the dial here in ways we can't even imagine.
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