With regards to Page 230, part VIII, section A (the part about CSXT not running more than 2 pairs of trains per day between CPF 312 & Harvard for the first 3 years after consummation by the STB)...
If CSXT ultimately has a need to run more than 2 pairs of trains / day within the first 3 years, would it be possible for CSXT to hand those additional trains over to Berkshire & Eastern at Rotterdam Junction, and have the B&E bring them to Ayer (i.e. CPF 312?) for continuation Eastward on CSXT? Not sure if that'd be a matter of swapping power, or simply switching between CSX and B&E crews...
Just wondering if that's a 'loophole' of sorts... ultimately I'm just a buff who really hopes to see more than 4 freights a day (6 including the gravel trains...) passing over D2