by Cadet57
Is Forrestville Lumber that one you can see off the right side of the train when heading southbound right before Hartford station?
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whatelyrailfan wrote:The centerbeams are most likely going to one of two places: Forestville Lumber in (Plainville?) which used to be a customer, and may be again. Home Depot Warehouse in Bloomfield via interchange in Hartford with the CNE. I've lived in Holyoke since May of 2009, and to the best of my recollection, I've not seen any centerbeams until about 3-4 weeks ago. I have, however, seen a few in the (remains of) Holyoke yard on Bing Maps, although the images are at least a year old. The interchange with the CNE in Hartford is an educated guess, not a fact, based on a recent conversation with a CNE employee, and unless there's a brand new customer, Forestville Lumber is the logical choice.
rb wrote:Is the steel business near Bristol up and running? Someone alluded to this in the OCS thread.If that is the one near the Firestone plant, then yes, they are getting steel coil NS cars.
MCER401 wrote:That's interesting! I doubt it's going to Plainville, I can't imagine they allow 6 axle units on the track down there. I'm really suprised they're even letting it go down the Conn River.Nothing wrong with going down the Conn River, it's straight as an arrow. They used to run CSX and leaser 6 Packs down there on the coal trains all the time, and track was just as bad then.
KSmitty wrote:-There is a switcher out of E. Deerfield that runs to Holyoke, as ED-#? They serve Sulivans Scrap, and other businesses in Holyoke, and presumably the packaging plant there in Northampton. (Packaging Corp of America???)1-2x a week for the switcher, iirc. Yes, Noho still receives rail service. They only have that one company that receives rail last I knew.
How often does this run and does Northampton still get rail service?
KSmitty wrote:-Does PL-1/PLED switch Holyoke and other businesses on the Conn River between Berlin and EDFLD on its return trip north?Yes. Both north and southbound last I observed.