by newpylong
I can't wait to see what they have come up with on this one. I wish them the best but there are a lot of obstacles to this happening in my mind.
-I can't see Pan Am sharing the row from North Adams down to MP4, especially with the Chemical plant active.
-Speciality Minerals has a lease on the track and yard from Lime Street to end of track at Renfrew so they can come down with their trackmobile and do what they need to do.
-Who is going to pay to fix the track?
-Who is going to pay to put the track back in from MP4 to Adams Center? Some is dirt, some is already paved and part of the rail trail.
-How are people going to get to the train from Heritage State Park in North Adams? They would need to open up off the branch onto the #1 Track to get close, and even then people will need to cross the #2 track (30 mph), which I can't see Pan Am allowing.
More importantly? Who is going to ride a train from North Adams to Adams? There is a scrap yard, oil companies, a cemetary, propane tanks, limestone dumps, and a water treatment plant. That's one hell of a scenic trip.
-I can't see Pan Am sharing the row from North Adams down to MP4, especially with the Chemical plant active.
-Speciality Minerals has a lease on the track and yard from Lime Street to end of track at Renfrew so they can come down with their trackmobile and do what they need to do.
-Who is going to pay to fix the track?
-Who is going to pay to put the track back in from MP4 to Adams Center? Some is dirt, some is already paved and part of the rail trail.
-How are people going to get to the train from Heritage State Park in North Adams? They would need to open up off the branch onto the #1 Track to get close, and even then people will need to cross the #2 track (30 mph), which I can't see Pan Am allowing.
More importantly? Who is going to ride a train from North Adams to Adams? There is a scrap yard, oil companies, a cemetary, propane tanks, limestone dumps, and a water treatment plant. That's one hell of a scenic trip.