I haven't been out through Metter recently as I'm not travelling to Atlanta much anymore, so imagine my surprise when I came back through Metter and Register after a day trip to Atlanta Friday night (2/6/09) and came across the 4215 sitting on the line just west of the crossing in Register! It seemed like a very odd spot to park, right by the old Caboose in downtown. Did they "outlaw"? It didn't seem to have anything hooked up, but this morning (2/9) I caught it coming back up with two empty hoppers.
Question: coming across 301/67 in the center of town, I believe the crew had to manually operate the crossing. Approach was extremely slow, came to a full stop about 50 feet short, approached real slow, stopped again, gates came down, air horn blasts and across she went. I thought they only had to manually activate the crossing off the branch?
1325 has been sitting on the siding off of Main St for weeks, and the prime mover from 4215 is still sitting on the loading dock.
I trolled for news on the G&F from Kirby to Vidalia but didn't come up with anything. Anyone know anything?
As for increased traffic, I'd say this article about dedicated ship-to-rail yards in Savannah is a hopeful sign. Perhaps Wal-Mart, which has a great % of traffic through Savannah, may use it to shuttle up to Statesboro.
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/new ... s/2142975/
Question: coming across 301/67 in the center of town, I believe the crew had to manually operate the crossing. Approach was extremely slow, came to a full stop about 50 feet short, approached real slow, stopped again, gates came down, air horn blasts and across she went. I thought they only had to manually activate the crossing off the branch?
1325 has been sitting on the siding off of Main St for weeks, and the prime mover from 4215 is still sitting on the loading dock.
I trolled for news on the G&F from Kirby to Vidalia but didn't come up with anything. Anyone know anything?
As for increased traffic, I'd say this article about dedicated ship-to-rail yards in Savannah is a hopeful sign. Perhaps Wal-Mart, which has a great % of traffic through Savannah, may use it to shuttle up to Statesboro.
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/new ... s/2142975/
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