by CN9634
They just put in 100ft sections of NEW 115lb from Saint John to McAdam about 3 years ago.
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CN9634 wrote:They just put in 100ft sections of NEW 115lb from Saint John to McAdam about 3 years ago.Wonder why NBSR did not get these 100' sections of 115lb. rail welded into 1400' strings so as to get welded rail on their main line?
CN9634 wrote:I've uploaded some pictures from my various travels.Lots of great shots! Thanks for posting.
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KSmitty wrote:Irving is still supposedly looking to double current fiber shipments off MNR. One reported problem with the plan is that woodchip cars are apparently not to easy to find right now.Has MMA's chip cars gone off the property? The cars are not included in Fortress's Sale Agreement.
fogg1703 wrote:Irving is already employing quite a few xMMA cars. This includes centerbeams under different owners (BR and IANR come to mind). It also includes at least some xBAR chip cars relettered for the Andersons (AEX) I don't know if these cars were sold off prior to the bankruptcy, but Irving was using them last August. I also don't know what MM&A had left for chip cars.KSmitty wrote:Irving is still supposedly looking to double current fiber shipments off MNR. One reported problem with the plan is that woodchip cars are apparently not to easy to find right now.Has MMA's chip cars gone off the property? The cars are not included in Fortress's Sale Agreement.
KSmitty wrote:What did MM&A actually have left for chip cars? Besides So LaGrange thhey didn't have any chip customers left.I wasn't sure what happened to the thirty or so cars in the MMA 33600 series. When did the chip transload in Lac Megantic yard stop, 2012?
fogg1703 wrote:When did the chip transload in Lac Megantic yard stop, 2012?I was only thinking Maine. I'm not sure about the Megantic chip operation...
carchecker wrote:I'm assuming if this happened the cost to put the Calais branch back in would be too much for Pan Am to even consider it?Yes. 2 Big factors, the traffic would be Woodland to Eastport mostly, no reason to even need the Calais Br from Ayers Jct to Brewer. And also because the railbed is owned by the SOM as far as Ayers Jct. And based on Mountain Division plans, the Rockland Branch, B&A's Northern Division, etc...MDOT doesn't like to lease back to the previous owner/operator, so even if they did rebuild the Calais Branch its unlikely PAR would run it.