Canadian lumber tariffs and NE RR's

If this proposal becomes reality how could this effect New England railroads?

I don't know specific situations but in general:

Tariffs raise the price of imported goods. If the price of Canadian lumber becomes higher than other lumber in the market, buyers will go elsewhere for supply. If the new source for lumber is ME, VT or NH, then they may not lose (but probably do to trucks). If it is OR, WA or MN, ND or the like, then they lose.

Mostly impacts western lumber guys. Read the fine print, depends on usage of crown land, Irving for example one of the larger exports in this part of the world only gets a 3% tariff. Also, some lumber guys are in both US and Canada and are in the process of filing exceptions.

Lotta bark, not a lotta bite up in these parts

Does Irving operate forestry in the US? Nearly all of lumber at Home Crappot is Irving sourced in New England.

Irving Forest does have some operations in Maine. The have a White Pine mill in Dixfield ME with no rail service and a mill in the Ashland Me possibly the old Levesque mill which I believe has rail service.