by Railcar1
I find that a little hard to believe because money is the bottom line of everything.
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Bracdude181 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:47 am I had talked with a retired member of the SRNJ about those trains. He said the asphalt place that was getting the cars had a management change, and the new management wants nothing to do with trains at all, despite any financial benefits.Rail doesn’t always suit everyone's needs.
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AceMacSD wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 7:28 amNot soon enough for all the decline that’s occurred over the years. Not that all of it was the railroad’s fault but still.jdh823 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:24 amChange may be coming...AceMacSD wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:56 am Not much work down there but there’s potential for growth if done right.Unfortunately with the current guys that run the SRNJ, it'll stay stagnant.
jdh823 wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 11:42 am In other news...Haha, comical. The county owns that half of the line and the railroads are federally regulated. It’s really none of their business. If anything that brings people in that otherwise wouldn’t be there. That line will have a hard time ever seeing new freight business because it’s too close to other lines, especially the Penns Grove line. It was left for dead before SMS took over.
https://dcms-external.s3.amazonaws.com ... 08282.pdf
Seems like Pilesgrove does not like how SMS is operating the Salem Branch.
Bracdude181 wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 5:16 pm Also whatever happened to the company that's supposed to be leasing some of the Pleasantville IT so they can do transloading or something? Their website is still up but it mentions nothing about what they've been wanting to do down there...They actually filed a "feeder line" application into the STB this week for taking over a portion of the Wilmington & Western, but in the next 2 days they withdrew it.
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Bracdude181 wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 5:29 am @Railcar1 I absolutely agree. Much better off now under SMS and the railroad has been bringing people to the area, myself included despite living over 70 miles away.Correct but in all fairness, SRNJ only ran the line after US Rail was given the boot By Salem Co until a more permanent operator could be found. It’s not like anyone else wanted that line.