by jamoldover
newpylong wrote: ↑Fri Jan 07, 2022 8:37 am My personal opinion of the outfit aside, the whole notion is rather irrelevant. If the VRS wanted that, and believed it was their best option, that would likely have been what the STB is reviewing, not rights to Deerfield.Reading through the briefs that were filed earlier this week, it looks like what VRS wants are two things:
1) The right to connect Bellows Falls to White River Jct for overhead traffic without being dependent on NECR/B&E haulage, and
2) The right to come and get cars at East Deerfield that have been delayed beyond a couple of days or to deliver cars to East Deerfield that haven't been picked up in a couple of days.
That way they're not stuck waiting on someone else's short crews or slow service. Clearly CSX and (possibly after being strongly encouraged) GWI feel that's reasonable. It's possible that represents a fallback position for VRS from their initial ask in negotiations, but it seems to have been accepted as a reasonable compromise by all concerned.