Jayjay1213 wrote:Stuff coming from the west to Oak Point, which is the majority of the traffic going there, comes thru Buffalo. Why in the world would it use the tunnel when they just come down the Hudson Line?
Ok, it seems I do not fully understand rail shipping to NYC/LI. From this thread, the impression I get is that stuff either rails to NJ or thru Buffalo then down the Hudson Line to Oak Point where the stuff is loaded onto trucks for shipment into NYC/LI. There is some stuff that does come into Fresh Pond via Hells Gate Bridge as well. Do I have this correct?
This tunnel is suppose to provide a less costly (time &/or $) rail route into NYC/LI in the hopes of reducing trucking into NYC/LI. Of course there will still be local trucking. I mentioned Oak Point as a possible 2ndary beneficiary of this tunnel, but is it being said there is no stuff coming to this site that could take advantage of this tunnel and avoid MNRR? There are no new or existing customers that could take advantage of this direct rail route with NYC/LI and Oak Point access?
Sir Ray wrote:I'm not sure that anyone wants to use Price Parkway for a team track - if anything, it would more likely be off of New Highway or Conklin Ave. (near the C&D client - which originally was sort of a team track/intermodal yard in the 1990s anyway).
Before the Lowes was built, I thought that might have been a good site for a LI freight yard/distribution center - intermodal or transloading. Another site might be the space south of the tracks between Rt110, New Highway and Conklin Ave - except for some new car storage and mulching(?) site, the property looks pretty abandoned. Still need to get the freight cars to LI though.
Thanks for the Conrail on SI info.