by fogg1703
"If Oldtown and Bucksport both got rail access, why do they use the trucks for those runs? I was wondering that about the woodchips in Lagrange also. Why dont MMA just hand that stuff off to PAR at NMJ?"
This goes back to the days in the 70's when the MEC and BAR began to have their issues. Unloading and trucking from S. LaGrange to Old Town saved money by avoiding the interchange at NMJ (single line haul for BAR). I suppose now that MNR runs the lines where the lion share of the chips originate, they could route them through Keag to Pan Am cutting MMA out of the loop. Not sure how receptive any mills would be to recieve anything by rail from Pan Am after the previous 25 years of service though. And honestly who could blame them.
This goes back to the days in the 70's when the MEC and BAR began to have their issues. Unloading and trucking from S. LaGrange to Old Town saved money by avoiding the interchange at NMJ (single line haul for BAR). I suppose now that MNR runs the lines where the lion share of the chips originate, they could route them through Keag to Pan Am cutting MMA out of the loop. Not sure how receptive any mills would be to recieve anything by rail from Pan Am after the previous 25 years of service though. And honestly who could blame them.