May I perfect Mr. Barlow's link to the Railway Age material with such direct from its source, as distinct from a download attachment to other material, and thereby potentially saving a "peekaboo from a 404"?
https://www.railwayage.com/freight/clas ... ad-network
All told, even if I have had no connection to the region since my Fairfield Navy Cadet days, I think it is just great that the Region's natural resources, which includes two maritime ports (we've pretty well debunked Searsport as little more than CP propaganda) will now have access to Class I railroad transportation, which will only result in the creation of better paying Union jobs.
Why Topper "bolted" still escapes me.
The "biggest loser" from what now seems the inevitable combination of CSX/PAR will be the PAS parties in interest. I could even foresee its abandonment West of the Connecticut River once the Commonwealth gives up on its apparent idea of having a passenger train running over every last mile of track within such. From the discussion here, it appears there is not too much industry to the West, and at this time, it would appear that any displaced PAS employee could quickly get hired on by Chessie.