Could be some of that too. All I heard was for crew qualifications mixing between the PAR and B&A territory with the goal of adding a second train pair as "intermodal" and running faster speeds in D2.
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johnpbarlow wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:35 am From what I read on-line, Maine is having a trash disposal/recycling crisis - perhaps it will join other New England states and start shipping municipal waste to out-of-state landfill facilities?Thats not entirely true. Maine landfills were bringing in out of state C&D debris and trash, which that was paying the bills. The legislature passed a law banning that practice last year, which is why so many facilities closed such as PERC. The main issue with the landfills right now is they used cement and other C&D materials as structural fill. Prior to taking my current job, I worked for Casella at Juniper Ridge as a manager. You can't just dump trash and cover it with dirt, if there is a big rain it could cause a landslide. So they spread the trash out in a lift, compact it, and then cover it in several feet of C&D debris which is then compacted as structural fill to stabilize the pile. The exterior of the fill is also layered and compacted with C&D debris after a subsurface drainage system is installed. After that it is covered with pit run gravel, sand, and finally a layer of loam which is hydroseeded, and covered with a straw mat.
CN9634 wrote:Could be some of that too. All I heard was for crew qualifications mixing between the PAR and B&A territory with the goal of adding a second train pair as "intermodal" and running faster speeds in D2.Up to this point CSX has publicly stated that they didn't plan for a big intermodal franchise when making the acquisition, is planning a second road train pair over the ex-Barbers gateway, is not planning to build any new intermodal facilities this year, and is strategically planning to grow their intermodal volume by filling unused capacity.
Portland Press Herald wrote:Some of Maine’s defunct landfills are leaking harmful "forever chemicals" into the drinking water supplies of nearby homes at levels that are up to 100 times higher than what Maine deems safe to drink.https://www.pressherald.com/2024/04/15/ ... chemicals/
Data released to the Press Herald show 23 closed landfills from Kittery to Corinna are responsible for contaminating 51 drinking wells. However, that total may grow because Maine has only tested 95 of its more than 400 shuttered landfills.
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Federal regulators say that even trace amounts of two of the six PFAS chemicals Maine tracks are too dangerous to ingest and have been linked to premature deaths, cancer, liver and heart impacts in adults, and immune and developmental impacts to infants and children.
That is why federal regulators set new national drinking water standards for PFAS just last week. Those standards are significantly stricter than Maine’s limits. Maine plans to adjust its standards to match, but state officials say it will take time to change the law and know how it affects Maine’s PFAS response.
The number of contaminated wells would likely be higher if Maine began using the new federal limits.
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There is no evidence the leachate that forms when rain trickles through an active landfill is escaping from the holding tanks, ponds or lagoons when it is stored in landfills with collection systems, but then again, no one is looking – the monitoring wells set up to detect leaks are not looking for PFAS.
bostontrainguy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:18 am What about when containers start coming down from Saint John?It will be a long time before its even feasible. CSX needs much higher track speeds and double stack clearances to compete with CPKC and CN. At least for the Chicago traffic, but CSX's grand plan for Saint John seems to have a different objective every time the foamer braintrust brings up the subject. But at a minimum I would say probably another 4-5 years before there is any major increase in containers. (Thats accounting for the duration of infrastructure work, and marketing to potentially get container traffic).
newpylong wrote:There is around double that in T&E on the former ST/PAR.https://www.railwayage.com/news/blet-ra ... agreement/